Amount previously reported ... $70,415 53
Iowa Tract Society .......... 569 35
R. P. H. .................... 200 00
L. O. Stowell ............... 200 00
A. J. Devinney and family .. 100 00
Robert Conway ............... 62 00
St. Joseph (Mo.) church ..... 50 23
G. F. Rider ................. 45 00
B. Mattern .................. 40 00
Sarah A. Stern .............. 40 00
Utica (Mo.) church .......... 34 00
Friends ..................... 28 00
Broken Bow (Neb.) company .. 25 25
Mrs. Stanley Potter ........ 25 00
J. B. Myers ................. 25 00
Mrs. Amanda Case ............ 25 00
Mrs. P. J. Getty ............ 25 00
Charles G. Berglin and family 25 00
John Mackin ................. 25 00
Atlantic (Iowa) church ...... 22 00
Chagrin Falls (Ohio) church 20 70
J. W. Stull ................. 20 00
R. C. Wirth ................. 20 00
E. M. Carpenter ............. 20 00
Arcadia (Neb.) church ....... 20 00
A. P. Ruiter ................ 20 00
Midway (Mo.) church ......... 15 75
Poy Sippi (Wis.) churches ... 15 59
A friend .................... 15 00
Neenah (Wis.) church ........ 14 60
Beverly (Mass.) church ...... 14 05
Addington (O. T.) church .... 14 00
Mrs. Anna M. Rice ........... 12 00
J. Calvin Wright and family 11 00
Mrs. J. W. Bendixen ......... 10 00
E. E. Nelson ................ 10 00
Hannah Mott ................ 10 00
John Peterson ............... 10 00
F. E. Sander ................ 10 00
Mrs. E. P. Asbury ........... 10 00
Mrs. Harriet E. Smith ....... 10 00
Mrs. Eliza Gurr ............. 10 00
Mrs. A. C. Crandall ......... 10 00
A mother and daughters ...... 10 00
B. Berglund ................. 10 00
Mrs. Jennie T. Sheddy ....... 10 00
F. J. Harris ................ 10 00
Mrs. G. G. Dick ............. 10 00
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Easler 10 00
Olive I. Gilmore ............ 10 00
R. W. Maker .................. 10 00
J. M. Kinzer ................ 10 00
John Richardson ............. 10 00
Susie M. Twiggar ............ 10 00
Mrs. R. E. J. Keck .......... 9 00
A nurse ...................... 8 00
A. M. Shulenberger and family 7 00
Mrs. H. Hughes .............. 7 00
Portland (Maine) church ..... 6 85
Ellis Margerson ............. 6 00
Eliza Margerson ............. 6 00
Alvin Griswold .............. 6 00
Peter Unamaker .............. 5 60
FIVE DOLLARS EACH
J. H. Oker, Mrs. P. Peterson, J. T. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Sander, James Hewitt, D. R. Robinson, George and Carrie Reid, Debello (Wis.) church, Mrs. M. M. Norton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brittain, Josephine Long, John Smith, Hattie Garton, John P. Frederickson, Mrs. H. C. Mitchell, a friend, Mrs. L. E. Wait, Alonzo Kline, E. Q. Rich, Mrs. N. P. Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Wood, Lydia Hamilton, Mrs. B. Berglund, Mr. and Mrs. Ira E. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Woodruff, E. B. Garside, Lusia M. Sawyer, Mrs. H. C. Janes, Mrs. James Halliday, W. A. Morris, W. H. Massey, S. J. Wilbur, Marie Johnson, Annie Evans, J. D. Yondon, Sarah Ballard, E. H. Gosmer, John Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hall, George M. Kelvey, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Perhan, Mr. and Mrs. Orcott Burr, Mrs. Netta White, a friend, Isaiah Williams, Samuel D. Babcock, Virginia A. Blanchard, Mrs. E. McCarthy, M. J. Riley, A. N. J., R. L. Hickok and family, Thomas F. Lewis, A. P. Foster, D. H. Kinzer, E. A. Curtis, Isora Watts, L. W. Babcock, Mrs. S. B. Wheeler, V. G. Bryant, Mrs. Charles D. Post, Miss Brewster, A. J. Iden, Hebron (Wis.) church, Mrs. E. M. Page.
