Transfer of the Mission Board
By W. A. Spicer
The transfer of the office of the Mission Board from New York to Battle Creek, of which notice is given on this page, will save expense, and release some means for the needy fields. But the consideration that was first in the minds of the Conference Committee was the fact that the leading medical missionary training center and other institutions in Battle Creek locate here brethren of the Mission Board whose constant counsels and co-operation are a necessity in the board meetings and office work. Here, too, the office will be easier of access to most of the Conference Committee, and in closer touch with all the work and workers at home. As all hoped it would be, the Conference just closed was a missionary conference. The gospel of the kingdom to all the world, and that speedily, was the one theme. As Bulletin readers will remember, the keynote was, “There shall be delay no longer.” Rev. 10:6. To this end, the testimony of the Spirit called for the unification of the work as never before. All present saw the wondrous power of God blending hearts and interests as one. The brethren in the churches must have caught, from the reports, the inspiration of this pentecostal season. We have seen the salvation of our God. And now it is for us as one people to pass on the glad word to all the world; for “the Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” It will soon be done. The brethren will consecrate themselves and their all to the work. Jesus is coming. Let everybody tell it to everybody else. May the Lord continue to make the office of the Mission Board but a sympathetic nerve through which the Spirit may press the needs of the fields abroad upon the hearts of the brethren and sisters in the churches. W. A. SPICER,
Cor. Sec. of Mission Board.