Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-20
ADVENIlSrS MEET
IN MINNEAPOLIS
JAN. q 70 FEB. 8 ARE DATES SET
FOR CONFERENCE IN
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Seyenth.day Adventists will be we'll
represented at the biennial session OF
the Northern Union conference of
that denomination, which will be held
in Minneapolis, Mimi, January ~ to
February s. Elder S. O.. Jackson of
Jamestown, president of tAe confer
ence, will head the delegation from
this state, which will be composed
Of practically all of the clergymen
and Bible teachers In its employ.
Among others who will attend from
this conference are: Carl Leer, A. v.
Rhoades, N. NJ. Jorgenson, J. j. Refs.
wig, J. H. Seibel, Martin Olson. W.
A. Away, J. 3. Clymer. Olaf Rouning,
NJ. Ruskjer, Mrs. Bertha Jorgenson,
and others. Among the cities that
will be represented are: Harvey, Lin
coin, jamestown, Fargo, Valley City,
BoWdon, Grand Forks, Rock Lake,
Upham. and other places.
Also attending the convention will
be clergymen and Bible teachers
from the conferences, in South Dako.
ia, Iowa and Minnesota, which, with
North Dakota. comprise the Northern
Union conference. The visiting cler-
gymen will include Elders A. G. Dan
Tells. president OF, the General Con.
ference; !. H. Evans, president of the
North American Division confer.
ence; W. A.. ;Spicer, secretary of the
General conference; G. B., Thompson,
secretary of the North American Di.
vision conference; w. W. Eastman,
head of the publishing work in North
America; and Meade Mcguire, field
secretary of the Young Peoples Mis-.
sionary Volunteer department. All of
these are from the worlds headauar.
tiers of the. denomination in Washing
ton, D. c., with. the exception of Ed
er Mcclure, who comes from Love.
land. Col. Elder Charles Thompson,
OF Minneapolis, president of the; North.
ern Union conference will have
charge Of the meetings.
This will be the fifth. of twelve SINH.
lar meetings which will be held in
different parts Of the United Estates
and Canada, and which will continue
until next May. One will follow close
on to the previous session, and it has
been planned for the preachers from
washington to attend all of these SEES
sions. Practically: every preacher in
the denomination in North America
Will have attended n of another Of
these meetings before the series
closes. - ~ '0",
A ministerial institute will be the
program for the first week, with Ed.
ers Daniels, Evans and Thompson
taking leading parts. These three
ministers will be the Instructors, and
subjects will be az follows:
The Ministry" /. H. Evans: -"SDirit.
ual Power" A. G. Daniels; "The BIZ
Dle n Prayer" G. B.. Thompson.
Elder W.. A. Spicer will lecture on
Foreign Missions Professor Ben.
Q will also give some instruction
concerning the development of the
young peoples department. It is stat.
ed that there are now owe 20.OOO
young men and women in the schools.
academies and colleges operated by
the denomination, and the necessity
OF winning every one Of these for
gospel workers will be brought to the
attention of the delegates. elder
Eastman will tell of the progress that
is being made In North America to.
ward distributing Christian literature.
During the last week OF the session
business affairs will be transacted.
reports will be given by President
Wight, the secretary, the treasurer,
secretaries of the Religious Liberty,
saoDath School and Young Peoples
departments, presidents of. the various
state conferences and other officials.
of1cers 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 Southern Union
territory.