Fredericton (Nova Scotia) church, $4.50; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Anderson, $3.50; Wallace (N. Y.) church, $3.25; W. J. Bowman, $2.25; Chunchula (Ala.) church, $1.79; two sisters, $1.25; Willie Bowman, $.80; Jennie Bowman, $.75; Jennie Austin, $.35; C. Wadden, $.20; Keith K. Kaser, $.15; Nettie Rich, $.15; Stone Bowman, $.13; Ed. Starks, $.12; Vila Weidenhaupt, $.05; Haskell Wynigear, $.05; Mrs. Starks, $.02.
FOUR DOLLARS EACH
Ontario Conference, Mrs. Ellen Houghtaling, J. R. H. Nickel, Parsons (Kan.) Sabbath-school, Mrs. F. A. Chapman.
THREE DOLLARS EACH
Mr. and Mrs. P. Case, Richard Alderson and family, Vivian Smith, Alf. H. Williams, Mrs. Anna Soderlund, Fannie Bowley, Mary Moore, W. J. Read, Mrs. Lizzie Lapham, T. F. House, Minnie Robbins, Jacob Bloom, Emma Bloom, Helen M. Vance, Mrs. P. Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Graves, a sister.
$2.50 EACH
E. W. and Ruth McDaniel, A. H. Peet, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Low, Grace Low, Lara M. Sutphen.
TWO DOLLARS EACH
J. L. Grindle, W. H. Sander, J. Sylvester, J. D. Brownley, Mrs. Clara Goodrich, Michigan friends, G. P. Gaede, Theo. and Lizzie Lines, Mrs. M. L. Lyons, Mrs. William H. Rice, Mary Biron, a friend, Harvey Cassell, Sadie Cassell, Mrs. E. J. Catuna, Mrs. A. H. Peet, Katie E. Crowell, Mary F. Garland, Mrs. E. Backus, M. E. R., Mrs. M. T. Young, T. D. Gibson, Mrs. Carrie Reihl, B. H. Tally, a friend, Louisa Winch and Rosalthе Carey, Emma J. Moody, Carrie Bailey, Philip Preffitt, a sister, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wilkinson, F. P. McClellan, Mrs. M. C. McClellan, Jacob Arnold, W. S. Boone, Kate G. Boone, Mrs. V. A. Hamilton, R. B. Brower, S. L. Thompson, Ernest Dick, Ella C. Daniells, J. H. Reynolds, Josephine Streicher, Fred Coggswell, J. J. Wynigear, Amanda Wynigear, Lizzie Wynigear, Ludwig Zimmer, Lydia Zimmer, Augustus D. Feick, Mrs. E. B. Smith, Mrs. Mahalah Hayes, Mrs. Hattie Hayes, J. J. Olson, Agnes Beal, Mary Houser, Ernest Johnson, Mrs. Lavinia Johnson, Mrs. James C. Johnson, Mrs. R. Alice Wheeler, Lydia Rishel, James A. Jones, Illa M. Knox, Mrs. Ida Taft, James W. Cozart, E. D. Haskell, W. S. Burchard, Mrs. Almira Barnard, Mrs. E. V. Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong, a friend, John S. Overton, Oliver J. Lynch, Will Hanson, Tena Hanson, Mrs. Eva Porter, Mrs. N. Lackey, Mrs. L. A. Dickson, Ralph W. Keck, George W. White, C. M. McDonald, Della McDonald, Hubert McDonald, J. P. Spicer, Mary Yarger.
John S. Russel, Mrs. Mary Kearth, Lydia Larson, C. A. Taylor, Leonora Blake, C. M. Finch, Mrs. C. M. Finch, T. O. Bivin, F. A. Slate, a friend, Enoch Hill, a friend, J. F. Lindenwood, M. L. Lindenwood, Maggie Lindenwood, Sadie Lindenwood, M. S. Blunt, J. N. Clarke, Mrs. S. C. Clarke, Mrs. J. P. Frederickson, Mrs. L. E. Worhies, Susannah Wilson, Ursula Dolaway, Mrs. S. D. Prentis, L. L. Hooke, J. A. Wehner, J. A. Sweney, Mrs. L. B. Sweney, C. R. Smith, H. F. Courter, W. E. Haines, Mrs. Hannah Tough, Ella Rich, Ellen A. Young, Frank L. Carlen, Katie R. Carlen, Mary A. Carlen, Mrs. Kirtley, Ann G. Guthrie, Mrs. John Leiber, Jane Bullock, T. A. Hoover, L. M. Hoover, Mrs. Sylvia Wheeler, Anna Chaney.
