Earlier text: Report of the Publishing DepartmentDelegates to the General Conference
THE following list comprises the delegates to the General Conference. Other names may be added later:— Atlantic Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—W. B. White. REGULAR DELEGATES.—R. D. Quinn, W. H. Holden, C. H. Edwards, F. W. Stray, C. J. Tolf, M. M. Hare, J. K. Humphrey, J. G. White, F. M. Dana, Geo. B. Starr, H. W. Carr, H. C. Hartwell, J. F. Piper, J. E. Jayne, W. E. Bliss, C. L. Kilgore, L. W. Graham, B. F. Machlan, Pearl L. Rees. DELEGATE AT LARGE.—E. T. Russell. REGULAR DELEGATES.—A. T. Robinson, M. B. Van Kirk, C. G. Bellah, Dr. H. A. Green, H. A. Morrison, J. F. Simon, F. F. Byington, C. R. Kite, J. S. Rouse, M. A. Altman, W. F. Kennedy, W. H. Clark, J. W. Christian, B. L. House, J. D. Shively, Geo. A. Williams, Lars Nielson, E. E. Farnsworth, P. G. Stanley, Mrs. F. A. Washburn, E. A. Curtis, N. T. Sutton, H. Osterloh, D. U. Hale. Columbia Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—B. G. Wilkinson. REGULAR DELEGATES.—R. T. Dowsett, N. S. Ashton, E. G. Salisbury, I. D. Richardson, R. T. Baer, R. H. Martin, J. L. McElhany, A. J. Breed, H. M. J. Richards, R. E. Harter, S. D. Hartwell, A. R. Sandborn, H. W. Smith, E. K. Slade, W. W. Miller, J. J. Marietta, R. G. Patterson, W. J. Venen, W. J. Stone, B. F. Kneeland, W. A. Westworth, F. H. Robbins. DELEGATE AT LARGE.—Allen Moon. REGULAR DELEGATES.—O. J. Graf, C. A. Russell, J. B. Blosser, A. N. Anderson, J. H. Haughey, B. B. Smith, Wm. Guthrie, D. P. Wood, T. W. Steen, O. Montgomery, C. N. Sanders, F. A. Loop, G. E. Langdon, H. E. Moon, Dr. F. J. Otis, J. J. Irwin, E. F. Peterson, E. A. Bristol, E. F. Ferris, C. F. McVagh, S. B. Horton, A. J. Clark, R. U. Garrett, W. H. Thurston, Byron Post, J. H. Hoffman, P. L. Larson, Edgar A. Von Pohle, J. B. Clymer, E. E. Gardner, H. A. Boylan. Northern Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—Chas. Thompson. REGULAR DELEGATES.—G. W. Wells, A. R. Ogden, C. M. Babcock, C. J. Buhalts, F. E. Painter, W. W. Ruble, M. L. Andreasen, C. W. Heald, W. H. Edwards, J. J. Reiswig, M. J. Fritz, S. E. Jackson, Carl Svenson, J. W. McComas, J. G. Lamson, W. D. Parkhurst, O. O. Bernstein. North Pacific Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—C. W. Flaiz. REGULAR DELEGATES.—H. W. Decker, P. A. Hanson, Lewis Johnson, H. W. Cottrell, F. S. Bunch, A. M. Dart, W. F. Martin, M. E. Cady, W. R. Beatty, J. Riffel, E. C. Kellogg, C. M. Everest, J. F. Beatty. DELEGATE AT LARGE.—E. E. Andross. REGULAR DELEGATES.—E. W. Farnsworth, H. H. Hall, F. M. Burg, J. A. Burden, Elmer Adams, P. J. Wolfsen, G. W. Reaser, J. F. Blunt, G. A. Thomason, Claude Conard, H. G. Lucas, Frank Lane, Nis Hansen, J. A. L. Derby, E. J. Hibbard, C. C. Crisler, J. W. McCord, D. D. Comstock, J. H. Behrens, C. L. Taggart, W. M. Adams, C. W. Irwin, J. J. Ireland, A. G. Christiansen. Southeastern Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—C. B. Stephenson. REGULAR DELEGATES.