The General Conference at Takoma Park

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 5, 1913

The General Conference at Takoma Park

By the South African Union Conference President

This great gathering from all parts of the world now assembled at Takoma Park is a marvelous manifestation of God’s ability to foresee the end from the beginning and to fulfil prophecy.

From the time the appointment was made for the meeting, many felt that there was a special blessing in store for those who should attend, and many have come from distant lands, some of them paying all their own expenses, in order to share in the spiritual refreshing that they were confident would be experienced by those attending. One of these said today, “I have wept so much for joy as I have seen how the work is going to all lands that my head aches.”

The organization of the forces for pitching the tents and preparing for the meeting, the orderly arrangement of the great camp for dining, department meetings, committee meetings, business meetings of the Conference, and the spiritual meetings of the encampment, so that nearly all committeemen may attend without interfering with committee work, remind one of the orderly arrangements of the camp of Israel when under the inspiration of the divine Spirit it was said, “How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!”

The meeting is now well advanced. Every department of the work shows a marvelous growth during the past four years. Each day’s reports are a great inspiration. It would be utterly impossible to carry forward such a tremendous work if it was not for the unity and devotion of a loyal body of believers, and the united leadership of a consecrated band of workers.

The spiritual services are seasons of refreshing, and the committees and business sessions are most harmonious. Many are already fully convinced that this meeting will mark a new era in the work. R. C. PORTER.