p. 224 | Camp-Meeting by John Norton Loughborough

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, Cal. · May 20, 1875

Camp-Meeting.

By John Norton Loughborough

It is time to begin to think, and talk, and plan for our camp-meeting. The time of the meeting has already been decided upon by our committee, namely : to hold one week, commencing Wednesday, September 23, and closing Wednesday, September 30. The place has not yet been decided upon, although several places have been suggested. One suggested Alameda, but the difficulty here was that we would have to depend on wells for water. This proved a failure two years ago last fall.

We have been examining a place in Livermore Valley, half way between Sunol and Pleasanton, on the Central Pacific Railroad. The ground is two and a half miles from Sunol, and two and a half miles from Pleasanton, these villages being five miles apart. The ground is about forty rods from the railroad track. Undoubtedly arrangements could be made with the Railroad Company to stop a part of their trains each day at the ground.

There is more shade here than we had in Napa Valley, and a good stream of running, spring water passes through the grove. It will require about as much underbrushing and leveling as the Napa ground, but, being sandy soil will take less labor. The live oak and button or shittemwood tree affords most of the shade, and hardly a trace of poison oak is found on the ground. Plenty of hay and straw can be obtained on the same ranch. I have spied out this ground and report upon it. I have taken no steps to secure it, but have ascertained that there will be no difficulty in getting the use of it. I wait to hear if a site is offered any more accessible, central, or affording the same facilities in every respect. Where shall the camp-meeting be held? Take note and speak your minds.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, President Cal. State Conference.