—W. H. Williams, H. M. Hiatt, V. O. Cole, L. T. Crisler, W. H. Heckman, W. H. Branson, Stewart Kime, C. V. Achenbach, M. C. Strachan, J. W. Manns. Southern Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—S. E. Wight. REGULAR DELEGATES.—R. W. Parmele, E. L. Maxwell, C. S. Wiest, A. L. Miller, B. W. Brown, J. S. Washburn, M. F. Knox, C. D. Wolff, E. H. Rees, N. B. King, J. H. Lawrence, G. E. Peters. Southwestern Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—G. F. Watson. REGULAR DELEGATES.—W. A. McCutchen, David Voth, J. I. Taylor, V. B. Watts, J. W. Norwood, T. W. Field, A. F. Harrison, C. B. Hughes, C. E. Smith, Chas. L. Collison, N. H. Conway, J. W. Davis, E. H. Wilcox, G. C. Jenks, I. T. Reynolds, W. M. Cubley. Canadian Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—M. N. Campbell. REGULAR DELEGATES.—M. C. Kirkendall, W. J. Tanner, O. K. Butler, W. J. Blake, F. W. Johnston, B. B. Noftsger. Western Canadian Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—H. S. Shaw. REGULAR DELEGATES.—J. G. Walker, C. A. Burman, O. E. Sandnes, A. C. Gilbert, J. I. Beardsley. Australasian Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—J. E. Fulton. REGULAR DELEGATES.—B. F. Machlan, G. S. Fisher, A. H. Piper, A. W. Anderson, L. D. A. Lemke, D. H. Aymes. DELEGATE AT LARGE.—W. J. Fitzgerald. REGULAR DELEGATES.—W. C. Sisley, W. A. Shafer, W. T. Bartlett, Mrs. W. J. Fitzgerald, Mrs. W. C. Sisley, Mrs. W. A. Shafer. Central European Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—O. E. Reinke. REGULAR DELEGATES.—F. Prieser, H. Böx. DELEGATE AT LARGE.—J. F. Huenergardt. REGULAR DELEGATE.—H. Meyer-Baertschy. East German Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—H. F. Schuberth. REGULAR DELEGATES.—G. Durholf, W. Prillwitz, Dr. Glette, Sister A. Langenberg, Peter Gaede, Mrs. P. Gaede. DELEGATE AT LARGE.—L. P. Tieche. REGULAR DELEGATES.—C. E. Rentfro, W. G. Bond, Mrs. W. G. Bond, Mrs. C. E. Rentfro, Miss Lola Casals. DELEGATE AT LARGE.—J. T. Boettcher. REGULAR DELEGATES.—J. Sprohge,13 K. A. Reifschneider, Th. Babienko, Mrs. Th. Babienko, Miss Helen Gaede. Scandinavian Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—J. C. Raft. REGULAR DELEGATES.—O. J. Olsen, Mrs. F. Anderson. West German Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—J. G. Obländer. REGULAR DELEGATES.—R. G. Klingbeil, M. H. Wentland, J. Wibbens, Mrs. J. G. Obländer, Mrs. M. H. Wentland, Mrs. G. Dail, Mr. Reith, Miss A. Rau. REGULAR DELEGATE.—J. F. Ginter. DELEGATES AT LARGE.—L. Krug, Mrs. L. Krug. British East African Mission
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—A. A. Carscallen. South African Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—R. C. Porter. REGULAR DELEGATES.—M. C. Sturdevant, F. B. Armitage, H. S. Beckner, Mary Robertson. South American Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—J. W. Westphal. REGULAR DELEGATES.—J. Ernst, F. H. Westphal, W. C. John, Geo. Casebeer, O. Oppegard. Brazilian Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—F. W. Spies. REGULAR DELEGATES.—John Lipke, W. Ehlers. West Indian Union Conference
