Encouraging by James White

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Sep 16, 1875

Encouraging.

By James White

ONE encouraging feature of our camp-meetings is the fact that there is an increasing, and in some places, a very deep interest on the part of the people to hear the reasons of our hope and faith. The late Vermont Camp-meeting was remarkable for this. The outside attendance was large from first to last. And as the speakers enjoyed great freedom, the people seemed moved. It was said that one hundred and forty teams left Burlington alone, Sunday morning, for the camp-ground, six miles distant. But the heavy shower of that morning turned them back. Yet notwithstanding the rain the crowd was large.

At the close of that meeting the interest to hear was such on the part of the citizens of Essex, Vt. that the large tent was moved into the village and Eld. Canright remains for near two weeks, until the time of the New York Camp-meeting.

We hear from Eld. C. respecting this tent-meeting in these words:—

"We have had two meetings in the tent with good interest. Above one hundred out each evening. Some books taken. We are invited out, and there are calls at the tent. We do really hope much good may come from all this. I shall hold on as long as I can consistently with other arrangements."