p. 17 | East Michigan Annual Conference by W. H. Edwards

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 2, 1907

East Michigan Annual Conference

By W. H. Edwards

By request of Elder E. K. Slade, president of the East Michigan Conference, the writer attended their annual session, extending from March 29 to April 3. The whole session was characterized by the presence of God, and was one continual love-feast. The work of the committees was conducted in a most amicable manner, and the good feelings of the brethren and sisters were conserved throughout. The election made Elder E. K. Slade president for another year, with E. I. Beebe, C. N. Sanders, F. G. Lane, and L. W. Lawton associates on the executive committee.

I think all could see the practicability and wisdom of divorcing the business of the conference from the camp-meetings, as it brings in a mid-winter meeting, which is beneficial to the workers. Time is not consumed in the camp-meeting, which, in the very nature of the case, belongs to the church laity and the general public.

It was an inspiration to the meeting to have such aged laborers as Elders J. L. Edgar and L. G. Moore present as historians of the cause, and to state before the large audience that they were in the possession of most excellent health, and with a superabundance of ambition and a enthusiasm to keep up the work to the end.

The meetings were held in the spacious chapel of the Adelphian Academy, at Holly, Mich., and the entertainment of the delegates at the academy was with most commendable delicacy and attention. The occasion, in all its appointments, was one to be remembered with satisfaction.

Broad plans were adopted for pushing the work in the East Michigan Conference as never before, and for entering Detroit and other large cities of the State. Already the work is making excellent progress in Saginaw, Bay City, Lansing, and Flint. The reports of the workers from those places give proof that God is prospering their labors, and warrants the conference in beginning immediate work in other large centers, knowing that the smaller places can be entered later when it would be impossible to help the great cities.

The Adelphian Academy is prospering under its present management, and the school has been filled. Their new dormitory in a state of erection must be completed in order to accommodate more students who are anxious to attend. The outlook of East Michigan is one of the most cheering in its history.

W. H. Edwards.