_Concerning the Conference_
_The Testimonies of Brethren From Various Fields_
In a few words some of the delegates give their estimate of the recent conference as follows:— Elder A. E. Place: I look upon this session of the General Conference as a most interesting and important one, whose influence and inspiration must reach to all parts of the field. It is emphatically a missionary conference. The presence of our missionaries from distant lands, with hearts burdened for darkened millions, with reports showing deliverances, victories, and remarkable providences, has been a daily inspiration to us all. Never have I heard the message for this time presented more pointedly or with more power. The third angel's message is the climax of divine truth, and to go forth to finish the mystery of God is the one ambition before us as delegates and people. We have abundant evidence that God has gone out before us. Elder R. A. Underwood: It has been the most harmonious conference that I have attended for many a year. I expect to see, from the advanced moves that have been taken, a speedy accomplishment of the work, and I look for a large increase in our resources in tithes and offerings. Dr. A. J. Hoenes: I find this one of the most important meetings that I have ever attended, and I have found it especially helpful to me personally with regard to my relation to the work as a physician and my relation to the Lord. The reports of the various missionaries were given with remarkable clearness, and the missionary spirit was thereby stimulated to a very high degree. I am sure all will return to their various fields better prepared to meet the duties that devolve upon them. Elder J. N. Loughborough: It is the best General Conference that I have ever attended, and I believe I have attended nearly every conference since they were first organized. It has gone on without any reflection on any member, and my faith is greatly increased as I see the missionary spirit that is manifested. Elder J. O. Corliss: I am glad to bear testimony to the blessed experiences I have had at the present General Conference. It has given me comfort and encouragement to see the missionary spirit that has prevailed all through the meeting. I thoroughly believe that the work accomplished at this meeting will prove to be permanently beneficial. Elder W. B. White: The conference just closed in Washington should, and will, mark a new era in the history of this work. I never saw so many weighty questions considered with more Christian kindness and consideration. We are sure that its influence will tell for good upon the Pacific Coast. Elder J. W. Westphal: The missionary spirit that has been in evidence in many ways during the General Conference has been an omen of good to those who long to see the work closed up soon. There has been no excitement, and but little ordinary revival effort, but there has been a manifest growing interest in the speedy proclamation of the message given to us, and a practical settling down to the work before us. With this spirit, carried throughout our entire ranks, growing in fervor and activity as time passes, the work must soon move with great power; and this, I believe, is the meaning of the conference just closing. It is sure to bring good cheer to our missionaries in all lands. Elder S. H. Lane: I consider this convention one of the best missionary conferences ever held by our people. Its influence will certainly be far-reaching, so much so that it will affect the progress of our work to earth's remotest bounds. I have admired the spirit that has characterized the delegates, and I26believe that this conference will mark a new era in the progress of the precious cause to whose interest it has been held. Elder F. W. Field: I consider this conference the most important meeting we have ever had in its relation to work in foreign fields. Delegates from all our foreign lands have been in attendance, and many questions concerning the work in these fields have been considered, and broad plans are being laid for the foreign work, and I believe this conference will mark a new era in our work. Elder N. P. Nelson: I feel that this has been one of the most spiritual conferences I have ever attended. I believe we shall see good results from this meeting, and I believe there will be more accomplished from now on until the work is finished. Elder A. T. Robinson: Three things have especially impressed themselves upon my mind during this great world's missionary conference: first, an earnest feeling after the foundation pillars of the truths of the message, which has made us a people; second, addressing ourselves intelligently to the task of finishing this work in this generation; third, the responsibility of every individual member of the church to stand in his lot and place, and bear his share in this closing work. Elder W. C. White: This General Conference has been the most hopeful of the kind that I ever attended. It has led me to realize more than ever before the privilege of service, and to look for advancement in our work along all lines at home and abroad. W. C. Sisley: I have enjoyed the conference very much, especially that feature of it that has a wide influence on our mission work in distant fields. I am much pleased with what has been done in establishing our institutions here. I believe that when the work begun on the present site has been accomplished, we shall have headquarters that will rightly represent our work. I have been helped very much spiritually by the meetings. Elder J. N. Anderson: I have greatly enjoyed the spirit of work in this conference. I regard it as marking a new era in the work of this people. I feel deeply impressed that this denomination has now reached a full majority, and far-reaching consequences are sure to follow this important conference. The history of the next quadrennial period must inevitably mark triumphs in the work of this last message, and I am confident that it will furnish the most interesting chapter in the experience of Seventh-day Adventists. Elder E. E. Andross: I have greatly enjoyed the conference, and from first to last it has increased in interest, and I fully believe that the influence of the meeting will be very far-reaching, and that the work of the third angel's message will be greatly advanced throughout the world as a result. The movement in behalf of the work in the more distant regions of the earth has been very marked at the conference, and is one of the most hopeful omens of the steady triumph of the message that I have ever witnessed. My courage was never better, and I fully believe that we have now entered upon the closing work of this message, and soon we shall see it triumph in all the earth. Elder W. J. Stone: I believe that the conference which is closing will mark a new era in the history of our work throughout all the world. It can be truly said that it is a world's conference, and the keynote in all the meetings, whether the speakers were from distant fields or from the home field, has been the carrying of the message to regions beyond and constantly extending our borders. I was much pleased to see the spirit manifested by the presidents of our conferences throughout the United States to abolish all set lines and divide their means and laborers with the needy fields. I have attended nearly all the General Conferences for the last quarter of a century, and I can truthfully say that this has been the most encouraging for the full accomplishment of the work of any conference I have yet attended. Elder R. M. Kilgore: I have greatly appreciated the privilege of attending this World's Missionary Conference. It has extended my view of the message, strengthened and increased my faith in its foundation principles, given me greater confidence that God has led and is still leading his servants in this great movement, and that it will soon close with certain victory to all who are loyal to it. Its influence on both the home field and the regions beyond will certainly awaken our ministers and people to greater activity in finishing this closing work in this last generation. The consecration and devotion which have been so manifest during this meeting are testifying to the fact that God is working for his people, and preparing his servants for the final conflict. Prof. C. C. Lewis: It gives me pleasure to say that I like the location of our institutions at Washington very much indeed. The elevated site, the rural surroundings, the pure and abundant water-supply, and the beautiful natural grove shading all, combine to make an ideal location; while convenience to street-car, post-office, and railroad, with the prestige which must attend the issuing of our publications from the capital of the nation, must make the moving of our headquarters to Washington of incalculable advantage to the cause of the third angel's message. My heart has been much encouraged by the meetings of the General Conference. Especially cheering is the missionary spirit which pervades all the exercises and animates all hearts. Surely this General Conference will mark a great forward movement into the unentered missionary fields.