Central America by Dr. Hetherington; Chas. Haylock

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 3, 1903

Central America

By Dr. Hetherington; Chas. Haylock

RUATAN.—The first Central American camp-meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists was held at French Harbor, Ruatan, the central island of the Bay Island group. The tent was pitched in a beautiful little cocoanut grove beside the sea.

The Sabbath-school opened at 10:30 A. M., Aug. 1, 1903, by singing “I Love to Tell the Story.” Brother David Haylock then led in prayer, after which a stanza of “Working, O Christ, with Thee,” was sung.

Elder H. C. Goodrich spent five minutes showing the circumstances under which the book of 2 Thessalonians was written, and speaking of those things which were uppermost in the minds of the people at that time.

The school was then separated into seven classes for the study of the lesson, found in the second chapter of 2 Thessalonians. The divisions were as follows: Two senior classes, of eight students each, taught by Elder Goodrich and Brother Haylock; three junior classes, of twenty-two students, taught by Mrs. Sprague, and the Misses Eva Bodden and Ettie Wood; intermediate division, of ten students, taught by Mrs. Morrell Yates and Miss Laura Conor.

After the singing of No. 212, of “Christ in Song,” a collection which amounted to six dollars was taken up, to be used in the work in Central America, and the meeting closed with the singing of No. 204. Fifty-eight persons were present.

DR. HETHERINGTON, CHAS. HAYLOCK, Superintendent. Secretary.