Life Incidents, in Connection with the Great Advent Movement, as Illustrated by the Three Angels of Revelation XIV (Volume 1)

Chapter 47: TENT MEETINGS.

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A first-person memoir traces early family life and spiritual development, then recounts deep involvement in the Advent movement, including encounters with leading interpreters of prophecy, study of Daniel and the 2300-day prophecy, and the emergence of the three-angel messages. It describes revival activity, camp meetings, lectures, publishing efforts, organizational formation, and disputes and opposition, and outlines adoption of Sabbath observance and other doctrinal positions. Interwoven are reflections on prophetic interpretation, accounts of public labor and conferences, and an appeal to strengthen faith and perseverance among adherents.

TENT MEETINGS.

Tent operations, as an effective method of spreading the truth, were commenced among us in the summer of 1854. The first meeting of the kind was held in Battle Creek, Mich., June 10 and 11, of that year. These meetings called out large congregations, and gave greater publicity to our views, by means of the oral lectures, and of our publications, which had been greatly multiplied, and were eagerly called for. Since that time tent meetings have been held with great success in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.