DELEGATE AT LARGE.—U. Bender. REGULAR DELEGATES.—D. E. Wellman, H. C. Goodrich, J. B. Beckner, William Steele, Geo. M. Brown, F. G. Lane, E. C. Boger, H. C. J. Walleker, Philip Giddings, A. F. Haines, E. C. Wood, H. H. Cobban, N. H. Pool, H. Fletcher. China: W. C. Hankins, Dr. H. W. Miller, F. A. Allum, J. P. Anderson. Japan: F. H. De Vinney, H. F. Benson, T. H. Okohira. Korea: C. L. Butterfield, Miss M. Scharffenberg. Philippine Islands: L. V. Finster. East Indies: G. F. Jones, R. W. Munson. DELEGATES AT LARGE.—J. L. Shaw, J. S. James, G. G. Lowry, Miss Della Burroway, L. J. Burgess, R. A. Beckner, Dr. H. C. Menkel. Hawaiian Islands: C. D. M. Williams. Mexico: G. W. Caviness, J. A. P. Green. West Africa: D. C. Babcock. Bahama Islands: W. A. Sweany. DELEGATES AT LARGE.—A. G. Daniells, L. R. Conradi, I. H. Evans, W. T. Knox, G. I. Butler, O. A. Olsen, S. N. Haskell, W. C. White, W. C. Sisley, C. H. Jones, W. A. Spicer, Guy Dail, G. B. Thompson, N. Z. Town, H. R. Salisbury, W. W. Prescott, M. E. Kern, A. J. Haysmer, J. H. Schilling, G. F. Haffner, L. H. Christian, S. Mortenson, F. C. Gilbert, G. G. Roth, E. R. Palmer, F. Griggs. Conference Attendance Reaches Twenty-Five Hundred
THE reception committee reported at noon Thursday 612 family tents pitched; about twenty-one hundred people located in tents; three hundred in rooms off the grounds and a hundred or more in buildings on the grounds, making a total of twenty-five hundred visitors. There are about six hundred Sabbath-keepers in and around Washington, thus making to date practically thirty-one hundred people in attendance at the Conference. Still others will be in later. ELDER A. G. DANIELLS occupied the chair. Elder R. A. Underwood led in prayer. A number of new delegates were seated, whose names appear in the printed list in this department. Elder A. G. Daniells, president of the General Conference, presented his report. Before the beginning of the session a copy of this was furnished the editors of the REVIEW, and appeared in our issue of last week. Following this excellent report from Brother Daniells, Elder W. A. Spicer, secretary of the General Conference, presented his report, affording a most inspiring outlook as to work in fields abroad. This also was given the readers of the REVIEW last week. Upon the conclusion of these reports, upon motion of O. A. Olsen, seconded by G. B. Starr, it was voted that the standing committees be appointed by the General Conference Committee. These committees were announced later as follows:— Committee on Nominations: O. A. Olsen, H. F. Schuberth, L. P. Tieche, W. J. Fitzgerald, J. C. Raft, F. B. Armitage, F. H. Westphal, F. H. De Vinney, A. H. Piper, H. C. Menkel, G. A. Irwin, Allen Moon, U. Bender, H. S. Shaw, W. B. White. Committee on Plans: I. H. Evans, Guy Dail, O. A. Olsen, J. F. Huenergardt, O. E. Reinke, R. C. Porter, J. E. Fulton, J. W. Westphal, W. A. Spicer, C. W. Flaiz, J. L. Shaw, W. C. White, W. W. Prescott, C. H. Jones, N. Z. Town, M. E. Kern, John Christian, H. R. Salisbury, W. A. Ruble, B. G. Wilkinson. Committee on Finance: W. T. Knox, R. A. Underwood, W. C. Sisley, J. T. Boettcher, L. R. Conradi, J. G. Oblaender, F. W. Spies, A. W. Anderson, J. S. James, L. V. Finster, M. N. Campbell, Charles