THE month of November, 1913, was a time of precious experience for our brethren in the Danube Union. During this time, four general meetings were held in this territory. Elders Boettcher, Dail, and the writer attended these important meetings.
The first was held in Nagyszeben, one of the principal cities in the territory of the Transylvanian Conference. Notwithstanding the hard times caused by the floods of last summer, and the financial crisis brought about by the Balkan war, quite a number of our people attended the meetings and gave liberally of their means.
WE WERE NOT MOLESTED
Then followed the general meeting of the Rumanian mission field. It had been previously decided that this meeting should be held in Bucharest, the capital city of that country. We were all very anxious to see how the authorities and the priests would receive us this year. Last year we were not able to hold our general meeting in Ploesti. However, to our surprise and joy we were not molested in the least. This was in fact the first public meeting of our people in this country that was officially recognized and permitted by the authorities. We had a splendid meeting. The field was organized into the Rumanian Conference, Brother P. R. Paulini being elected as president. This field promises to develop into the strongest, financially, in the union. We are glad that the Lord is doing great things in this benighted land of the Greek Oriental Church.
Next followed the general meeting of the Theiss-Szava mission field, which was held in the most German city of Temesvar. Most of our members of this field are Servians. The brethren had engaged a very fine hall, and the attendance at the evening lectures was good. Our workers follow up the interest. Most of our workers, although of German nationality, have acquired the Servian language, and work with good success among these people.
Last but not least comes the general meeting of the North Hungarian mission field. This meeting took place in the beautiful town of Kassau. This was the first general meeting, and only about fifty of our people were present. The brethren did splendidly when the call was given for funds for our missions. The evening lectures were also very interesting. Several times the Socialists tried to break up the meetings, but they did not succeed in their plans.
In all these meetings, we enjoyed the richest blessings of the Lord. Good reports were given, and the spirit of unity prevailed in all our councils. This gives us courage to believe that the future will bring many victories for the cause of God in the Danube Union.
We are thankful that the Lord of the great harvest is blessing the efforts of His children in these countries where superstition, fanaticism, and ignorance yet control the greater part of the population. The future looks bright when we view it in the light of God's promises for the last days. May the Lord soon bring this message to every faithful soul in our territory, and the whole world, is our prayer.
