The Washington herald., 1913-04-27
Will
|. COME In FORCE
Thousands Of Members Of De-
nomination to Gather at
Takoma Park.
DISTRICT IS INTERESTED
Delegates Will Be Housed in Tents
and Only Vegetarian Dishes
Served.


in different parts of the world now have
/ their eyes turned toward Takoma Park
where the quadrennial session of the
General Conference, the governing body
| of the denomination, will be held from
| May Is to une S. This will be the world
conference OF the denomination.
Attending this conference will be world.
| wide missionaries. Europe will seno
! about thirty delegates, headed by Elder
L. r. Conrad. to represent the 10000 be-
levers in that continent; Africa also will
| send a large force, headed by Elder K
c. Porter; the Asiatic delegates will be
led by Elder l. H. Evans. one of the vice
presidents Of the General Conference
| there will be a number from Australia
and the Pacific Islands under the lead
ership Of Elder ]. G. Fulton.
The greatest number will be from the
United States. Every States in the
Union will be represented. All of the
leading ministers in this country and
Canada will be among those in attend
ance. Black-skinned and yellow-skinned
men and women who have been reclaim
ed to Christ from heathenism, some OF
them having been among man-eating
tribes, are expected to lend Importance
to the power. of the gospel by their pres
ence.
Campus Holds Conference.
The conference will be held on the
campus of the Washington Foreign Mis-
sion Seminary, which is operated by the
denomination for the purpose of giving
young men and women their final prep
aration before taking up missionary en-
deavor in foreign lands. The grounds
now have the appearance of canvas
,sN
rary homes for those who will be pres
ent, have been pitched Several large
canvas pavillions, where the different
meetings will be held. have also been
erected. All the living tents have been
floored and furnished, and believers will
be made comfortable during their long
stay in camp life. II is expected that
at least thirty meetings a day will be
held.
During the past three weeks quite
few delegates and other believers have
arrived. A corps of ministers from diff
ferent parts of the United States, sew
eral missionaries from foreign lands,
and students planning to go to foreign
countries have been engaged in pitching
the camp. Elder A. G. Daniels, presi-
dent of the General Conference, has
taken an active part in helping to get
the encampment ready.
Elder S. E. Wight. of Nashville. Tenn.
president OF the Southern Union Con-
ference. was the chairman of the COM
mittee in charge of pitching the tents.
Problems affecting the entire denom-
ination will be considered; the leaders OF
the different departments comprising the
whole will hold separate meetings. Edu-
Gators from the leading academies and
colleges controlled by the denomination
in this and other countries Will hold daily
conventions. as we'll as the advocates
of religious liberty, the bookmen, and
the leaders of the young peoples socie-
ties throughout the denomination. 1t
will be business from early morning until
night every day of the session except
ing the Sabbath.
Increase Is Planned.
A big problem will be that Of plan
ming to increase missionary force In all
parts of the world. With the leaders of
these fields present, the needs of each
will be laid before the delegates, and not
only will recruits be furnished. but large
sums of money appropriated for the
spreading of the Seventh-day Adventist
doctrines.
Another question that will come up for
consideration will be that of dividing
the earth into six divisions in order TO
work out on more systematic lines the
problems that the denomination has TAX
en- upon itself This means that a presi-
dent and other officers for the six divi-
sions will be elected, and there is a
probability that the meetings of the Cen
eral Conference will be less frequent
than every four years. The presidents of
the various divisions will be members of
the General Conference committee, the
governing board.
One of the plans recently adopted by
in the United States and
Canada that will be placed before the
delegates for ratification will be that
the 20-cents-a-week fund
This fund has been established Cor the
purpose Of supporting foreign missionary
endeavor and assisting the educational
institutions and sanatoriums controlled
by the denomination in the furtherance
Of their efforts. This fund will be
raised by free-will offerings, and means
that the 200 members in North America
have pledged themselves to raise SO 40
apiece during 1873 in addition to giving
a 1.-THE of their income, which is used
for the support of the ministry here.
or total of s72s,o00 Not only will this
money be utilized for the support OF
the workers now in foreign lands, but
also for the sending out of more re-
cruits.
District Believers Interested
The several hundred believers in the
District Of Columbia will take considerable |
interest In the session. 1t is probable that |
The different churches in the District of |