Missionary Conventions in the West by E. R. P.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 27, 1910

Missionary Conventions in the West

By E. R. P.

OUR missionary secretary, Brother A. J. S. Bourdeau, who usually prepares the summaries and notes on periodicals for this department, is now attending a series of union conferences and missionary conventions in the West.

The first convention was held at College View, Neb. It was attended by field agents, general agents, missionary secretaries, and tract society secretaries of the Central, Northern, and Western Canadian union conferences. Through the co-operation of Union College, several interesting meetings and stereopticon lectures were held in the College chapel, with all the students of the school present.

From the many reports received of this meeting, we judge that this has been one of the best attended, and one of the most profitable, conventions ever held in the West.

Following this meeting, Brother Bourdeau visited the meeting of the Central Union Conference at St. Joseph, Mo., and he has now crossed the Rockies, where he will attend the meeting of the Pacific Union Conference, to be held at Mountain View, Cal., and later the meeting of the North Pacific Union Conference at Portland, Ore.

During Brother Bourdeau’s absence the secretary of the Publishing Department attends to correspondence pertaining to the home missionary and periodical work and the Harvest Ingathering. Correspondence should be addressed to Brother Bourdeau here at the home office, the same as usual. E. R. P.

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