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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 17, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 53.

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New Jersey

By A. R. Sanderson

Our workers’ meeting was held in Newark, November 24-26, with every worker present. We also had with us Elders B. G. Wilkinson and I. D. Richardson. We appreciated very much the instruction given us by Elder Wilkinson, and believe that every laborer in the conference will find it a help in his work. From the very first meeting, the Spirit of the Lord was present in a marked manner. Various topics were considered, prominent among these being the standing of the ministers and other workers before the people. There seemed to be but one desire, and that was to comply with the instruction in the Bible and the Testimonies in order that the ministry might be elevated to a higher plane.
Reports were given from nearly every part of the conference, and many calls for help were presented, especially for Paterson, Rockaway, and some places in the southern part of the conference. It was voted to employ a minister and a Bible worker for the city of Paterson and its vicinity, and Brother Mediary was asked to confine his labors exclusively to the missionary work among the churches. An invitation was extended to Brother Barrett, of the Chesapeake Conference, to take the book work in this field. The addition of these laborers brings our force up to twenty-six, which is really more than our conference ought to support, looking at it from a human standpoint. But the calls for help are so definite that we dare not wait any longer, and we are confident that our people in this field will not permit us to go in debt as the result of the added work we are doing. Faithfulness on the part of all will surely bring success for the cause of present truth in this conference.
Our churches are becoming thoroughly organized for missionary work. The larger cities are divided into sections, and each section is placed under a competent leader, who has associated with him several members of the church. These are to take charge of distributing War Extras, the Harvest Ingathering REVIEW, and other literature, in their respective territories. It does one’s heart good to see the way the churches are taking hold of this work, and we are sure that it means much to the progress of our message. Thus far this conference has ordered 65,700 of the REVIEW Extra No. 2, and 900 of the Watchman Extra. We have also placed an order for 50,000 of the Slavish-Bohemian War Extra, making a total of 116,600 leaflets telling the people of the times in which we are living. Orders are still coming in.
We have placed missionary barrels in the hands of all our people. The contents of these barrels are to go into the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. We felt that this was a wise thing to do, inasmuch as this thirteenth Sabbath comes right after the Annual Offering, which would make the offering light. But by using the self-denial barrels during the month of December, we shall expect a larger Thirteenth Sabbath Offering than we have ever had. We are expecting much of the blessing of the Lord during the week of prayer, and have planned for our laborers so that each church will receive some ministerial help. The outlook now is that the coming year will be the best that we have ever experienced.
A. R. SANDERSON.