THE CAMP-MEETINGS by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 29, 1878

THE CAMP-MEETINGS.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

Various circumstances have made it necessary to make changes in the laborers suggested for the different camp-meetings. Sr. White, being impelled by a strong sense of duty, has come across the plains to attend the Eastern camp-meetings. She now designs to be in Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont, at their camp-meetings. Elds. E. W. Farnsworth and U. Smith will also be at these meetings. Eld. Haskell attends the Massachusetts meeting, thence goes to Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska. Elds. Canright, Waggoner, and Stone will be at the Ohio camp-meeting, and Eld. Littlejohn at Illinois.

It should be unnecessary to suggest to our camp-meeting committees that these laborers need a good tent, well furnished, ready pitched for them when they come on the ground. The burden of the meeting comes upon them, and they are expected to labor incessantly and effectively; yet we have frequently seen them come upon the ground with no preparation made for them. They are posted around from one tent to another; they take breakfast here, dinner there, and are left to shift for themselves.

Their tent should be pitched near the speaker’s stand the very first thing, so that when they come they can immediately have a place in which to rest, so as to get ready for the meeting.

Brethren, don’t be negligent in your duty toward those who do so much to help your meeting. D. M. Canright.