FIFTY CENTS EACH
Mrs. Foot, Mrs. Mary Whybark, M. S. F., D. I. Hill, Lizzie L. Wallace, J. H. Mattern, Mrs. J. H. Mattern, Frank Dolaway, Cliff Kaser, L. D. Gallion, Mary Haines, Mrs. B. Tough, Ruth Cassell, Mrs. C. S. Busby, Miss Cilley, Elvin and Ethel and Edith Peet, Ethel Kennedy, Cecil Kennedy, C. C. Blott, Mrs. T. A. Kay, Jane Rowe, Everett Dick, Robert B. Flewelling, Willie Wynigear, Ollie Wynigear, Mrs. Eva Patterson, Anna Burchard, Mamie Cozart, Dayton (Tenn.) Sabbath-school, Mrs. M. A. Cook, D. Alway, Hattie Alway, Mrs. E. Sims, C. W. McAllister, Mrs. C. W. McAllister, Mrs. Mary Pedrick, A. C. Allen, Mrs. A. C. Allen, Mrs. A. Russell, Grady McDonald, Clarence McDonald.
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH
Mrs. Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Garrison, friends, Mrs. Mary Fulton, Mayme Kaser, Arthur Rich, Mrs. Nellie Drahs, Mrs. P. O. Sanders, Miss Wilbur, Miss Wheeler, Mrs. Halliday, E. W. Yondon, Ada Wynigear, Ruby Wynigear, a new Sabbath-keeper, Herchel Burchard, Monroe Henderson, Arnold Burchard, Ancil Burchard, W. L. Adkisson, Harry Alway, Esther Frances, Nettie Alway, Katie Davidson, Caroline Norlock, James Davis, Nita Darrah, Howard Darrah, Mrs. G. Weidenhaupt.
TEN CENTS EACH
Mrs. Walker, M. A. Hill, Irene Kaser, Gladys Yondon, Celia Burchard, Glen Burchard, Edith Burchard, Walter Burchard, Nora Burchard.
Mrs. Lou Westover ..........$ 10 00
Mrs. Ellen Mayer ........... 10 00
B. K. Chase ................ 25 00
Carrie S. Haskins .......... 25 00
J. R. and M. J. Carnahan.... 50 00
Total reported ............$73,214 96
A further list will follow.
Send all donations to W. T. Bland, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
The General Conference
By A. G. Daniells; W. A. Spicer
THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION MAY 11-30
First Meeting
The thirty-sixth General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was called to order at 10:30 A. M., May 11, at Takoma Park, D. C. The president, A. G. Daniells, was in the chair.
The Chairman invited to the platform Brethren Haskell, Butler, and Loughborough, the presidents of union conferences, the superintendents of mission fields, and other laborers of long years of service in the message.
After the hymn, “O worship the King,” the forty-ninth chapter of Isaiah was read by W. W. Prescott.
The congregation united in the hymn, “Hark, hark, hear the blest tidings.”
The conference was then led in earnest prayer by Elders J. N. Loughborough and E. W. Farnsworth. The presence of the Holy Spirit was very manifest as the conference unitedly dedicated itself to God.
The Chairman referred to the fact that the conference was to be held in the open air, according to the counsel that had been given. All were thankful for favorable weather, and for divine care over the delegates as they had come in from near and distant fields. It was stated that the General Conference was organized forty-two years ago this month, in a meeting held in Battle Creek, Mich. Of the delegates present at that meeting but four survive, Elders J. N. Loughborough, C. O. Taylor, Isaac Sandborn, and Washington Morse. Sister E. G. White was present throughout that meeting. The Chairman expressed in behalf of the conference thankfulness that in our present gathering we have Sister White and Elder Loughborough still with us.
Elder J. N. Loughborough spoke with feeling of the progress during the forty-two years since the organization of the General Conference, and the congregation heartily responded with the “amens” to the expression of his hope that he might witness the speedy finishing of the work.
Sister E. G. White, who was present on the platform, addressed the conference. She emphasized the need of repentance and humiliation before God and one another. In this last day of the great Day of Atonement it is time to make sure that every sin is confessed and forgiven. All through this meeting should be heard voices proclaiming, “He has pardoned my transgressions, he has made me clean from my unrighteousness.” “Clear the King’s highway,” is the word to us now. “Gather out the stones, that a path may be made clear for the Holy Spirit to go through our midst, that the blessing of God may come to us in this conference. Depart from iniquity, and the Lord will make your feet to stand upon high and holy ground.”
