Meetings at Los Angeles.
By Editor
We did not get to Los Angeles till the closing meeting of the ministerial institute proper, and that was a testimony meeting, a gathering in which souls witnessed to the blessings of the meeting, its instructions, its uplift. A higher standard of the ministry has been seen and appreciated, and ministers and workers have been greatly blessed. The most appreciated of all, it seems, have been the studies by Pastor A. G. Daniells, the president of the General Conference, directly on the minister and his work in all its various phases, together with the many questions answered, and the round table talks with the younger ministers. The consecration, devotional, and meetings for Bible study, conducted by Pastor G. B. Thompson and others, have also been helpful. The near and eternal future ought to show glorious harvest of souls as the result of this institute. The Pacific Union Conference opened its session Thursday morning, March 20, at 9:30. The president's report showed encouraging progress, as did that of the treasurer. Two new conferences were added to the union; namely, Central California and Northern California-Nevada. The union now consists of six local conferences, as follows: California, Northern California-Nevada, Central California, Southern California, Arizona, and Utah. This union conference has within its territory, under denominational direction, four sanitariums, six affiliated sanitariums, and various treatment rooms. It has one college, one medical evangelist training-school, two academies with normal training departments, and various intermediate and church schools. These vast interests, together with the evangelical work of the conference, made its five days' session a busy meeting. We have not space to summarize even the actions taken and the resolutions passed. In fact we have no copies of the resolutions at hand at this writing. A special issue of the Pacific Union Recorder will give the entire proceedings of the conference. It was a great meeting, especially in its strong evangelical and religious liberty features. The list of officials elected was given in our last issue.