p. 24 | The Friedensau Biennial Council

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 3, 1911

The Friedensau Biennial Council

It was the opinion of those present that since the days of Pentecost there has not been held among the people of God a more notable gathering than the biennial council at Friedensau, Germany. Believers numbering about three thousand were present, from among the Russians, Egyptians, Turks, Austrians, Armenians, Servians, Africans, Arabians, British, Germans, Americans, Scandinavians, and others. On Sunday, July 9, eleven thousand dollars was contributed by those present for the onward progress of the message. This was an average of about four dollars for each person present from among all the different nationalities. One brother, from Turkey, who had never before left his native land, said that what he had really seen and heard at this meeting approached his highest conception of the bliss of paradise. And just a little from this, the work of God will indeed close for all the world; then what a gathering that will be, when from among all nations and tribes and peoples "the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy." May God speed the day.