New England Conference.
By Stephen N. Haskell
There are special reasons why our friends in New England should attend the camp-meeting to be held at Worcester this present season. Many of the churches have had no preaching during the past year, and at this meeting you will have some of the most experienced and efficient laborers in the cause. Eld. Geo. I. Butler, Eld. I. D. Van Horn, and Mrs. E. G. White will be present. Sister White will cross the mountains to attend the Eastern camp-meetings. She feels that she has a testimony to bear, and it will be appreciated by all the friends of the cause. Worcester is a great railroad center, and is easy of access from all parts of the Conference. In some respects a more important field could not have been selected. We have the repeated evidence that fields are ripening for the harvest, in every portion of that Conference. What shall we do to meet this demand? is an important question, and the manner in which we answer it must be met in the day of Judgment. God’s providence through the instrumentality of the school has placed in our midst nearly a score of young men and women who have been engaged more or less in the missionary work, gaining an experience in laboring in the cause. This is as God would have it. May God bless them and give them courage. Will our brethren appreciate these blessings, and show their appreciation by spending a week in worshiping God? With these laborers of experience, about 2,000 readers for the SIGNS OF THE TIMES have been secured in this Conference during the past year, and nearly one-half of this number in the city of Worcester. Then there was no camp-meeting in this Conference last year. Some thought this was a mistake—perhaps it was—but it will be a greater mistake for you to fail to attend the meeting this year. Come seeking God for his blessing, and you will not be disappointed, for he will be there by his Holy Spirit. Advance steps must be taken. The cloud is rising for God’s people to move forward, and none can afford to be left behind. The judgments of God are already in the earth. Cyclones, tornadoes, and floods, with hail-storms, have wrought devastation in a marked manner in this country the present season; and there is pending the most important time which has ever been, and we need a fitting up for that time. May Heaven’s blessing rest upon the old, tried friends of the cause in New England, and upon those who are bearing responsibilities; also upon the families that are growing cold in their faith, for we are upon the eve of momentous events.