IN THE GERMAN CONFERENCE by Ludwig Richard Conradi

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 25, 1901

IN THE GERMAN CONFERENCE.

By Ludwig Richard Conradi

The work in the German field is still progressing. We can see the prospering hand of the Lord in the growth of our membership and in the increase of our means.

During the quarter ending March 31, quite a number were baptized. In Holland, five were baptized at Amsterdam, two at Rotterdam, and two at Leiden; in Germany proper, five were baptized at Berlin, nine were added to the church in Hamburg, eight at Leipzig, six at Magdeburg, five at Stuttgart, two at Hannover, eleven at Göttingen; at Fogaras, Hungaria, three were baptized; and in Rumania, twenty-six were added to the number of believers. Altogether, one hundred and seven new members were received, ninety-four of whom came in by baptism.

The outlook for the present quarter is promising. Elder Lorenz has organized a church of twenty members at Breslau, a city containing four hundred twenty-two thousand inhabitants; Elder Obländer has raised up a company of nine at Worms, so well known because of its prominence during the Reformation; a church has been organized in Rhenish Prussia, where about fifteen have been baptized by Elder Stückrath; Elder Pieper baptized about a dozen in Berlin and Stettin; Elder Frauchiger as many in southern Germany; Elder Waggner about fifteen in eastern Prussia; Elder Klingbeil, who is laboring in Holland, reports additions to our numbers in Amsterdam, Zwolle, and The Hague; while Elder Hüenergardt writes of additions in Hungaria. Thus the good work goes on.

Since returning from America, I have, besides doing a great deal of editorial work, visited Stettin, Berlin, and Friedensau. I found our sanitarium at Friedensau nearing completion, and ere this reaches our readers, we hope to be able to occupy it. At present, our Friedensau school has an attendance of thirty pupils. Of these, five are from Russia, two from Bulgaria, one from Macedonia, one from Hungaria, two from Holland, and the rest are from Germany. This year, as last, we expect to have our annual camp-meeting at Friedensau, July 18–28. At the same time and place the General European, the German Union, and the Scandinavian Union Conferences will be organized.

At present (June 7) Elder Olsen, Brother Dail, and myself are attending the Norway Conference in Christiania. The attendance is much better than last year. The outlook is promising, and all are heartily at work, trying to improve the condition of things here. May we ever remember the great European field in our prayers. L. R. Conradi.