The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-05
PORTER GOES TO
ASIATIC mission
Seventh-day Adventists Elect
Elder to Succeed |. H.
Evans.
HOSPITAL GIVEN $4,000
Mrs. [. Flora Plummer Chosen Sec
Rotary Of Sabbath School
Department.
HOSPITAL GIVEN $4,000


great Asiatic mission field, the report
Of missions in Mexico, Central America
Of the West Indies and the west coast
of Africa. the appropriation of $4,000 &c
the College of Medical Evangelists al
Iona Linda, California and the cleo
ton of several additional officers were
the features OF yesterdays business ses'
sion of the world conference of Seventh
day Adventists at Takoma Park
At the afternoon session of the Gen.
eral Conference the committee on nomi-
nations submitted its final report One
of the most important offices to be filled
at this quadrenn1al session was that OF
director of the newly created Asiatic Di-
vision Mission. which includes the terri
tory of Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China
Mongolia, Chinese Turkestan. Tibet
Formosa, Hainan, the Philippines, Indo-
China, Siam, Nfylasian Federated
States, and the East Indies, except New
Guinea.
Evans Succeeded by Porter.
The previous director of this division
of the General Conference was Elder /.
H Evans, of Shanghai. China. When
the new North American Division Con-
ference was created. Elder Evans was
elected its president. which will necessi'
tate the removal of his headquarters
from China to the United States. This
action left the Asiatic division without
a director The committee on nomina-
tions recommended Elder r. c. Porter,
of Cape Town, Africa, and president OF
the South African Union Conference. az
the president of the Asiatic Division Mis-
sion. and this recomme ndation was unan-
imously adopted by the delegates. Elder
Portcr's headquarters will be in Shang-
hal. China
The committee on nominations further
recommended that the assistant treasurer
of the General Conference be appointed
by the executive committee. and that ].
J. ireland, of Mountain View, Cal, the
treasurer of the Pacific Union Confer
ence. become the auditor of the General
Conference. This was adopted.
Mrs l.. Flora Plummer, of Takoma
Park, was elected to fill the office OF
secretary of the Sabbath school depart
ment of the General Conference. She
was formerly the assistant secretary Of
this department.
The members of the General Confer
ence executive committee were elected
as follows: Elder A. G. Daniels, Ia
koma Park; Elder L. r. Canradi, Ger
many; l. H. Evans. China: Elder W. T.
Knox. Takoma Park; Elder w A.
Spicer, Takoma Park; Elder G. B.
Thompson. Takoma Park; W. B.
White Massachusetts,: E. r. Russell,
Nebraska: Prof. B. G. Wilkinson. Ia
koma Park: Allen Moon, Indiana:
Charles Thompson. Minnesota; Elder C.
". Flaiz, Washington: Elder f. Z.
Andross, California: c. B. Stevenson.
Georgia: S. z. Wight. Tennessee; Elder
G. =. Watson. Texas: Elder NJ. n.
Campbell. British Columbia; J. E. Full
ton. New South Wales: Elders n. J. Fitz-
gerald and G. E. Reinke, Switzerland:
J. F. Huenergardt. Hungary; II. r.
Schuberth. Germany; l.. P. Tieche.
France: J. T Boettcher. Russia: j. {.
Raft. Denmark: r. c. Porter. South
Africa: J. w. Westphal. Argentina: F.
w Spies. Brazil: ]. G. Ohlander. Ger
many: L. Bender. Jamaica: Prof. J. l..
Shaw. India: Elder G. Perk. Russia: n.
Z. Town. TakOma Park: Prof. II. r.
Salisbury. Takoma Park: NJ. e. Kern.
Takoma Park: o. A. Olsen. Chicago; 5.
y. Haskell, Massachusetts; ". c. White,
California; w. {. Sisley, England: G II.
Jones' California: Z. r. Palmer. Takoma
Park: II. W. Miller, China, and Prof. c. S.
LonEacre. Takoma Park.
Money for Hospital.
On motion of Elder W. T. Knox, Of
Takoma Park. treasurer of the General
Conference, il was voted to appropriate
$4,000 from the General Conference treas
urr 10 the College of Medical Evangel-
lists at Iona Linda. Cal. TO provide it
with hospital. laboratory, and clinical
and dispenSary facilities.
The report of the West Indian Union
Conference, which comprises the states
of Central America. the islands OF the
West Indies, and Venezuela, Colombia,
and British. French, and Dutch Guinea,
in South America, was submitted by its
Pre- Sident, Elder L. Bender, of Kingston,
jamaica. He showed that the 1.-THE re-
ceipts had grown from $4,000 in 1908 TO
SO C2j.16 in 1912. and that the offerings to
sales for the four years had amounted to
more than $4,000. There is one English
school being operated in Guatemala City,
having ten teachers.
Elder Bender reported one training
school in his territory, ten primary
schools, and 400 believers.
The report of the mission work in
the West African field. including
Sierra Leon. was submitted to the con-
ference by it's director. Elder D. c.
Babcock, of Freetown. Sierra Leon.
The report of the mission operations
of the denomination in the republic
of Mexico was submitted by its direc-
tor. Prof. G. w. Caviness. Of Mexico
City.
At the preaching service tonight FL |
der !. II. Evans, the newly elected !
president of the North American Dr. |
vision Conference, will deliver the SER |
mon.