Western New York Camp-Meeting by Dudley Marvin Canright; B. L. Whitney

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 10, 1877

Western New York Camp-Meeting.

By Dudley Marvin Canright; B. L. Whitney

PROVIDENCE has greatly favored us in obtaining a location for this camp-meeting. At Aurora, 17 miles south-east of Buffalo, on the Buffalo, New York, and Philadelphia R. R., the railroad company has fitted up a grove for pleasure parties. The place is every way all we can desire. It is a good grove, well watered with fine springs and brooks. Besides a speaker’s stand, numerous tables, seats, out houses, etc., there is a large building for the provision stand, a kitchen with a stove, a book stand, and other conveniences which we need. The cars run right by the grounds, and all trains will stop there. The company give us the grounds free, and free return tickets to all attending the meetings. They will aid us all they can every way, and also run excursion trains to the grounds on Sunday.

The most of our people can come all the way on this road, and all of them much of the way. We also expect a reduction on the Erie Road. June 7-12 is the time decided upon. This will be here very soon. So we must begin to prepare immediately. We shall have one large tent 60x100 feet, in which all meetings will be held. Every family, or at most every two families, should have a tent of their own. These must be ordered immediately, whether bought or rented. All wanting these should write to B. L. Whitney, Rome, N. Y. Don’t put it off. See his article on tents.

This meeting is specially to accommodate Western New York. These brethren have complained that the camp-meetings were so far away that they could not attend; hence very few of them have ever done so. They have suffered a great loss by this. Something must be done to wake up our people and start the cause in this part of the Conference. So we put the meeting right among them. Probably they will never have another one so near. Few from other parts of the Conference will attend. We must depend upon Western New York and Pennsylvania for attendance. All must come—every one. Let no other calculation be made. The cost is mere nothing, and the distance is short for all.

All west of Syracuse are expected to attend this camp-meeting. The one in the fall will be away up north. Still we invite brethren to come from all parts of the State and have the benefit of both camp-meetings. Many are able to do it, and we want them to come.

Let all bring their children, their unconverted relatives and interested neighbors. Invite them now. Offer them tent room with you; pay their fare if necessary. The scattered friends are specially urged to come. Tent room will be provided for such of those as cannot furnish themselves tents. There will be no Conference business to transact at this time, so we can give all our attention to religious meetings.

D. M. CANRIGHT. B. L. WHITNEY.