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In the Kingdom of Saxony

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 29, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 9.

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In the Kingdom of Saxony

By Guy Dail

THE fifth annual meeting of the Saxon Conference closed last night, having been in session here at Chemnitz from January 10 to 14. The twenty-six churches and companies of the field were represented by ninety-one delegates and nearly two hundred other brethren and sisters. Seven companies were received into the conference. The report of Elder G. W. Schubert, the president, showed that 270 new members were received during 1911, raising the membership of the field from 644 to 844. There were seventeen workers employed throughout last year in Saxony.
The tithe showed an increase of over 22,000 marks. After the auditing committee had done its work, there was a surplus of more than 5,500 marks apportioned to the East German Union, to assist in caring for the large mission territory under its supervision. There was also an increase in the gifts to the work in general. Evening after the Sabbath, a call was made for donations to the mission fund, as had been the custom in other fields, and 1,521 marks in cash and pledges was given. There were seventeen canvassers in the conference during 1910, and their sales amounted to 22,938 marks; last year the twenty-five colporteurs of the kingdom sold literature to the amount of 36,173 marks.
Brethren H. F. Schuberth, Ö. Luepke, F. Goetting, F. Boex, L. Trautmann, and the writer assisted the local workers in the business and meetings of the conference. We were all especially thankful to God for such a hearty spirit of cooperation among the brethren and workers present. Sabbath was an exceptionally good day. In the afternoon Brother G. Freund was ordained to the ministry.
All the public lectures, as well as the conference sessions, were held in the Bakers' Board of Trade Building. Two hundred to two hundred seventy-five of our own people attended, and about as many strangers were at the evening lectures. Meetings to follow up the interest will be continued in the same building. Many not of our faith expressed a deep interest in the message presented, and manifested a desire to hear more.
The kingdom of Saxony, with its many unentered cities and its densely populated districts, is perhaps one of the most promising fields in the world for our work. We trust the readers of the REVIEW will especially pray for the success of the cause of God in this kingdom, which exerted such a strong influence in behalf of the Reformation in Luther's day. GUY DAIL.