Ellen G. White: The Lonely Years: 1876-1891 (vol. 3)

The Eastern Camp Meetings

The next trip took them to the province of Quebec, Canada, where at Magog a camp meeting opened on Thursday, August 12. They did not arrive till Friday evening. White reported the grounds good, the weather fine, and non-Adventist attendance large and orderly (Ibid., September 2, 1880). About two thousand heard Ellen White's address on temperance Sunday afternoon. On Tuesday, the last day of the meeting, with a hundred believers present, Elder White led out in organizing “The Seventh-day Adventist Conference of the Province of Quebec.” 3BIO 143.2

Through the rest of August and September James and Ellen White went week to week, from camp meeting to camp meeting, spending from three to five days at each, but always including Sabbath and Sunday: Waterville, Maine; West Boylston, Massachusetts; Morrisville, Vermont; Hornellsville, New York; Clyde, Ohio; Rochester, Indiana (attended by E. G. White only); and the national camp meeting at Battle Creek, Michigan, October 2 and 9. 3BIO 143.3