The Camp-Meetings by James White

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 9, 1877

The Camp-Meetings.

By James White

As we have frequently stated the past ten months, we were anxious to make a complete round of all the camp-meetings last year, as we did not expect to attend any of them in 1877. We then expected to remain in California until the spring of 1878. We were fearfully worn last fall, so that we nearly lost the winter’s work in California.

But the wants of our institutions at Battle Creek called us home last May. And we have found here each week twice the amount of work we have been able to do. We have been urged to attend all the camp-meetings. But our strength is not sufficient to attend these meetings, provided we had no duties at head-quarters. At present we cannot be spared from Battle Creek, besides, the best medical authorities decide that we should not be exposed to the toils, hardships and cares of camp-meeting life. “Old men for counsel and young men for war.” If it please God to so direct, and the young men to do the work, we may be able to join the counsels of our people in camp during the year 1878. It becomes us at present to take heed to the following. J. W.