Thompson, E. E. Andross, L. M. Bowen. Committee on Constitution: L. R. Conradi, W. T. Bartlett, H. W. Cottrell, E. R. Palmer, A. G. Daniells. Committee on Licenses and Credentials: W. A. Spicer, C. B. Stephenson, E. T. Russell, G. F. Watson, G. B. Thompson. Committee on Distribution of Labor: W. T. Knox, L. R. Conradi, I. H. Evans, the presidents of union conferences, and the superintendents of union missions. Seated as Delegates by the Conference in Session
G. A. Irwin, J. N. Loughborough, J. O. Corliss, R. A. Underwood, Dr. W. A. Ruble, M. C. Wilcox, L. M. Bowen, C. C. Lewis, E. G. Fulton, H. G. Childs, G. E. Nord, J. W. Mace, Dr. A. B. Olsen, I. J. Hankins, R. G. Ryan, J. C. Rogers, S. M. Konigmacher, B. J. Cady, Miss E. M. Graham, E. C. Widgery, C. A. Thorp, Theo. Valentiner, G. A. Grauer, C. J. Boyd, C. P. Bollman, R. Hook Jr., L. A. Smith, K. C. Russell, L. A. Hansen, C. S. Longacre, W. E. Howell, T. E. Bowen, Mrs. L. F. Plummer, Miss M. E. Erickson, Meade MacGuire, F. M. Wilcox, W. W. Eastman, M. S. Reppe. Total Number of Delegates
Delegates from the United States and Canada ................. 225 Delegates from abroad ............ 105 General ......................... 26 Grand total ..................... 356 The Church Paper in the Home
“Another reason why the church paper should find a permanent place on your library tables is that it belongs to a distinctly religious and Christian class of current literature. And because it is of a distinctly religious class, its presence is needed to offset the unwholesome effects of much of our current literature that is not distinctly or even partially religious. Take the daily newspaper; and while we cannot very well get along without a knowledge of the daily news, yet it remains to be said that there is much which appears in the daily newspaper that might be well kept out of the sight of children and young people. There are murder accounts and divorce cases and liquor advertisements, prizefights and political quarrels, that appear in the daily press that should not be read by any member of the family, young or old. Take many of the current magazines, and in not a few instances there are things in print that have a deleterious influence upon childhood. An adult that reads only the daily newspaper is liable to become discolored and distorted in his thinking. What he needs, as well as the child, is to neutralize distorted conceptions.” In Waiting
By J. M. HOPKINS
EARTH has no flowers that do not fade,
Nor yet a rose without a thorn;
There’s never a light without a shade,
Evening follows the fairest morn. There’s never a life without a pain,
Nor yet an eye undimmed by tears;
No soul so pure it has no stain,
No heart so brave it knows no fears. My brother, there’s One who always feels
The ills and griefs that make you sad;
His loving-kindness he reveals
To cheer your heart and make you glad. Do not expect all joy and bliss,
A life by sorrow ne’er distressed;
Such cannot be in a world like this,
It waits you yonder among the blest. In Which Class?
