California Camp-Meetings by John Norton Loughborough

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 1, 1878

California Camp-Meetings.

By John Norton Loughborough

Since suggesting September 13, as the time for our northern California camp-meeting, several things have occurred demanding that it be held at an earlier date.

1. The General Conference Committee have requested that I attend the Michigan camp-meeting and the General Conference the first of October. In order to comply with that request our camp-meetings will have to be held in season for me to go from the southern meeting to Battle Creek.

2. Several who have responded since my last note in the SIGNS, request that the meeting be held the last of August or the first of September, this will accommodate them and leave me time to go to the General Conference.

3. When I suggested that the northern California camp-meeting hold over two Sabbaths, it was the supposition that Sister White would be with us, but as she decides to go East and cannot be with us in our meeting, it is probably best to hold our northern meeting only seven days, and the southern one only six days. A lack of ministerial force in the meetings, and the necessity of economizing time, are the considerations that rule us in making the above decision.

We therefore decide that the northern California camp-meeting commence Thursday morning, August 29, and close Thursday morning, September 5. And that the southern meeting commence Tuesday morning, September 10, and close Monday, September 16.

We wish to meet upon the northern ground Friday, August 23, as many as can come to help fit up the ground and remain until after the meeting is over. Let such come to the ground in season to pitch their own tents on Friday, August 23. The tent-meeting will be in progress at that time at Yountville, and we can also have prayer-meetings upon the ground each day, seek God and arrange for the spiritual interests of the cause. We must see the work of God in these meetings.

For the Committee. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.