The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-15
VISITORS HERE.
AdVentists Pouring in For the
Union Conference.
VIII Be Between 700 and 500
People Here.
WORK MAPPED OUT.
Changes to Be Made in the Dis
trict Boundaries.
Meetings Open at the Auditor
ium Tomorrow.
WORK MAPPED OUT.

The conference convention Of the
Southwestern Union conference Of the
Seventh Day Adventists that begins
here Wednesday will remain in session
for ten days at the Auditorium. The
sessions each day win begin at 9 o'clock
in the morning and viii continue with
only brief intern1isSions throughout the
day and until $3.50 in the evening.
Beginning each morning at O'CLOCK
an hour viii be devoted to Bible study
under the direction of Prof w. w.
Prescott. editor of the Adventist Re
view and Herald, and who has recently
returned from London, England, where
he was engaged in religious work He
Will be assisted throughout the ten days
in the instruction of the Bible class bY
Rev. A. G. Daniels president Of the gen
eral conference of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, of Battle Creek, Mich, and Rev
r. c. Porter Of St. Louis.
Every afternoon at 2.30, DR.. J. H.
Kellogg, superintendent of the Battle
Creek sanitarium win give a lecture on
health and temperance He viii be as
sisted in the lectures by DR.. David Paul
son. men ber of the faculty of the
American Medical Missionary college Of
Chicago.
Every evening at g o'clock the regular
preaching and revival service viii be
conducted by some Of the visiting min
isters
The meetings win be almost continue
Gus during the day, and viii be inter-
spersed by business and instruction ses-
SiOns-
Among the prominent speakers who
Will be here to tell of the missionary
work in foreign lands will be Rev. II. r.
Palmer, of Australia, and ". A. Spicer,
secretary OF the foreign missionary
board who recently returned from In
dia. L. Flora Plummer. the general
secretary of Sabbath school work VIII
I be here to organize several young peO-
pies societies.
The trains TODAY are loaded with min
istefs and laymen coming to attend the
/ conference. over 100 delegates arriv-
/ ed in Topeka. Monday and by noon
Wednesday It is estimated that between
I TOO TO 500 persons VIII be in attendance
/ from outside the city Delegates repre-
senting Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas,
4 Missouri, Oklahoma, Indian Territory
and New Mexico, the states and terri
tories comprising the district of the
Southwestern Union conference VIII be
I here. In addition en=delegates eaen
from Iowa and Nebraska viii be here
to consult with the members of this
conference relative to a division of the
! conference throwing Kansas, Missouri
and Colorado with Iowa and Nebraska
to create a Central Union conference.
thereby allowing the other states to
unite with other conferences
The plans for redivision of the con-
ference has been under consideration
( for a year, but it is not looked upon
| favorab bly, by the members of this con-
/ ference, for the reason that It IS
/ thought that such a change viii weaken
both the Southern and Northwestern
conferences without creating work for
the Central Union conference that VIII
justify making the change.
The republic Of Mexico will be taken
! by the Southwestern Union conference
at this conference convention as a mis-
( sion field, and missionaries will be sent
4 to Mexico to work. The republic Of
! Mexico has heretofore been under the
1 Jurisdiction of the foreign mission board
of the church
Among the questions to come before
| the delegates to this conference conven-
ton are:
The consideration of Christian educa-
tional work OF the denomination in re-
gard to the management of the colleges
establishment of other colleges and
/ church schools.
The consideration of the distribution
! of missionaries to operate in both home
I and foreign lands.
The consideration Of the question OF
accepting the republic of Old Mexico
! as a mission field
The consideration of health and tenn
/ perance topics and the establishment
and maintenance of sanitariums, bath
( and treatment houses, and vegetarian
| restaurants and cafes; not from a COM
| mercial standpoint. but with a-view to
| benefiting humanity both physically
I and morally.
The considerat ton of methods for the
| improvement of the ministry.
The consideration of a systematic
| method for caring for the aged and in
firm ministers and workers.
Rev C McReynolds. who is president
Of the Southwestern Union conference,
viii preside at the meetings here dur
ing the ten days of the convention.
Special music has been arranged for
the evening meetings. The solos will
be illustrated by stereopticon views.