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NOTES ON THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 13.

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NOTES ON THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.

It was impossible to report the results of the late General Conference at its close in Nebraska, for the reason that much was left unfinished. However, a summary may be given which will be of interest to the readers of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
I. The Division of the Field.—This was a logical conclusion from what already existed. Australasia, on account of her distance, had found it necessary to organize a union conference on independent local lines. The fact that the people and fields were different, demanding oftentimes different methods, made this separation necessary and practicable. Logically the work in Europe should be organized on similar lines; and the European Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will take charge of the work under God in that field. The division as at present existing is as follows:—
  1. The General Conference of America.
  2. The European Union Conference.
  3. The Australasian Union Conference.
  4. Mission fields of the world.
The suggestion is also made that the six General Conference districts in the United States organize into union conferences.
The officials of all these various conferences will be elected by the conference of which they have charge, with the exception of the president—the presidents of all conferences to be elected by the biennial General Conference. The mission fields of the world are to be under the management of the Foreign Mission Board, operating in conjunction with local mission boards.
The Officers.—President of the General Conference of America, Elder G. A. Irwin; European Union Conference, Elder O. A. Olsen; Australasian Union Conference, Elder A. G. Daniells; chairman of the Foreign Mission Board, Elder Allen Moon, the headquarters of which board the conference decided to locate in some Atlantic State. The recording secretary and treasurer of the American Conference is A. G. Adams; the corresponding secretary, Elder L. A. Hoopes. The secretary of the Foreign Mission Board, Elder F. M. Wilcox; recording secretary and treasurer, W. H. Edwards. Elder G. A. Irwin was elected president of the International Tract Society, and L. T. Nicola, secretary. The superintendents of the General Conference districts of America are as follows: District No. 1, Elder R. A. Underwood; No. 2, Elder W. W. Allen; No. 3, Elder J. H. Morrison; No. 4, Elder N. W. Kauble; No. 5, Elder R. M. Kilgore; No. 6, Elder A. J. Breed.
Recommendations for Changes in Fields of Labor.—Your Committee on Distribution of Labor would respectfully suggest the following:—
  1. That Miss Birdie Watson, of Kansas, go to Manitoba to engage in Bible work.
  2. That we concur in the request of the Colorado delegation, that Elder J. M. Rees, of Oklahoma, take the presidency of the Colorado Conference and Tract Society.
  3. That we concur in the judgment of the Oklahoma brethren, that Elder E. T. Russell take the place made vacant by the removal of Elder Rees.
  4. That Prof. C. B. Hughes and wife, of Keene, Texas, be asked to answer the call for teachers from Australia.
  5. That Elder D. C. Babcock, of West Virginia, be requested to go to Virginia to take the place made vacant by the resignation on account of illness of Elder W. A. McCutchen.
  6. That Elder G. B. Thompson be requested to go to West Virginia to take the place made vacant by the removal of Elder D. C. Babcock.
  7. That H. J. Duerksen, of Wisconsin, be asked to go to Manitoba to engage in the German work.
  8. That Elder J. J. Gráf, of Minnesota, be requested to labor among the Germans of Wisconsin.
  9. That we concur in the judgment of the Minnesota delegation for Elder C. W. Flaiz to take the place made vacant by the removal of Elder N. W. Allee.
  10. That Elder G. W. Anglebarger, of Colorado, be requested to labor in the New Mexico mission field.
  11. That Elder George O. States, of Colorado, be requested to make Arizona his field of labor.
  12. That Elder W. A. Alway, of Minnesota, be requested to make Utah his field of labor.
  13. That Elder C. P. Frederickson, of South Dakota, in harmony with the consent of the Colorado delegation, be requested to labor in Colorado, taking a place on the Conference Committee.
  14. That, in harmony with the consent of Colorado, Elder G. F. Watson, of the Dakota Conference, be recommended to labor in Colorado.
  15. That L. C. Sheafe, of Ohio, go to district 2, to labor as the district superintendent may direct.
  16. That Elder D. E. Scoles, of the Upper Columbia Conference, be asked to connect in labor with the Minnesota Conference.
  17. That Elder Frank Armitage and his wife, of Nebraska, be requested to go to Matabeleland, Africa, to engage in missionary work.