A praise service followed, the time being pressed full of testimonies. The keynote of these was that the workers had come from all the fields praying for God’s blessing to be upon this gathering.
The roll of delegates was called. (The list of delegates was printed in last week’s REVIEW. Nearly all were present at the roll-call.)
The Chairman presented the report of the executive committee, nominating chairmen for the current session of the General Conference, which was unanimously adopted as follows: G. A. Irwin, O. A. Olsen, A. G. Daniells, L. R. Conradi, W. W. Prescott, H. W. Cottrell.
The Secretary presented the following list of members of the various General Conference departments not otherwise represented among the delegates, whom the executive committee had appointed delegates at large:— Educational Department: E. A. Sutherland, F. M. Dickerson, Mrs. L. F. Plummer.
Sabbath-School Department: G. B. Thompson, Mrs. F. L. Bland, Estella Houser.
Religious Liberty Department: K. C. Russell, W. A. Colcord, C. P. Bollman, D. W. Reavis, J. S. Washburn.
Publishing Department: S. N. Curtiss, James Cochran, E. R. Palmer, S. D. Hartwell.
The Chairman stated that various union conferences had appointed as delegates medical members, who, joined by physicians in attendance, were to hold meetings for the consideration of this department of the General Conference work. The executive committee recommended the following-named physicians and men connected with institutional work to form the departmental committee on medical work during the sessions of the conference, and the recommendation of the committee was unanimously adopted by the conference as follows:—
Medical Department: Delegates already appointed from union conferences, Drs. Rand, Simmons, Martinson, Hayward, Colloran, Edwards, Hoenes, Nicola, George, Paulson, W. H. White.
Medical members hereby appointed delegates: Drs. Heald, Green, Froom, Hare, Ross, Fullmer, Farnsworth, Perrine, Swayze, and Neall.
Institutional workers on departmental committee, and delegate members where not already so appointed: F. M. Wilcox, W. C. White, A. E. Place, W. J. Fitzgerald, Smith Sharp, and W. C. Sisley.
It was voted that the usual standing committees should be nominated by the executive committee of the General Conference.
Meeting adjourned to 2:30 P. M.
A. G. DANIELLS, Chairman,
W. A. SPICER, Secretary.
The Unity of the Spirit
By Ellen G. White
Remarks by Mrs. E. G. White at the Opening of the Conference, Thursday Morning, May 11
I want to say a few words at the beginning of this conference. I feel a deep and intense desire that those who have come to this meeting shall not occupy their minds in investigating other souls. The work resting upon us as individuals should be taken up at this meeting. We are living in the great day of atonement, when every person should confess his sins, that the conviction of the Spirit of God may come to his heart. If you think that there is something standing between you and God, go to him, and ask him to help you to make the confession necessary in order that the wrong, whatever may be its character, may be taken out of the way. And ask him to help you not to repeat the wrong.
It was a question with me whether I should venture to attend this meeting, because of the condition of my health. I decided that I would make no promises; I would wait and see what the will of the Lord was in the matter. Night after night I seemed to be hearing this testimony: that there are those in our churches who need at this time the deep movings of the Spirit of God upon their hearts; and I decided to come to the conference.
Some pass over their wrong-doings, or, if they have confessions to make, they think that they will not confess, because to do this would lessen the confidence that their brethren have in them. God wants us to look to him, and to him alone, and have everything straight between our souls and God. We need to seek the Lord with all our hearts, that we may find him; we need to come into close relation with the cross of Calvary. We need to see Christ hanging upon that cross, making an atonement for our sins. When we see and understand our relation to Calvary, we shall know for ourselves something of the grief which, because of sin, Christ knew for us.
How can we do this?—“Repent . . . and be converted.” This is our only hope of salvation. We are to stand in a repentant, confessing attitude, and then joy will fill our hearts.
Just as soon as you are impressed that there is something standing between you and God, or between you and your brethren, leave your gift before the altar of prayer, and do that which Christ has said you must do in order for the wrong to be taken out of the way. This is the first work that is to be done in this conference, if we expect the blood of Jesus Christ to be efficacious in our behalf. If we confess and forsake our sins, we shall come into that close relation to Jesus to which reference is made in the seventeenth chapter of John. We shall be one with Christ. This is the evidence that we are to give to the world that God sent his Son to save sinners. This is the result of the influence of the grace of God upon human hearts; and when the conviction of sin comes, then the light of the glory of God will be revealed. If we have a living union with God, we shall hate the sin that separates the soul from God.
