Report of North Carolina Camp-Meeting by M. H. Brown

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 3, 1912

Report of North Carolina Camp-Meeting

By M. H. Brown

This excellent meeting was held at Gastonia, August 15-25, and was well attended by our people, about one hundred fifty being present. The outside attendance was good, and the interest awakened in this new field demanded follow-up work, which is being carried on by Elder R. T. Nash, with an increasing interest.

The brethren and sisters responded nobly to the appeals for deeper consecration to God, and gave liberal contributions for the support of the cause. A revival spirit prevailed throughout the meeting, being especially manifested on each Sabbath. Ten were baptized on the last Sunday of the meeting, and the conference church celebrated the ordinances of the Lord's house the last Sabbath.

Harmony prevailed in all the deliberations and decisions of the conference. Elder Stewart Kime, of Virginia, having been recommended by the General Conference for the presidency of our conference, was unanimously elected, and was received with great cordiality, being a native of the State. Brother J. W. Siler was chosen field missionary agent in place of Brother W. E. Lanier. The latter has since decided to attend the Foreign Mission Seminary the coming year.

Brother J. E. Hansen was chosen secretary and treasurer of the conference and tract society and of the Sabbath-school and young people's work. The members of the conference committee are as follows: Stewart Kime, M. H. Brown, R. T. Nash, M. H. Johnson, and J. W. Siler.

The reports presented showed an encouraging increase in all departments of the work. This was especially marked in the colporteur and the Sabbath-school work. The Sabbath-school offerings for the two Sabbaths of the camp-meeting amounted to $50. Over $1,000 was pledged for missions, and over $300 for our emergency fund, which is drawn from for the purchase of tents, camp-meeting expenses, and other necessary uses.

The laborers present from abroad were Elders J. N. Anderson, C. B. Stephenson, C. P. Whitford, C. B. Haynes, W. W. Eastman, and T. H. Jeys; Professors Stone and Hiatt; and Brethren W. H. Williams and V. O. Cole.

At the close of the meeting all felt that we had had the best camp-meeting ever held in North Carolina, and that our work would move forward more rapidly than ever before.

Plans were laid for more aggressive work in our large cities during the coming year; and if we secure the cooperation of all our people in these plans, this will mark a new era in the work in the Old North State.

M. H. BROWN.