The delegates present now number about 250; the visitors we know not how many, probably not less than 2,000. Special coaches laden with delegates and visitors have come in from all directions; and April 1 a special train of seven coaches came down from Chicago, the passengers consisting wholly of delegates and conference visitors. Needless to say that the tabernacle, tho seating over 3,000, is utterly inadequate to contain so many. Sabbaths and evenings, meetings are also held at the large Sanitarium chapel. The business of the conference is yet in its incipient stage. The only action taken thus far is to appoint a large council of about seventy-five members to take into consideration in a general way the order of business and the appointment of committees. This committee has held four meetings, and has appointed the following committees: On Order of Business, Organization, Publishing, Education, Medical Missionary Work, Camp-meetings, Canvassing and Colporter Work, and Religious Liberty. These committees are now at work. April 4 the delegates from the Southern field, generally known as District Number 2, presented to the conference a memorial setting forth the fact that the brethren in that field desired to form a union conference to take charge and direction of the whole Southern field instead of considering it a mission field managed by some committee or center outside. A preliminary draft of a constitution was also presented. The memorial frankly stated that the self-governing (under God) union conference still desired help from the general body. This memorial was approved. The work in this field of nine states, embracing nearly 15,000,000 people, includes 65 organized churches, 35 unorganized companies, church-members 2,490, Sabbath-keepers, including isolated members, numbering 325. The gain for two years has been 628. The tithe for the last year was $11,172.84; offerings for missions, $1,404.04. There are 24 ministers, and 41 paid missionary workers of other grades, besides 34 self-supporting missions. There are 31 church buildings, valued at $16,810; eleven of these were erected the last two years. The Herald publishing-house at Nashville, Tenn., has a plant worth $8,000. There are industrial training-schools at Graysville, Tenn.; Huntsville, Ala.; Alpharetta, Ga.; Junita, Ala.; Oakwood, S. C.; and elsewhere. There are also several bath houses, in different parts, and a sanitarium at Nashville. Books sold amount to $32,000. It is a flourishing field, and may God bless its every interest. Among the exceedingly important things which have been presented before this conference are five different discourses, each of which will appear in the Bulletin. These sermons and the ones who spoke them are respectively as follows: “Divine Organization,” by Alonzo T. Jones; “The Message,” by Prof. W. W. Prescott; “The Field,” by Arthur G. Daniells; “The Education of Workers,” by J. H. Kellogg, M.D.; and “The Need of Means,” by Irwin H. Evans. The first was a study largely based on Eph. 4:7-16, showing that the church, the body of Christ, is organized from the Head, even Jesus; that each member is connected with the Head; that the bond of union, the power of teaching and working, is the one life of Jesus Christ. Thru this one life come the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry, the building up of the body of Christ. It was shown from the scripture that position in the church of Christ, however important in the eyes of man, confers no authority over men. All the authority that any man has in Christ’s body is the measure of the gift of God’s grace, the measure of His truth received, the power of Christ’s life in his own. But this measure of the grace of Christ does not authorize men to exercise authority. Men do this, and in Christ’s church it is the work of men; but in the child of God the authority is in the word which he speaks, in the life he lives, exercised by the Spirit of God thru him. So Jesus taught as one having authority, but the authority was in the wonderful living words which He spake. But this organization thru Christ places men in position because God is with those men, but their position does not give authority to rule souls, but rather involves the responsibilities of duties and their faithful discharge, which God has laid upon them because of the gift He has bestowed. Such will not be rulers of men, but ministers of God’s life. Following this excellent sermon was that by Professor Prescott, of London, on “The Message,” the great Advent Message, as old as the Gospel, as mighty as truth, and efficient and sufficient in fitting men to manifest to the world the life of Jesus Christ. One of the great central thoughts was that Christ must appear in His body, the church, before the Head, our blessed Lord, appears in the clouds of heaven. When the body is ready, fitted by the indwelling Spirit to reveal Jesus Christ in the flesh, Jesus the Lord will come. “The Field” in all its greatness was graphically set forth in a powerful sermon by Pastor A. G. Daniells, president of the Union Conference of Australasia. Hearts were moved mightily as he set before the great congregation the millions of souls in darkness and the sparsity of laborers, and compared them with the fields of small population and the many laborers. He spoke of freedom in working, knowing that God calls, knowing that God is leading, and of going to the field and staying in the field as long as the Lord indicates. The fourth of this series of instructive lessons was “The Training of Laborers,” by Dr. J. H. Kellogg, which we regret that we did not hear, but we heard from it only good reports. The training includes the whole Gospel, spirit, soul, and body. The great world is sick, spiritually and physically sick; and the true missionary work will include instruction, help, and healing for the whole man. The fifth sermon was by Pastor I. H. Evans, president of the Foreign Mission Board, on “The Needs of the Field.” He spoke of the millions in other lands, of the few laborers, of the little funds, and in contrast the home fields, the many laborers, the small populations comparatively, and oftentimes the abundant means. The whole world is the purchase of Christ’s blood, all the souls are His, and every Christian is debtor to the whole world. He plead for an equality of funds and laborers, and this matter is one of serious consideration by the conference, and on which there will doubtless be some recommendations laid before the conference and action taken. There is a blessed feeling coming in that State lines, or rivers, or mountain chains, or oceans do not divide God’s cause or its needs or its beneficences. The member most needy should receive the help it demands. The Spirit of God is enlarging hearts, for which we praise God. More anon. Battle Creek, Mich., April 5.