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The West Pennsylvania Conference and Camp-Meeting

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 18, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 38.

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The West Pennsylvania Conference and Camp-Meeting

By B. G. Wilkinson

THE brethren in the West Pennsylvania Conference this year chose Corry in the northern part of the State for their annual conference and camp-meeting, August 14-24. They secured the use of the fair-ground which is near the city and which has many commodious buildings for the holding of the assembly.
The attendance from the outside was good. But like all the camp-meetings in the Columbia Union, the number of our own brethren was affected by the fact that many had gone to the General Conference. There were in attendance about two hundred and twenty-five. Nevertheless what was lacking in human presence was compensated for by the divine presence.
There was a good spirit in the meeting. Many important items came up for consideration. The report of the president showed an excellent increase in tithes and offerings. Cash and pledges taken for foreign mission work amounted to $1,486.88, while for the local work there was raised $685. A grand rally was held for the purpose of taking orders for the Harvest Ingathering number of the REVIEW. This resulted in 4,500 copies being subscribed for, or more than half the total number taken last year throughout the entire conference. In order to bring up well the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund, Elder R. A. Underwood, the newly elected president of the conference, arranged for a series of general meetings to be held throughout the churches this fall.
Life and activity were manifested in connection with all the work of the camp. The Spirit of God was present in the revivals, and wrought a good work in the hearts of the people. Elder Underwood was elected president and nearly all the other officers and the same committee were reelected. The book sales amounted to $250. Fifteen persons were baptized. The prospects for the work in West Pennsylvania Conference this coming year are very bright.
B. G. WILKINSON.