p. 24 | General Conference Committee Council

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 21, 1910

General Conference Committee Council

The Council, appointed for April 5-15, was pressed full of work, days and evenings, up to Friday, the fifteenth. Most of the members from outside Washington were compelled to leave toward the close, but a number remained till the close, and spent the Sabbath here. On Sabbath afternoon a special meeting was held to give further prayer and study to the question of the campaign for the cities, the call being given to throw the strength of the conferences into working the cities.

It has been a very profitable Council. The morning sessions were generally devoted to a study of the calls from the mission fields for appropriations, the locations of the workers being pointed out on the maps, and rate of wages, expenses, plans for additional effort, and other information being spread before the Council. The making up of the total of the budget is not yet quite completed; but from the study given, the Council was aware that the largest appropriation in our history will be called for this year, after cutting down the calls to the utmost.

Many recommendations were made relating to transfers and appointments of laborers. We do not publish these, save as those concerned have been consulted. The following recommendations may be mentioned here:—

A. C. Williman, of the Foreign Mission Seminary, to India.

E. N. Sargent, of Walla Walla College, to Japan.

G. M. Brown, formerly of Mexico, to