And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand ** Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 269 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend. The California camp-meeting will be held near Yountville station, Napa Co., Cal., on the same ground as last year, commencing Oct. 1, and continuing to the morning of Oct. 12. In connection with this camp-meeting, the yearly business sessions of the Cal. State Conference, and the Cal. State Missionary Society will be held. We hope to see all our brethren and sisters in the State assembled at this camp-meeting. Come in the name of the Lord, bringing with you all you can induce to come, and all such as you have hope may be benefited by such a meeting. You will find a fuller statement concerning this camp-meeting in Signs of the Times, Nos. 6 and 7. J. N. Loughborough. Pres. Cal. State, Conf. This meeting will be held on the farm of Mahlon Meeker, two and a half miles north of Bowling Green and five miles east of Tontogany, Sept. 17–21. Tontogany is on the D. & M. R. R. twenty miles south-west of Toledo. All persons coming by R. R. will stop off at Tontogany, where teams will meet all trains to convey passengers and their baggage to the camp-ground and back to the train free. The committee will see that the grounds are fitted in a proper manner. Provision and horse feed will be furnished on the grounds at a reasonable price. Straw for bedding will be furnished free. We hope our brethren and sisters will all make an earnest effort to come to this meeting and to work for God, for yourselves, and for others. May the blessing of God attend these our yearly gatherings. Come, dear friends, and bring your children and friends with you. Be on the ground with your tents up on Wednesday, prepared to stay until the close of the meeting. We extend a hearty invitation to Bro. and sister White to meet with us in our camp-meeting. Ohio Camp-Meeting Committee. The Ohio Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting near Bowling Green, commencing Sept. 17, 1874. Let the church officers make their reports in season. We hope the friends of the cause will make a special effort to attend this meeting, to be on the ground with their delegates when the meeting commences, and stay to its close, prepared to work for the Lord that we may obtain his blessing. O. Mears; Wm. Chinnock; E. C. Penn. Ohio Conf. Com. The Ohio T. & M. Society will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting. The district directors will hold their district quarterly meetings that reports may be sent to the secretary in time for this meeting. This meeting will be held at Rail’s Grove, four and one-half miles west of Kokomo, Howard Co., Ind., Sept. 24–28. Teams will be at Kokomo to convey to the camp-ground those who come by railroad the 23d and 24th. We hope to see the largest gathering of Sabbath-keepers at this meeting that ever convened in Indiana. It is desirable that all furnish tents that can do so, but for the benefit of those who cannot, ample tent-room will be provided. This is a young Conference and but few keeping the Sabbath in the State. It will be very encouraging to all, and especially those who labor with and for us, to see a general attendance. Let those who desire to pitch tents be on the ground and have their tents erected as early as the 23d. Let each church appoint in season a delegate to the State Conference and each S. B. treasurer see that all S. B. is paid up to August 1. All friends and those interested in the cause of the third angel’s message should be encouraged to attend this meeting. We hope to be favored with the labors of Bro. and sister White. Let us all come to this meeting praying the Lord to bless and prosper his cause in our midst. The second annual session of the Conference of S. D. Adventists of Indiana will be held in connection with the camp-meeting to be held at Rail’s Grove, four and one-half miles west of Kokomo, Howard Co., Ind., Sept. 24–29, 1874. The Indiana T. & M. Society will hold its first annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting. District officers will please get all missionary work in good reporting shape, and hand it over to the State secretary in time for this meeting. T. & M. Meeting, Dist. No. 2, of Ind., Sept. 12, 13, 1874, at the Mason Schoolhouse. Quarterly Meetings in Minnesota.
Greenwood Prairie, Sept. 19, 20.
Maiden Rock, Wis., “ 26, 27.
Providence permitting, I will be present. Quarterly Meetings in Minnesota.
Osakis, Sept. 19, 20.
Chicago, “ 26, 27.
River Falls, Wis., Oct. 3, 4. Quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society of District No. 7, Wis., will be held at Plainfield, Waushara Co., Wis., Sept. 19 and 20. A general invitation is given. P. S. Thurston, Director. Quarterly meeting of the Wisconsin T. & M. Society, Dist. No. 9, at Hundred Mile Grove church, Sept. 19 and 20, all the members are requested to report.