p. 16 | Illinois Camp-Meeting by G. W. Colcord

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 6, 1876

Illinois Camp-Meeting.

By G. W. Colcord

This meeting will, no providence preventing, be held on the Methodist Camp-ground, situated about midway between Waldron and the city of Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Sept. 21-23. The grounds include twenty acres, fenced and divided into two lots. Besides being beautifully located on the Kankakee River, this encampment is furnished with two or three wells.

A house of worship has been erected for use in inclement weather; also a number of dwelling houses, furnished with suitable rooms for campers. Good shade for horses, as well as on the ground for worship. There is a large ice-house near. Good roads from depots. Hay, straw and provisions will be furnished in abundance. We shall do all in our power to make this place suitable for the purpose for which it has been secured.

Now, brethren and sisters of Illinois, we are very desirous that you should begin now to prepare to come to this meeting. Lay aside your car fare, and come. Or do as our brethren and sisters in Kansas do: Come two or three hundred miles by private conveyance; but, come. More in due time. G. W. COLCORD. *