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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 9, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 45.

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The Next Convention

By S. N. CURTISS

On page 18 of this paper will be found suggestions of the missionary campaign committee with reference to the second missionary convention to be held November 18. The church officers will observe that no special readings have been prepared for this convention, and each church is at liberty to arrange for a program best suited to its local needs.
It seems particularly proper that this plan should be adopted for the next convention, as there may have been a tendency on the part of some to feel that the missionary work was all planned out for them heretofore, and they did not need to give it much special study and preparation. The intent of the committee, however, was simply to outline various kinds of work, and leave the development of plans and the carrying forward of the movement entirely in the hands of local church officers and workers.
Probably some who have not had much experience and upon whom this responsibility is now laid will feel to shrink from it, but as was said to Queen Esther when the royal decree for the destruction of the Jews had been proclaimed, “Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” All the various departments of our work are in need of leaders,—men and women of sterling integrity and devotion to God’s cause, who will organize the church-members for real, efficient work, giving to each one that particular kind of work for which he is best fitted.
Some general suggestions for the guidance of church officers are being prepared, and will be sent so as to reach them about the same time this paper does.
It is hoped that all will take hold of this matter immediately, and lay definite plans to hold the convention at the time appointed. If there are good and sufficient reasons for postponing it in some churches for a week or so, let each church arrange this matter for itself; but it is hoped that so far as possible the conventions will be held on the day appointed.
We earnestly pray that this occasion may be a time of earnest consecration to God for soul-saving effort, and that all our people, filled with a love for souls, may join heartily in a genuine forward movement which shall go on with increasing power until the work is finished.
S. N. CURTISS,
Chairman Eastern Campaign Committee.