Southeastern Union Conference by Carlyle B. Haynes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 18, 1912

Southeastern Union Conference

By Carlyle B. Haynes

The first meeting of this conference opened Sunday night, January 8, with a bookmen's convention, which is to occupy two days of the time of the ten-day session. The conference is being held in the church building at Graysville, Tenn.

For ten days preceding the bookmen's convention, a canvassers' institute was in progress for the canvassers in the Cumberland Conference. In addition to the local workers this institute was attended by canvassers from several other States in the union conference. A number of new workers were trained, who will enter the field at the close of the union conference meeting. A good spirit of unity and earnestness prevailed throughout.

The papers in Chattanooga and Knoxville are printing daily reports of the meetings, giving considerable space to the details of each one. A long article appeared in both Chattanooga papers two or three days preceding the opening of the conference, which gave a very full account of the work of Seventh-day Adventists, their growth, and their leading doctrines. This article was prepared by the new Press Bureau of the General Conference, and was sent out from Washington early in the week to every daily paper in the States of Georgia, Florida, the eastern half of Tennessee, and North and South Carolina. We are unable to say at present how extensively it has been used, but we hope that many papers have published it.

Much interest has been manifested by the workers at this conference in the work of the Press Bureau. A class has been formed in newspaper reporting at which daily instruction is being given by the writer in the essentials of writing for the press. We trust that this will result in wide publicity for the principles of the truth throughout the States of this union during the coming year.

During all the meetings held so far, there has been signally manifest a spirit of good fellowship and harmony among all the workers. Several very spiritual meetings have been held, and the influence of the Spirit of God has been felt in a decided way.

Carlyle B. Haynes.