Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-07
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DRAWING TOcL0SE
Adventists Observe Last Sab
bath of Present Session
at Takoma Park.
MISSIONARIES ASSIGNED
TOALL PARTS OF WORLD
Many Changes Made at Business
Session to Benefit Forces
in the Field.

| The last Sabbath OF the world confer
| ence of Seventh-day Adventste is being
observed at the big encampment at Ia
| koma Park today. with hundreds of peo-
pie present from surrounding seventh-day
| Adventist churches. Before the opening
| OF the Sabbath service last night at sun
| set steps were taken al the business
session which will greatly augment the
force of missionaries In all parts Of the
world. under the direction Of the denomi-
| nation, already numbering 500.
Many new missionaries will en-
ter foreign fields. and scores Of minis
| terial laborers were transferred from one
| field to another in this country.
Ministerial credentials and licenses and
| missionary licenses were also granted to
| numerous missionaries in the general con-
| ference and in the newly created North
American division conference
The following changes We're made:
Prof l.. A. Hopes and wife of Aus
tralia to become the Bible instructors in
the Southern Training School at Gtays-
Vile. Tenn. a. Stenery and wife of the
Clinton tMoD German Seminary, so to
Brazil: Elder r. a. Burke and wife Of
sydney. Australia. go to the North Dakota
conference; Sias Davis and wife Of
southern California. go TO Mexico. ". i.
Nelson and wife of southern California.
to labor in erangelistic colporteur work
in India: G. T. Townsend and wife of
England. to engage in evangelisuc col
porteur work in India, Hubert Gemen
OF the West Indies. to the east
Caribbean field: Fl. B. Mould of En-
manuel Missionary College. Berrien
Springs. Mich. to Bolivia: Everhard
Henriques of South Lancaster Academy,
in Massachusetts. to the West indies:
Elder G. F. Jones and wife of Singapore,
East Indies to the island field Of the
Australasian union conference. Miss
Nellie Clark of Iona Linda. Cal. TO be-
come a nurse in the Australasan union
conference.
Other Changes Announced.
G. f. Wuertz and wife of New jersey.
to Brazil: Dr. L. {. Fattebert and wife
of Mexico. to the Philippine Islands;
Robert Stewart of Iowa, TO labor in
evangelistic colporteur work in the
Philippine Islands; d. d. Fitch and wife
of southern California to Mexico: F. II.
Conway and wife Of British Columbia. to
the Hawaiian Islands: ~ j. Alborg and
wife OF Alberta, Canada, TO the West IN
dian field; w. A. Sweeney and wife of
the Bahama Islands, to the North Texas
conference: Harry Wilcox of the West
Texas conference. to China: f. Rosen-
| valid of the Greater New York confer
| ence. to northern Sweden: w. {. Claugn
and wife, nurses, to Bolivia
j. Van de Groop and wife of South
Australia, to the Malaysan mission. for
work in Java: f. r. Johnson of South
Dakota, to Mexico: H. L Meyer and wife
Of Kansas to Mexico; Miss 1rma Lewis
of Pacific Union College, to Mexico; P.
A. Weber and wife of Michigan. to
Japan; Fred Hutchinson and wife of Ten
nessee. to the South Caribbean confer
ence. for Office and school work: Roy +.
ippine Islands: Walter Flaiz and wife Of
Walla Walla College, to the Malaysian
mission. to engage i'll educational work;
Y. c. Punches and wife of West Pennsyl-
work in Sumatra: G. {. Reed OF the
Holland. to the Malaysian mission. for
work In Sumatra; G. c. Reed fine
Swedish Seminary. to China; Miss Wilma
Lands of California. to China: James s.
Shultz and wife of Mount Vernon Col
lege, to China; John z. Hotel OF Mount
Vernon College TO China Alfonzo Ander-
son of Union College, to Japan; Miss Net
tie Lands of California. to Japan; B. II.
Shaw of West Kansas, to China.
Placing of Seminary Students.
The following. now students at the
Washington Foreign Mission Seminary
at Takoma Park, were stationed as fol-
lows:
r. T. Colhurst of the West Indies, TO
the European division: {. {. Keller and
wife, to India; Miss Rose Boose of Iowa.
to India: F. A. Wyman and wife. nurses,
to India r. P. Robinson and wife of
southern California. TO South Africa A..
G. Nelson. to Patagonia and the Falkland
Islands: Miss Gertrude Johnson of In
diana. to South America; Miss Claire NJ.
Wightman of New Mexico. TO South
America; c. f. Boynton and wife. to
British Guiana: J. \. p, Green and wife.
to Mexico; F. ". Thurber of New Eng
land, to Mexico; Miss Lille Prince Of
New Jersey. to Mexico. n. +. Carter
and wife. to Brazil; w E. Lanier and
| wife. to the Philippine Islands; g. -.
Raft, 10 return to Porto Rico in evange-
listic colporteur work: 4. L. Cochran to
Cuba. Mr. n. O. Menkle and wife of the
Foreign Mission Seminary, to return to
India: r. p Morris and wife. to India:
F. E. Stratton and wife of Minnesota to
China \. l.. Ham and wife of Walla
Walla College. to China. .. j Grundset
Of Minnesota. to Manchuria Miss Anna
nary, to Manchuria: II. j. Doolittle and
wife of Indiana, to China; Bernhard
Peterson of Nebraska, to Manchuria.
Miss Bertha Erickson of northern Ill.
nois. to Manchuria. NJ &. Warren of
Pacific Union College, to China Miss
Lulu Darnell of Texas. to Patagonia and
the Falkland Islands; J A. BodIe and
wife of Bolivia, to Guatemala: Henry
Brown of southern California, to Cuba
". f. johnson, othe East Caribbean
Conference: A. l.. Shdler and Wife of
South Dakota, to Venezuela
To North American Conference.
The committee on distribution of la Dor
for the North American Division Con-
ference also submitted its report yes
terday. and the following changes and
additions were made in the missionary
| forces:
j. w Davis OF the Southwestern
Union to the Southern Union Conference.
| w. A. Woodruff of the Southwestern
Union to the Southern Union, r. ID.
Quinn of Greater New York TO the
presidency of tile Southeastern Union
| j. r Patterson of Central California to
the North Pacific Union Conference. r.
w Catlin of Washington to the Central
| California Conference, :. r. Jackson of
Minnesota to Western Canada. III. :.
Shoup of Knoxville. Tenn. 10 Western
| New York Conference: o. T.. Sandnes of
| the Manitoba Conference to the Western
| Oregon Conference, Miss Ella NJ. Leach
of the District Of Columbia to New York
| David Noth to Chicago. Prof. John Isaac
/ Of Walla Walla College to the Okla noma
| Conference. r. L. Routt TO Missouri
Milton ST John of Oregon to the Massa-
chusetts Conference. Miss Meta Peter
| son of Iowa to Montreal, Canada, ). NJ.
| Butler of Mount Vernon Ohio. TO Iowa
| w Ostrander of Michigan To the Iowa
Conference, l.. 4. Nicola of the Greater
| New York Conference to the East Michi-
gan Conference G.. r.. Magoon of North