The General Meeting in Scotland
By John Oscar Corliss
This meeting convened in Glasgow, April 1, and continued five days. It was not so large a gathering as the annual meeting in Ireland, but I think just as important. There are only about sixty believers in Scotland, but there is a good prospect for a much larger number before the close of the present year, providing the plans made at the annual meeting do not fail. Inasmuch as the division of the British field was effected less than one year ago, this was the first annual convocation of Scotch believers in the third angel's message. Of course some were not well acquainted with conference methods, but when matters were understood, the business moved off expeditiously. Credentials were granted to W. A. Westworth, and ministerial licenses were voted to D. P. Miller, E. Aplin, R. M. Lamie, J. Netherey, and Miss Mary Lamie. The choice for chairman of the mission board for the coming year fell on W. A. Westworth, with W. B. Scott for secretary, and E. Aplin for treasurer. The associate members of the board chosen were W. B. Scott, E. Aplin, R. M. Lamie, and C. Dyer. Some gratifying facts were brought out concerning the canvassing work. The mission has ten canvassers, who average in sales £3 10s., or $17, a week the entire year. One man told me that for seven years he had supported his family, which now consists of six members, by canvassing. Of course all the agents do not do so well, but taking them all together, the average is as before stated. I can not forbear mentioning a remarkable praise service enjoyed in that meeting. After a discourse on the Sabbath by Elder Olsen, the meeting was given to the congregation, when those in attendance followed one another in quick succession, testifying to the preciousness of the Lord to them in their Christian experience. It was a feast to me, because it was so much like meetings I had attended in other parts of the world, and it clearly testified to the uniform value of God's blessing to the believer. The good results of this meeting can not fail to be manifest in the labors to follow it, in the Scotch Mission field. J. O. CORLISS.