Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-02
ON WORLD MISSIONS
Adventists Announce Appoint
ments to Far Lands.
TRAINED FOR DUTIES
Many of Those Sent Out Were Stu
dents at Takoma Park
Seminary.

| In carrying out the commission which
they believe they have been given to
bear to every nation on the earth the
teaching Of the seventh day sabbath and
of the return of Jesus Christ to this
| world-the fall council Of the general con-
| ference committee of Seventh-day Ad-
ventists. meeting in Takoma Park, voted
today to send scores of men with their
families to the ends of the earth. Many
of these appointments were made from
the body of students who are studying
] at the Foreign Mission Seminary in Ia
koma Park. Seventh-day Adventists be-
| lieve that the message of the second COM
! ing Of Christ must reach the entire world
| in this generation. and in order that they
may perform this work, they established
few years ago the seminary at Ia
koma Park, in order to give special
| training to men and women who are de-
sirous of entering the work in mission
| fields.
Appointments Today.
The actions taken and the persons
appointed by the council to mission
fields this morning are as follows:
Miss Cassie Wilson of the Foreign
Missionary Seminary, appointed to
engage in Bible work in the Argentine
Republic. South America, sailing from
New York November 20. Miss Wilson
leaves this evening to visit her parents
in Michigan before going on to South
America. DIR. w. G.. Dunscombe, med1-
cal superintendent Of the Kobe tJapan)
Sanatorium. appointed as medical
superintendent of the Watford (Eng-
land) Sanatorium: Mr. and Mrs. w. O..
Wirth. formerly of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Seminary at Takoma Park. but
now teaching in the Loveland (Colo-
rado) Academy. appointed TO japan 10
engage in evangelistic work; Elders
George w. Petit and Mark Conner OF
Portland. Ore. appointed to India to
engage in evangelistic work among
the English speaking population of
the cities of India; Miss Belva Vance
Of Indiana. a student in the Foreign
Mission Seminary. appointed to engage
Assigned to India.
1t was also voted that Walter Mead and
wife of South Africa. now in the Foreign
Mission Seminary, proceed to India to
take charge of the school operated by the
denomination in the Himalaya mountains,
at Mussoorie: Miss Rachel Jones of Col
orado. nurse now in the Foreign Mis-
pensary work in Karmatar, In the prov
ince of Bengal, in India: that j. IL.
Noftsger of Ottawa. Canada. take the
secretaryship of the West Caribbean con-
ference, and locate in Cristobal Colon. in
Panama: that Elder w. d. MacLay of
Richmond, Va. connect with the North
Carolina conference; that Elder Jean
Vuilleumier of Switzerland engage in
evangelistic work in Montreal, Canada:
that E. n. Allen of the Foreign Mission
tr~na nf
the Canadian Union conference. locating
in Ottawa; that Elder NJ. Fritz of Ne
braska engage in the work among the
German-speaking people of Baltimore
Md; that A. l.. Shidler Of the Foreign
Mission Seminary go to Mexico to do col
porteur work.
On motion Of Elder f. r. Palmer, sec
rotary of the publishing department of
the general conference. Elders j. w
Westphal of Buenos Aires, Argentine Re-
public and G. c. Hoskin of Oakland. Cal.
were made members of the publishing de-
partment
On motion Of Elder w. A. Spicer. secre-
tary of the general conference. 1t was
voted that Elder n. Y. Town. on his re-
turn from visiting the conferences and
mission fields in Mexico. visit Cuba and
Jamaica and assist there in putting the
colporteur work on a sound basis
Fund for Aged Ministers.
Many aged and infirm ministers, or the
widows Of ministers who have died, We're
voted appropriations from the sustenta-
ton fund. a fund which has been estab-
lished by the denomination for the sup
port of ministers and workers who are in
need.
An appropriation was made to the
Waterman Publishing Association of
Colon, Panama, whose building was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. in order to as
sist in the rebuilding OF their plant at
Kingston, Jamaica.
1t was voted to issue ministerial Gre
dentials to Elder J. H. Schilling. super
intendent of the German work in the
east: Elder F. c. Gilbert of Boston. su-
perintendent of the work among the Jews.
and Dr. George Thomason of Takoma
Park, secretary of the medical missionary
department of the general conference.
| A salutation was read yesterday from
the native ministers of the denomination
| in Japan, sent from Toxic and written
| in Japanese characters.
Dear brethren" said the document in
part, I'VE thank God for the honor of
sending greeting to the general confer
ence council representing the japanese
/ roo,r, xr,o I,oIiova In the doctrines of the