The Lord does not want us to bring a sorrowful tone into our meetings. He desires praise. “Whoso offereth praise24glorifieth me,” he declares. We are to be always praising God. We need in our hearts the light of Christ; we need to know the joy of pardoned transgression and forgiven sin. If this joy is in us, we shall not be able to keep our lips closed during this conference, because we shall realize the greatness of the sacrifice made for us upon the cross. We shall realize that Christ bore our sins in his own body upon the tree. He was mocked and derided by those who ought to have received him. As he hung upon the cross, the leaders and rulers of the Jewish nation cried out: “He saved others; himself he can not save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.”
When there are set before us things that are a cross for us to take up, we can never be one with Christ until we have lifted the cross. It may be the cross of confession, the cross of repentance, the cross of humiliation; but whatever it may be, let us remember that in lifting it, we are one with Christ, partakers of the divine nature. He suffered the agony, he endured the reproach, and he cried out, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” It was because of our sins—because of your sins and mine—that he was thus afflicted.
When those in our churches commit sins, they should repent of them before God, and they should also repent of them before their brethren, asking the pardon that they will be willing to give. Then that light that shines from the face of Christ will shine upon them. Let us clear the King’s highway; let us plead with God until we know that we have received pardon. He will give it to us. But if you cover up your sin, you will have less and less sense of its sinfulness, and you will go on in the same line. God will receive every one who will confess and forsake his sins, crucifying self by departing from iniquity.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ has been promised to all who will come to him in faith. You may say, I do confess my sins; but I do not feel any better. What has feeling to do with it? If you have confessed your sins, if you have planted your feet on vantage-ground, and are sorry for your sins, so sorry that you will not repeat them, you will receive pardon. Remember that when you sin, you wound afresh the One who gave his precious life for you, putting him to open shame. The world looks on, and says, “Ah, they are the ones who profess to believe that Christ is coming, and who profess to believe that the Lord forgives their sins; but do you see their conniving, their dishonesty, their sinfulness?” Christ is humiliated in the person of his saints. Let us not take that position. Let us consider that it is a noble thing to confess our faults, and to forsake them.
We expect to see the salvation of God in this meeting; but it will never come to those who cover up their wrongs, those who, catching perhaps a glimpse of light, think that it is all right, and that they have nothing more to do. You can never stand on vantage-ground by taking that attitude. It is through the rectitude, the grace, revealed by the disciples of Christ, that the world is to be led to believe on him. This is to be the convincing power. In this our day of confession, this last great day of atonement, before the books shall be opened, and every man shall be judged by the things written in the books, are we considering how we shall stand in the judgment, in that day when every deed is to be tried, and every act is to be brought into review before the heavenly universe? Let us not make play-work of our religious life. Is it not time that we believed that Christ died on Calvary, that he might forgive our sins and pardon our transgressions?
All through this meeting we want to hear voices saying, “He has pardoned my transgressions, he has forgiven my sins, and I am looking unto him, beholding him who is the author and finisher of our faith.” We must stand where we shall not dare to take up a report against our brethren. Go right to the one you think has erred, and tell him his fault between him and you alone. Let this work be carried on, that there may be a coming closer and closer to God. Then you can speak of his pardon, and tell of his glory; and every voice can proclaim, “He has pardoned my transgressions, he has forgiven my sins, and I will praise him with heart, and soul, and voice.”
All heaven is looking upon this company. All the heavenly angels are watching those assembled here. We greatly desire that the deep movings of the Spirit of God shall be felt upon human hearts. Last night I lay awake for hours, saying these very things. I could not keep them out of my mind. I was repeating the very words that I am speaking to you this morning. Clear the King’s highway; take out the stumbling-blocks; remove the rubbish; clear away the stones, that the Spirit of God may go through our midst, and that we may see the salvation of God as a lamp that burneth. That is what we need. We can not afford to cover up one sin. We want the richest blessing here; for trial is coming right upon us. Only a little while, only a short time, and every one will be severely tried. We want a daily renewal of the grace of God in our hearts, that we may climb the ladder of perfection step by step, rising higher and higher in the way that leads to heaven, to holiness, and to God.
