The European Division by L. R. Conradi

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FromReview and Herald, Harvest Ingathering Number

The European Division

By L. R. Conradi

IN the work of carrying the gospel message of Christ’s soon coming to “every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,” the European Division desires to stand shoulder to shoulder with our North American brethren.

Our own home field is “truly great;” and that the harvest is indeed “plenteous” may be seen from the fact that our report for last year shows an ingathering of 6,000 additional members as the result of the Lord’s blessing upon the efforts of the 700 gospel workers engaged in this division.

MISSIONARY TRAINING SCHOOL, SKOPJE, SERBIA

That the field is ripe for the harvest is proved by the urgent calls for workers that come to us from all parts,—from Siberia, and Russian Manchuria, and Turkestan, and Central Asia, and all parts of Africa, the greater part of the Dark Continent being assigned to our division conference.

“But the laborers are few.” This we realize continually. Yet something has been done to increase their numbers. In 1902 we had in Europe only 250 gospel workers; today the number has nearly tripled. Our missionary training schools in Watford (England), Gland (Switzerland), Skodsborg (Denmark), Nyhyttan (Sweden), and Friedensau (Germany), are filled with young people whose eyes are upon the regions beyond. The Friedensau school occupies a specially unique position, as it is our main training center to supply

missionaries for a population of 350,000,000. Instead of the 200 student volunteers for the fields now enrolled in Friedensau, this school should have many more.

When we review the Macedonian calls from all parts—including modern Macedonia itself—we see in the 400 students now in our European missionary training schools but a faint answer. “Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.”

L. R. CONRADI, President European Division. Hamburg.