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The Oder Conference

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 11, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 15.

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The Oder Conference

By GUY DAIL

KOTTBUS, GERMANY.—The first annual session of the Oder Conference, which synchronized with the eleventh yearly meeting of what was formerly the East German Conference, was held in Kottbus, January 24-28. In addition to turning over to the newly organized Warthe Conference the districts of Frankfort-on-the-Oder and Kustrin, the Oder Conference received from the North German Conference the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Reports rendered by the president, Elder J. Seefried, showed a good increase in the tithe of the Oder Conference, but the membership and the book sales showed no growth.
I was especially interested in meeting a number of our brethren and sisters at this conference from among the Wendish nationality, with their unique national costumes. They seem to be a hardy people, one that promises well for our work.
The lectures for the public were reasonably well visited, there being from two hundred to three hundred strangers in attendance. About four hundred dollars was collected in cash and pledges for foreign missions.
The new year bids fair to be a good one in this field, and we trust that God's special blessing will rest upon the president of this new conference, and upon his fellow workers. GUY DAIL.