The Bookmen in Council.
By Editor
The special work of Seventh-day Adventists, being a work that demands constant energy, and, therefore, frequent revival of effort, calls for numerous convocations for council and mutual help on the part of the workers. So the idea of a bookmen's convention for the Pacific Union Conference was conceived, and carried out during the week beginning the 15th and ending the 22d ult., at the new home of the Pacific Press Publishing Co., Mountain View, Cal. It was a representative gathering, and apparently did much to instil new life and zeal in the workers, and, we trust, will give a new impetus to the circulation of the literature of which the world now stands in so much need. All the features of the Gospel bookseller's work were discussed in a manner to bring out points of interest, new and old. In fact, the convocation developed into a live missionary convention on all lines. Reminiscences of former days, when book-canvassing was at its height, seemed to stir up a spirit of emulation that augurs better days for the book work, and for the circulation of our literature in general. Time was also allotted to the consideration of the medical missionary work and to the educational work, in which our leading physicians and educators participated. The convention was also made the occasion for several important meetings of the union conference committee. From outside the union conference, there were present representative bookmen, Brethren S. N. Curtiss, manager of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, D. C.; J. E. White, of the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn., and James Cochran, manager of the Pacific Press Branch at Kansas City, Mo.