The Atlantic Union Conference
By H. W. Cotrell
The work of the Lord in the Atlantic Union Conference is being extended in all departments, and the laborers generally are much encouraged by the results. There are eleven local conferences in the union, and in several of these that department of the work which is termed the evangelical, is being carried forward with vigor. A goodly number of souls have recently accepted the light of the third angel’s message, and have united their interests with this people. Thirty persons have recently been baptized and united with the church in Boston, and many others are interested in the study of the Word. In Brooklyn twenty-three persons have recently been baptized, who, with three others, united with the church. Thus the message of truth for our time is spreading in the various cities of this union conference. We have passed through an extremely severe winter here in the East, which has made it difficult to do aggressive frontier work. The union conference academy has just closed one of the most successful school years of its history. Its enrolment was the highest that it has ever been, the total number enrolled being two hundred and eleven. There were thirteen graduates, several of whom enter at once into active conference work. We have our dormitory completed, and can henceforth care for all students in the home. By the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” thirty-one thousand dollars of the academy debt has been paid, for which we are grateful to the Lord. The church-school work has been a decided success in several of the conferences, while in other conferences where the work is not so well organized, it has been less prosperous. Persons who engage in church-school work should be of mature age, good disciplinarians, and consecrated to their work, in order to insure success. The sanitariums and treatment rooms are well patronized, and as far as my knowledge extends, a good work is being done in every place where one has been established. Many who were sick have been greatly relieved of their sufferings. Distribution of Literature
Within the last few months a decided effort has been put forth in the various conferences in the union to increase the circulation of our denominational literature, and we hope for a permanent and steady growth in this department of the one great work; for certainly this furnishes an opportunity for thousands of our people to act a noble part in the promulgation of the message to the world. Our Eastern publishing house, located at South Lancaster, is doing a good20work, and up to this time has had all that it could do. Taking into account our limited number of active workers, and our limited resources for extending the work among twenty-seven million five hundred thousand people, the work is prospering. In this part of the wide harvest-field we are in great need of a larger number of fully consecrated persons. When we shall see this class of workers multiplied, then the message will go with power, and actual results will be seen from the efforts put forth by each laborer. May the Lord hasten that day. H. W. COTRELL.