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The Next Meeting of the General Conference

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 7, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 1.

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The Next Meeting of the General Conference

By A. G. Daniells

THE next meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is appointed to be held in Washington, D. C., May 13 to June 6, 1909.
The place was agreed upon at the general council held in Switzerland, in the spring of 1907. The time was fixed at the meeting of the committee which convened in Washington in the spring of 1908.
It has been decided to hold the conference on the grounds of the Foreign Mission Seminary and Washington Sanitarium. This will give us the use of the buildings of these institutions. Here we shall be free from the noise and bustle of the city, and have access to all the fresh air and sunshine to be had in the natural groves of the place.
When this conference convenes, it will have been just four years since our last General Conference. This is the longest period that has ever elapsed between sessions of the General Conference since the organization of that body. At first the sessions were held each year. As the territory and scope of the work enlarged, it was thought best to hold the sessions but once in two years. Finally, when our operations had extended around the world, and into nearly every land, it was decided to convene in General Conference but once in four years.
The coming conference will have the largest delegation by far that has ever gathered for counsel in our history. Every union conference in North America is planning to send a full delegation. Between thirty and forty are coming from the European unions. The Australasian and South American unions will have the largest representation they have ever sent. All the principal mission fields will be represented by two or more from each field. And all the departments of the General Conference will be well represented by the members of their respective committees.
In view of the importance of our time, our rapid growth of our work, our unprecedented opportunities, and the large gathering of our leading men from all parts of the world, the coming conference should certainly be better than any we have ever held. It should be great from the standpoint of large, wise plans for the future, and the spiritual uplift to the delegates, and so to all our people. We believe it will be just such a conference, and for this all our people should earnestly and constantly pray. We should have more than a large, pleasant gathering, and a good program; we should have the presence of the Holy Spirit as our teacher and helper. This conference should give us larger views of our work, and greater consecration to it.
More information regarding the plans and details will be given through the REVIEW as the meeting approaches.
A. G. DANIELLS.