The Council of the General Conference Committee
The fall council of the General Conference Committee opened at College View, Neb., on Thursday of last week, according to previous appointment. The following members of the committee were present the first day of the meeting: G. I. Butler, L. R. Conradi, H. W. Cottrell, A. G. Daniells, S. N. Haskell, L. A. Hoopes, A. T. Jones, N. P. Nelson, David Paulson, W. W. Prescott, E. T. Russell, W. H. Thurston, R. A. Underwood, W. C. White, W. B. White. Other members came in later. Brethren E. W. Farnsworth recently from Australia, W. H. Anderson, of the British Central African Mission, and John Lipke, of South America, were invited to represent their respective fields in the council. Several conference presidents, members of union conference committees, and members of important boards of management were invited to participate in the council. A general outline of the business for the council was presented with suitable explanations by Elder A. G. Daniells, the president of the General Conference, which was ordered to be printed. The daily program was decided upon, and provision was made for the appointment of the necessary standing committees. The council then considered the time and place of the next general conference, and after some discussion of the question it was voted that the next general conference should be held at Washington, D. C., May 11-30, 1905, and that the several union conferences should be invited to send large delegations. It is expected that this conference will be held in tents. It was decided to hold public services each evening, and Elder E. W. Farnsworth spoke the first evening to a large congregation. He presented the necessity of receiving the Holy Spirit in order to give the third angel's message to the world. Sister White is attending the council, and will speak from time to time as her strength will permit. Quite a number of those in attendance are being entertained by the college and the sanitarium. One of the visiting brethren will speak to the students of Union College each morning during the council. Elder A. G. Daniells spoke to them Friday morning. Among the presidents of conferences in attendance are the following: R. C. Porter, of Missouri; C. McReynolds, of Kansas; G. F. Haffner, of Oklahoma; G. F. Watson, of Colorado; A. T. Robinson, of Nebraska; C. A. Burman, of South Dakota; H. S. Shaw, of Minnesota; W. J. Stone, of Indiana; A. G. Haughey, of West Michigan; S. E. Wight, of North Michigan; and W. M. Adams, of Manitoba.