Camp-Meetings by Jos. Clarke

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 23, 1875

Camp-Meetings.

By Jos. Clarke

THESE yearly gatherings of the S. D. Adventists in the different parts of our land are indicative of a very extensive work; and the manner in which they are conducted and the estimation in which they are held show that the hand of God is in the work. No one who has attended these meetings can say that aught of evil has ever followed them, but their results have been good in every sense of the word. It is by this means that union, and harmony, and peace, are enjoyed, and privileges are brought within the reach of all which would otherwise be possessed by but few.

Our camp-meeting in Ohio is now close at hand. Let all who possibly can attend this meeting. Let not Satan blind our minds by causing us to find or frame excuses for being absent; or cause us to be late in preparing for it or early in departing, but let us be in time and improve the whole of this great blessing.

Death and destruction haunt our footsteps. We know not that another such privilege will be granted to each of us. Some may by another year be cut down by the destroyer. Be that as it may, let us, as a people, appear before God at this meeting in humility and love with our lamps trimmed and burning, and praying for the blessing of God to attend his work in Ohio.

Are we blind and destitute of spiritual things? We need not be. Never was God more ready to hear prayer and forgive than now; but we must arouse and get on the whole armor, and keep it tightly about us. We cannot put it off and on as we do our garments, except at a fearful risk. Jos. CLARKE.