The Kentucky Camp-Meeting
By S. E. Wight
THIS meeting was held at Elizabethtown, in a beautiful grove in the edge of the city. The attendance from the outside was excellent. Several expressed their belief in the truth, and three decided to keep the Sabbath. By faithful work after the camp-meeting it is hoped to develop a good, strong church. Elders N. Z. Town, O. Montgomery, E. L. Maxwell, and W. W. Eastman rendered efficient help. The Spirit of the Lord came into all the meetings, and all felt that it was good to be there. The conference work occupied only a few hours. Elder B. W. Brown was elected president. But few changes were made, the officers remaining practically the same as before. During the last year ninety have accepted the truth, fifty-eight have been baptized, uniting with the church, and two churches and three companies have been organized. The outlook for a large increase of membership is good, as indicated by the report of the Sabbath-school department, which shows the membership of the Sabbath-schools to be eighty-three above that of the church-membership. Kentucky has suffered from a drought the past year; but notwithstanding this and other discouraging features, the tithe has increased three hundred dollars. Several said that the best meeting held during this encampment was the one devoted to the raising of money for foreign missions. Three hundred fifty dollars, the entire amount of the deficit on the Fifteen-cent-a-week Fund, was contributed, besides the Sabbath-school offerings for the two Sabbaths, which raised the amount for foreign missions to $432. Also $140 was given for the Nashville Sanitarium, besides money for the expenses of the camp-meeting and for conducting the different departments of conference work. The spirit of liberality manifested was such as we read about in the early experiences of this people. This conference has fourteen regular canvassers; thirteen of these were in attendance at the camp-meeting, and gave most earnest testimonies with reference to the success of their work. Thousands of dollars' worth of our precious literature is being distributed by these God-fearing workers, and the result will certainly be a call for ministers to follow up the interest created by these message-filled books. From this meeting a large band of canvassers went into the field. The prospect for the future development of the work in Kentucky seems good. Those attending the meeting were all hopeful, and many decided to enter the work in some branch as soon as they could arrange to do so. They were of one mind, and harmony prevailed throughout the entire meeting.