The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-12
Ohio Camp Meeting at Fair
ground for Ten Days.
SEVEN DAY ADvENTISTS MEET
Spiritual and Intellectual
Communion Purpose
of Campers.
An Ideal Condition for Rest and Re-
creation Offered I'm Days Routine
Many Ohio Cities Represented.

The Ohio campmeeting of the Sew
enth Day Adventists convened in for
NAL session last evening at the fair
grounds, with Elder II. II. Burkholder
of Belleville, o., president of the Ohio
conference, presiding.
The large pavilion tent, seating n
thousand worshipers, was filled, argu-
ing highly successful meetings for the
ten days to come. After the eXten-
sion of greetings. the presiding Off
Ger introduced the speaker of the
evening. Elder o. f. Boetcher, Bible
teacher in the Columbia Union col
lege, at Mt Vernon, o. Elder Boetch-
er gave a practical talk on the Christ
example. He urged his people to fol-
low in the path trod by the christ, to
make their motive In life fit for
citizenship in the Kingdom of God.
He believed this could he done only
by living up to all we know to be
right. Many men live up to the let
ter of a certain number of principles,
and deliberately for selfish or other
reasons, pass by other ilagrant good.
The highest degree of heavenly cit
izenship can only be attained by liv-
ing up TO all the good we know. The
address was received with favor.
one hundred tents now make up
the Advent city. Conspicuous among
these are the large pavilion. the kim
dergarten, the youths and the young
peoples tents. The dining room tent.
under the supervision of DR.. Veenan,
seats one hundred. The service is
European and there Is a restaurant
adjoining the dining room. A gro
Gerry conducted by one of the campers
furnished supplies to campers who
are preparing their own lunches or
dinners.
The routine of the day Is admir-
ably adapted to the rest and recrea-
tlon of campers who come from an
everyday workaday world to spend
season in spiritual and intellectual
communion. At o'clock rising bell
sounds. The grove with its great
green roof of trees is hazy with the
sun-shot mist, and rose tints through
the leaves symbolic the golden plea
sures of the coming day. 1t Is in
vigorating and refreshing, this early
morning walk across the do ~"an-
gled grass TO the pavilion wnere ue-
votionals are held at $3.50. And II
creates an appetite for, breakfast at
Z o'clock, this, and the putting In
order Of the house tents. At 3 o'clock
district meetings are held these be-
ing Il sort of family worship, the fam
lily represented by different divisions
of the tent city. Children's meeting
is in session at the same hour. Camp
orc a 20 at liharty ,,ntil 1 n a'plopk whaO
the general meeting convenes. At
IL o'clock there Is a session of the
conference laborers. At 1880 o'clock
the welcome music of the dinner bell
sounds across the grove, and there
Is a merry rush for the dining room
and restaurant, while mingling saw
ory odors eminate from many tents
The afternoon address is at 3 o'clock,
the children's meetings at $3.50, sup
per, thrice welcome as always, in
camp, at 6 o'clock, and the general
evening meeting at 1880. At o'clock
the bells warn everyone on the
grounds of silent hour and at $3.50
o'clock, with one accord, the twinkling
lights of the tents fade into dimness
and disappear.
1t Is well ordered, almost an ideal
community, this Advent city, with the
worship of God and The extension OF
His kingdom as its avowed inspira'
ton and purpose.
Representatives are present from
every part of the state, including Gin
cinnati, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus,
Dayton, Akron, Springfield and all
of the larger Ohio cities.