Arizona republican., 1914-03-04
BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
 ADVENTIST CHURCH

! The Arizona conference of Seventh day Adventists will be well repre-
 sented at the biennial cesson of the i Pacific union conference of that de-
 nomination, which will be held at i Oakland, California, March Il to 22. 1 Elder G. W. Reaser of Phoenix, pres 1 dent, will head the delegation from 1 this conference, which will be com | posed of practically all of the clergy
 men and Bible teachers in it's employ. Among others who will attend are: F. W. Wheeler. G. G. Sims, w. L. Sims, M. A. Hollister, Juan Garcia OroZco, | and others
 ! Clergymen and Bible teachers from the three conferences in California, and those in Utah and Nevada which, with Arizona comprise the Pacific un- ion conference, will also attend the session The visiting clergymen will include Elders l. H. Evans, president of the North American division con ference; W. A. Spicer, secretary of the general conference; w. T. Knox, treasurer of the general conference; G. E. Thompson, secretary of the North American division conference: w. w. Eastman, head of the publishing work in North America, and Meade Mac Guire field secretary of the Young Peoples Missionary Volunteer de-
 partment All of these are from the worlds headquarters of the denomin-
 ation in Washington, D. C., with the exception of Elder MacGure who comes from Loveland, Colo Elder E.
 F. Address of Mountain View. presi- dent of the Pacific union conference will have charge of the meetings This will be the eighth of Twelve
 similar meetings scheduled in differ ent parts of the United States and Canada. and which will continue until next May. Thus far, one meeting has followed close onto the previous ses- sion. Practically every preacher in the denomination in North America will have attended one or another of these meetings before the series closes. A ministerial institute will be the program for the first week, with Elders Evans, Spicer and Thompson taking leading parts. These three will be the 1 instructors. Two of the subjects will
 be The Ministry, L H Evans; The 1 Bible and Prayer, c. B. Thompson. Elder w A. Spicer will lecture on Foreign Missions Elder MacGuire will also give some instruction con- corning the development of the young l peoples department It is stated that there are now over 10000 young men and women in the schools academies, and colleges operated by the denomin 1 ation. and the necessity of winning
 every one of these for gospel workers will be brought to the attention of the 1 delegates Elder Eastman will tell of the progress that is being made in {! North America toward distributing Christian literature
 During the last week of the ses-
 sion. business affairs will be trans acted. Reports will be given by Presi- dent Address. the secretary, the treas
 urer. secretaries of the religious 'lib- erty, Sabbath school and young peoples departments, presidents of the
 various state conferences, and other
 officials Officers will be elected for
 the next two years, credentials and
 licenses issued. and it is probable that
 several changes will be made in the
 forces in different parts of the Pacific
 union territory It is also possible that
 some recruits will be secured for for cign mission fields