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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 8, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 7.

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OHIO TENT PLEDGES.

By John Harvey Waggoner

Whenever I had opportunity to present this subject, the churches pledged quite liberally toward renewing the tents. Two new circles were made—one sixty and one fifty feet in diameter—and as the wall of the large tent was insufficient, a new one was made. So now the sixty-foot tent is entirely new. Besides this, an inset of thirty-six feet has been made, which will make it 60x96 feet for camp-meetings. Those who attended the camp-meeting last August, and saw the condition of the meeting in a rain, will appreciate this improvement.
Some of these pledges have been paid; many remain unpaid. The time of payment was set July 1. It is hoped that every one will be paid at the coming camp-meeting, and all should come prepared for this. Bro. Edgerton has either paid, or is personally holden for, the amount behind, and he should be relieved.
Last year the camp-meeting at Newark was not well attended by the churches. Some causes of discouragement appeared. Some districts had circulated tracts freely, far beyond their ability to pay. And in some parts of the State the crops had entirely failed for two successive years. The State Missionary Society was in debt to the office of publication $600, and the brethren in one district had not raised enough on their farms to feed their families. During the year nearly past, a noble effort has been made to pay the debt, but very little has been done in the missionary work. Here a mistake has been made in some districts, and this must be remedied. Let all come up to the camp-meeting determined to begin anew and to raise the cause in Ohio.
Some, because of discouragements from various causes, have done but little for the cause the past year. There never was a time when faithfulness to the cause was more required than now.
Time is hastening to its close; the calls are urgent, and we need, for our own souls’ benefit, to renew our diligence in the cause of present truth. Let all examine their own standing just now, and resolve to come up to the next camp-meeting prepared to lift;—not to criticise the work of others, but to second every effort put forth to advance this cause—the best of all causes.
J. H. WAGGONER.
Springfield, O., July 29, 1878.