Far-Reaching Influence Of The Brighton Camp Meeting

About 100 souls were baptized as the immediate fruitage of the Brighton camp meeting, among them the two Anderson brothers (Letter 40b, 1894). Their wives followed a few months later. An evangelistic tent was pitched in North Brighton, and Elders Corliss and Hare continued with a series of meetings that were all well attended. Another tent was pitched in Williamstown, across Hobson's Bay from Brighton and 12 miles (19 kilometers) south of Melbourne. Here M. C. Israel and W.L.H. Baker carried on the evangelistic thrust. Churches were raised up in both communities. Ellen White spoke at both places, several times in Williamstown, either in the tent or a hired hall (MSS 5, 6, 1894).WV 304.6

All in all, the first camp meeting held in Australia was a success and served to establish a pattern of fruitful evangelistic camp meetings.WV 305.1