CALIFORNIA CAMP-MEETINGS by John Norton Loughborough

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Jul 15, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 27.

CALIFORNIA CAMP-MEETINGS.

By John Norton Loughborough

JUDGING from the questions asked, as I go from place to place, I conclude that at least some of the readers of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES have not noticed that the list of camp-meeting appointments, published from week to week, announces the dates for the remaining camp-meetings of the season to be held in California. There are four camp-meetings yet to be held, the fourth of the list being announced for the first time in this week's paper.

These meetings, in their order, are to be held as follows: First, Humboldt County, at Ferndale, commencing on the evening of Thursday, August 15, and closing on the morning of August 22. The second meeting is for Southern California, and is to be held in San Diego City, commencing on the evening of Thursday, August 29, and closing on the morning of Monday, September 9. The third is the general camp-meeting and conference, and is to be held in Oakland, on the same ground as the two previous years, commencing Wednesday evening, September 25, and closing Monday morning, October 7. This meeting is to be preceded by a workers' meeting, which is to commence Wednesday morning, September 18. The fourth meeting is to be held at Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, commencing Tuesday evening, October 22, and closing Tuesday morning, October 29.

We trust all our people will make a note of these appointments, and do all in their power to prepare for attendance either at one of the local meetings, or the general meeting, or both. Signs are fast fulfilling. The work is rapidly drawing to its close. We need these periods of counsel and seeking God together, that we may be better prepared for our labors. The people of Israel were anciently commanded, every male, to appear three times a year before the Lord. Shall not we, who are living so near the time of the consummation of the hope, deem it a great pleasure to be allowed even to make sacrifices, if need be, to attend at least one of these feasts of tabernacles each year?

For the California Conference Committee, J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, Pres.