MEETINGS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
By Editor
THERE will be no general camp-meeting in Northern California this year. The business session of the conference will be held in Oakland June 15-18. Local camp-meetings will be held as follows: At San Jose, June 23 to July 3.
At Santa Rosa, August 18-28.
In Humboldt County (location not decided), September 8-18.
At Hanford, October 19-29. This arrangement will give the brethren in all sections of the conference much better opportunity to attend a camp-meeting than would a general meeting, however centrally located. As the dates are well scattered, many will have a much better chance to choose which one they can attend most conveniently, not only as regards place, but also as to time. And some may find it practicable to attend more than one meeting. These meetings should be important occasions, both for spiritual revivification and the furtherance of the message. And the real importance will, in each case, be according to the interest manifested by the brethren of the immediate district in which the meeting is held. In ancient time the three great annual convocations of God's people were of so much importance for the spiritual welfare of the whole church that they were commanded to attend, and the Lord's promise was that their interests at home would be protected in their absence. The people of to-day, in view of the selfish, grasping tendency of the times, need the uplifting encouragement of such special seasons of seeking God together as any people ever did. And there being nothing in the line of general business in connection with either meeting, the spiritual interests of all present, and of the cause, should receive undivided attention. There ought to be a good attendance at each of these meetings, and good results from all. Let each one be a rallying point, and earnest service the object.