Southern California Camp-Meeting.
By W. M. Healey
This meeting commenced on the morning of September 10, and lasted six days. The weather being quite warm and Brother Loughborough much worn from previous labor he was seized with a fainting spell on the second day of the meeting so that he was unable to do as much preaching as he otherwise could have done, but God blessed and strengthened him so that we were not deprived of his labors. He gave attention to practical matters particularly the rise, progress and needs of the cause, holding that now is the time spoken of by Luke in the twelfth chapter when we should sell what we have and give alms, by so doing provide for ourselves bags without holes, as this was to be done just previous to the second coming of Christ. Brother Wood gave two discourses, showing clearly that we are the time when Jesus is soon to come, and his people are to be looking for him. The writer preached several sermons on the law, and showed from the Word of God that there were many "wonderous things" in it. We also preached upon the signs of the times, among other things pointing to the spirit of animosity that exists between capital and labor, and showing the fearfulness of capitalists to invest their wealth as fulfilling to a certain degree the prophecy of James 5, for rich men to weep and howl for the misery that is coming upon them, at which time says James, "stablish your hearts brethren for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." Again he says, "Ye [rich men] have condemned and killed the just and he doth not resist you," and we find those who are looking for the Lord are not engaged in the conflict between capital and labor; they have a better hope. The social meetings were good and there seemed to be a general desire to rise higher in the Christian life. Altogether the camp-meeting was a success, and we trust the brethren and sisters will endeavor to carry out in their lives the good resolutions there made.