Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-27
ADVENT|STS PLANNING
LONGER CAMPAIGNS
Take First Steps Toward Reducing
Number of General
Sessions.

Paving way for longer and more Sys-
telnatic evangelistic campaigns in the
seventy-five local conferences. embrace
ing every state in the Union and every
province in Canada, the bishops of the
Seventh-Day Adventist denomination at
their fall council at Takoma Park have
taken their first steps toward reduc-
ing the number of general sessions by
registering 4 straw vote in favor of
postponing the first session of the
North American division conference
and setting the meetings of the Union
and local conferences farther apart.
Final action on this proposition will be
taken later. The date for the first ses-
sion of the conference was set for Los
Angeles next October. but it was post
poned, and will be held Jointly with
the quadrennial session of the general
conference in 1917. Heretofore the
twelve union conferences in North
America have been held every two years
and it is quite probable that they will
hereafter be held every four years. The
local conferences will no doubt be held
biennially instead of annually.
Urgent Appeals for Endeavor.
Iii the discussion President Evans of
the division conference made an
urgent appeal for more soul-winninS
endeavor. He explained that in hun
dreds of the cities in this country, as
well as scores in Canada, canvas
pavilions are pitched during the spring
and summer months for evangelistic
meetings which should not be inter-
fered with by the frequency of local
conference sessions He argued the
same way concerning the union con-
ferences. which bring the ministers and
evaHgelists from the field in the fall
and winter when they are holding in
door meetings. and said such interference
causes the same effects as during tent
meetings. All of the union conference
presidents concurred in his remarks.
Elder G. &. Roth, superintendent of
the French department., appealed for
more helpers among his native coun-
trymen in eastern Canada and different
states in the Union. He and Bishop
NJ n. Campbell, president of Eastern
Canadian Union Conference. asked that
the French department at the South
Lancaster (Mass) Academy be re-
moved to the academy in Oshawa, On
tario. Their request was referred to
I committee. ,
A memorial was submitted from the In
ternational Publishing Association, To-
Gated at College View, Neb., asking that
the Pacific Press Publishing Association
OF Mountain View, Cal, take over the
Management of the former establishment.
Emergency Fund Is Adopted.
y plan has been adopted by the gem
eral conference committee to protect the
missionaries in foreign countries to the
extent OF assuring them their wage. even
though there might be a temporary fall
ing off in funds. by planning for an emer-
gency fund. This fund was placed at
$4,000 and will be invested in guaran-
teed securities that will be easily con-
vertible.
ole
European division of the general confer
ence, which has it's headquarters in Ham
burg, Germany, has made good use of
the emergency fund which it had stored
away before the war broke out.
1t was also voted to preserve a work
ing capital equal to the operating fund
Tor three months in case of a shortage
of money during what is known as the
ing capital of between $4,000 and
$4,000 will assure the board enough
funds to pay the missionaries regularly,
even though there might be a falIing-on
in the field receipts.
Another action taken was that there
should be no debts incurred in the mis-
sion fields.
Distribution of Funds.
Among those who spoke were Elders T.
y. Underwood, E. E. Andross, &. C. Will
kinson, W. W. Prescott W. A. Spicer
and o. Montgomery.
The committee finished up it's work o;
appropriations and more than half mil
lion dollars was provided for the mission
aries during the coming year. To India
was appropriated $4S.126.14: to Mexico,
$685.. IL; TO Porto Rico. S1,9S67i; to
South Africa. $4,000; to South America,
s25.c00: to Haiti. sl,303. These amounts
together with what was appropriated On
the opening day of the council and what
viii be given to the West Indian Union.
wiz reach in round numbers $500 900.
Others now in attendance are: S. Nor
;enson. Chicago; G. F. Haffner. Clinton,
No: K T. Baer. Baltimore: Prof. c. l..
81 lie. l. Il. Richardson and Pref. G. c.
Lewis.