May the Spirit of God come into our meetings. May we see of his salvation, and may his glory be revealed here. Let every voice be raised to glorify God, not to pick flaws in one another. It is an individual work that we are to do. When this work is done, we shall hear the high praises of God in the midst of the sermon. This will not disturb the preacher at all, because the truth makes its application to the heart, to the mind, and to the conscience, and you will know that the word being spoken is inspired by the Spirit of God. Let every one take a firm hold upon God, and depart from iniquity, and the Lord will make your feet to stand upon high and holy ground.
Wesley on Reading God’s Word
By Wesley
At any price give me the Book of God. I sit down alone, only God is here. In his presence I open and read his Book for this end, to find the way to heaven. — Wesley.
Second Meeting
By Arthur G. Daniells; William A. Spicer
The second meeting was called May 11, at 2:30 P. M., A. G. Daniells being in the chair.
Prayer was offered by G. A. Irwin.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Additional delegates had come since the roll-call, as follows: M. C. Wilcox, W. L. McNeely, H. C. Wilcox, O. O. Bernstein, C. M. Everest.
The president, A. G. Daniells, presented his address (published in last week’s REVIEW), reviewing the progress and present outlook of the work.
An intermission of fifteen minutes was taken.
The hymn, “Watchman on the walls of Zion,” was then sung, and prayer was offered by W. H. Wakeham.
I. H. Evans, treasurer of the General Conference, submitted the financial report which appeared in the last REVIEW, and which was unanimously adopted.
W. A. Spicer, secretary, presented a report on the general outlook in the mission fields which appears in another part of the paper.
Following the report, the meeting was opened for testimonies on the work before us. The keynote of the testimonies was as follows:—
G. A. Irwin: “My heart is cheered by the evidences of the progress of this message. Some suggested that I was too old to take my recent trip among the populous portions of Malaysia and South-eastern Asia, but I am not too old to want to be out on the extreme firing line. I have no desire, as much as I love the country of my birth, to return to it. I want to see this work closed up.”
J. O. Corliss stated that his love for the message glows brighter than ever in these days when we begin to see the finishing of the work. He moved that portions of the reports of the President and Secretary be reprinted in leaflet form for use by laborers as they go among the churches.
O. A. Olsen seconded the motion to reprint the reports, and said that in the stirring situation before us he heard “the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees.”
D. T. Bourdeau: Entering upon his fiftieth year as a Sabbath-keeper, his word was, “Talk faith, let us venture as did ancient prophets and apostles, for God is the living God, and it is again the day of great things.”
A. T. Robinson recounted the providential experience ten years ago in starting the Matabele Mission, and thanked God that now that mission is sending out trained workers.
W. J. Stone spoke of the hearty interest in the missionary advance in the home churches, and read a cheering paragraph from a letter from a sister in Ohio, reporting the determination that took possession of her church to work for missions more earnestly than ever as they heard of the death of Dr. Maude Miller in China.
S. N. Haskell: “From the beginning, the nature of this message has been to go into regions beyond. Whenever this forward policy has been halted, it has brought weakness. When Brethren White and Belden, in the early days, were mowing grass to get money for printing our first paper, the spirit of prophecy told them that they were to go ahead at once and prepare for publishing; for God would raise up friends, and this message would have its representatives in all the world. We see that fulfilled to-day.”
When, in the early days, believers in the Eastern States began to move westward, many felt troubled over the weakening of the forces in the East. But the spirit of prophecy then declared that this was of God; that these believers25
would build up a strong work in the West, and then, later, the truth would return eastward again. And when the work turned strongly eastward, then the message would be quickly finished in all the earth. We are seeing the beginning of this. Surely the call is to go forward into unworked fields, and the people will sustain such a missionary policy. Over and over again in this work it has been seen that in every crisis what has, apparently, been the darkest moment, has been always the brightest moment for God to work.”
S. H. Lane rejoiced anew in the truth that was winning its way throughout the earth.
The motion to reprint portions of the reports was then acted upon unanimously.
It was voted that missionary reports be made the order for the evening session.
The opening day of the conference made it manifest that it is indeed a missionary conference, and the presence of the Holy Spirit made all hearts glow with love for God and the message he has committed to us.
Adjourned.
A. G. DANIELLS, Chairman,
W. A. SPICER, Secretary.