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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 17, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 29.

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Ontario Camp-Meeting

By M. N. Campbell

The Ontario camp-meeting was held on the fair-grounds at Oshawa, Ontario, June 19-29. Those present feel that it was a very successful gathering, viewed from every standpoint. The attendance was good, and the Lord was present by his Spirit to meet with his people.
On the Sabbath, when opportunity was given for a forward move the response was general and immediate. Eleven persons were baptized, and several others will receive the ordinance later at their home churches.
The reports of the laborers showed remarkable returns from the efforts put forth during the past year, and the workers are returning to their fields with a degree of courage that means success for the future.
The Ontario Conference more than met its quota of missionary offerings last year, and the tithe is on the gain.
In addition to the good work accomplished in the evangelistic field, the conference has built a new school at Oshawa to take the place of the unsatisfactory establishment at Lorne Park, which was sold last year. The new institution has two hundred thirty-seven acres of land connected with it, and is housed in a modern, up-to-date school building that is a credit to the field. It has a capacity for seventy-five boarding students. In harmony with the advice of the General Conference brethren, this school will prepare to offer fourteen grades of work when the demand for this grade of work makes it advisable. It will serve as the training-school for eastern Canada. Fifty-two hundred dollars were raised at the camp-meeting toward a fund to complete the enterprise free of debt. The balance is to be raised in the field immediately.
Elder M. C. Kirkendall was reelected president for the coming year, with practically the same corps of officers to assist him. Elders C. S. Longacre and W. C. Hankins were the general laborers present. Their help was greatly appreciated. M. N. Campbell.