By H. G. THURSTON
EVERY believer, minister and layman, is called to “an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” I Peter 2: 5. We are sometimes led to wonder how many who profess to be looking for the return of their Lord actually know the real meaning of the above scripture. These “spiritual sacrifices” must include acts of mercy, compassion, and tenderness similar to those which invariably crowned the daily life of our Lord Jesus, and we are sadly forced to the unavoidable conclusion that only such as in truth reveal those sublime attributes which made our Saviour’s life so fragrant and made him the “stronghold of the daughter of Zion,” are in fact a part of the “holy priesthood,” no matter what their profession or position may be. Jesus is a “merciful and faithful high priest” and his kindness is no more apparent now than when he trod the hills of Judea as a “man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;” and no one who bears his name has any work or responsibility greater than, or so great as, that of showing to all mankind the same tender, thoughtful, and brotherly kindness which made our Lord so infinitely great while he was yet with us as a man. It requires no great sacrifice for the natural man to recognize and keep company with men whom he regards as his equals or superiors in rank; but what a heavenly spectacle, though so seldom seen, that a man will risk his own reputation and standing by spending his time and influence to assist the man in need! The worldling will render support and attention to the strong and to those on the crest of the wave of prosperity and position; but it is Godlike “to support the weak,” and thus to show we “remember the words of the Lord Jesus.” In that most impressive parable, found in Luke 10: 30-37, we see a priest and a Levite, who were supposed to be exemplary in sympathy and kindness, but who utterly failed to confirm their call to their important positions by a simple work of mercy toward an unfortunate and defeated brother. They were so destitute of compassion, so filled with contrary elements, that although knowing his sad condition, they passed by the man who was in the greatest need and selfishly neglected him. They had no excuse for their course, for as priest and Levite, they had no right to allow other and minor affairs to deter them from rendering the true expressions of sympathy shown by the Samaritan. Brother, to which class do you belong? Are you so busy doing big things for God, and carrying responsibilities, that you fail to do the greatest work of showing sympathy, mercy, and compassion to him who is weary and in need? If this be your condition, are you not as unfit for the “holy priesthood” to which God has called you and which you profess as were the priest and the Levite of the parable? In the days of Abraham, when he and his faithful men had been on a long and dangerous journey and were returning home, they were met by a priest who was king of Salem. That priest of God brought forth bread and wine to refresh and strengthen the weary travelers, and encouraged them with words of blessing. Gen. 14: 18, 19. The name of that priest was Melchizedek, but no record has been kept of his genealogy. Heb. 7: 3. We do not have much concern as to who Melchizedek was, but we do feel an intense interest in what he did. Being a priest and king, and rendering help to the weary, he thus became a fitting type of our great High Priest who is passed into the heavens, who ever liveth to show compassion and thoughtfulness to those who are in need, weary, and perhaps weakened by some fierce attack of the enemy. Reader, does your life always reveal the tenderness of a true shepherd and nurse, or do you find it easier and more natural to use the whip or the surgeon’s knife, or to pass by on the other side when you find some poor soul whose need and voice appeals to you for help? Remember that in the day of final reckonings many will knock, but find no welcome response from the great King because they neglected the kind, tender acts during this life. “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Brother, to which class do you belong? Sacredness of Pledges
By E. R. ALLEN
THERE seems to be in the minds of many of our people a failure to appreciate the sacredness of pledges made to the various funds and enterprises carried forward in our work. This condition has impressed itself upon me as I have found in different conference offices pledges long since overdue. Conference officials usually dislike to remind the makers of these pledges of their delinquency, yet it seems that more stress should be laid upon the responsibility before God to meet the obligations expressed on these slips of paper which are handed in at camp-meetings and other important gatherings. On this point the Word of God is very plain:— “When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.” “That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a free-will offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.” Deut. 23:21, 23. See also Eccl. 5:4, 5. In the inspired commentary on the case of Ananias and Sapphira, found in “The Acts of the Apostles,” page 74, we find the following: “God has made the proclamation of the gospel dependent upon the labors and the gifts of his people. Voluntary offerings and the tithe constitute the revenue of the Lord’s work. Of the means entrusted to man, God claims a certain portion,—the tenth. He leaves all free to say whether or not they will give more than this. But when the heart is stirred by the influence of the Holy Spirit, and a vow is made to give a certain amount, the one who vows has no longer any right to the consecrated portion. Promises of this kind made to men would be looked upon as binding; are those not more binding that are made to God? Are promises tried in the court of conscience less binding than written agreements of men?” God does not require of us pledges and vows. But when we realize the manifold goodness of God and wish to express our appreciation of his mercies, he accepts our pledges for future payment of a specified sum into his treasury. We cannot lightly release ourselves from these obligations assumed under the influence of the Spirit of God. It would be well if when pledges and15 offerings are called for, the sacredness of these promises were more fully explained. No doubt many of the unredeemed pledges in our offices have been forgotten by their makers; but were the seriousness of these obligations more fully understood at the time of making, we should not be so likely to forget them. May it not be that God is compelled to withhold from our households many blessings which he longs to grant, because we have been individually and collectively remiss in this matter of our pledges to the support of his work?