MISSIONARY FAREWELL SERVICE

April 23, 3 P. M.

A farewell service with the workers who expect to go to other lands was held in the Tabernacle during the last afternoon of the Conference. All those recommended to fields outside the United States, were gathered together in the front part of the Tabernacle. After singing, Elder M. C. Wilcox offered the following prayer:—GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.8

Our gracious Heavenly Father, we praise thee for this privilege we have to-day, this closing day of this great Conference, in meeting here to praise and worship thee. We thank thee, our Father, that thou hast been with us through all this Conference. Thou hast watched over all its deliberations; thou hast guided, we believe, in its issues; and we thank thee for thy blessed Spirit, the missionary Spirit, which has been present from the beginning to this present time.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.9

We praise thee, our Father, that thou hast given us broader views of thy work than ever before. We thank thee that thou hast given us deep drafts from the great fountain of life. We thank thee for all thy unbounded blessings that thou hast bestowed upon us as we have met here in this Conference at this time. We praise thee for the spirit of love and union which has come in; and oh, our Father, we pray to-day that all these blessings may be deepened, that we may get still broader views of thy goodness, love, and mercy, and the great claims which thou hast upon each one of us. Give us clearer views of the great truth of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Give us deeper and still deeper consecration in thy work. Give us, our Father, more and more of thy Spirit.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.10

We pray that thou wilt set thine approving seal upon all the work which has been wrought for thee. Wherein we have failed to grasp thine own ideas, wherein we have failed to follow the leadings of thy mind, we pray, our Father, that thou wilt forgive, that thou wilt hinder every wrong influence, close up every wrong way, open every right way, and bless every movement, every action, which has been taken that is in harmony with thy holy will.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.11

We ask thine especial blessing, our Father, upon these men who have been selected from among thy people to stand at the head of thy work. O God, place thy Spirit upon them, give them large-heartedness, give them union of spirit and purpose; lead them out, O Lord, into large fields; and we pray that thou wilt go before them, go with them, be their rereward. Strengthen them personally, strengthen them mentally for the great burdens which rest upon them, strengthen them spiritually, our Father, for all their work.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.12

We ask thy blessing upon all these who have been called to go to other fields, to distant lands. O God! let thy special blessing rest upon them. We are not going, our Father, at our own charges or by our own desires. It is to do thy will, it is to follow thy leading; and O, we pray that God’s leading hand may be manifest every step of the way, that these, thy sons and thy daughters, may know that thou hast been leading, may walk with thee, may know that they have thy presence on the right hand and on the left; and even though the way which they go they know not, O may they know that the pillar of cloud goes before them by day and the pillar of fire by night, that God shall be with them in all their wanderings to lead them, to strengthen them, to help them in the seed-sowing, and to give them fruit in all places.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.13

O Lord! bless this meeting to-day. Bless all those who shall speak, that they may speak to the glory of thy name. Bless thou thy people everywhere in all the great broad field of the world. We pray that God’s blessing may rest upon his people. Grant Lord, to be with them, to be with all our Conferences. O give us larger heartedness, our Father, than ever before. Help us that we may have the same Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ to give of the graces and blessings and privileges that thou hast given us, freely to those who are in need. Be thou with every organization, every plan, every work, everywhere among our people. Carry on thy work, our Father, to thy glory.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.14

Strengthen us. Give us attentive ears to hear what thou hast to say, hearts to yield to thee wholly every day and hour and moment, to do all that thou hast for us to do. Anoint our eyes, that we may be indeed seers of the time, and O may we so labor for thee that in the last great, glorious day when thy children, bearing sheaves and fruit, shall all come home to their Father’s house, that we may be among them there to praise thee forever and ever. We ask it all in the worthy name of Jesus our Redeemer. Amen.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.15

A. G. Daniells: We are not here as a band of mourners. We have not come here to weep, and to express sorrow and deep sympathy for our friends who are going away to the distant, needy, neglected fields; but we are here to say a few words regarding the fields, the work, and the people involved in this movement. Most of those who are in the front seats are those who have been recommended by the Conference during this session to go to lands outside the United States. It seemed to us that instead of going on with our business we ought to stop a little while to-day, and have a parting service for those who are going abroad.GCB April 25, 1901, page 458.16

First, I would like to get some idea before all the friends who have assembled, with reference to the fields that are to be supplied, and the workers who have been recommended to those fields. We have a map before us, and we can see something of the country that is represented in our work and in our gathering here to-day.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.1

[Elder Daniells here pointed out the various countries on the map; and as the fields were named, those expected to go to those fields arose. The fields, with the number going to each, follow.]GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.2

Australasia, twelve; South America, ten: West Indies, twelve; Central America and Mexico, four; South Africa, one; Scandinavia, two; Germany, five; Switzerland, one; Mediterranean field, one; Polynesia (Pacific Islands), seven; Canada, four India, two; Finland, one; England, six.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.3

[Several who have been recommended to go to the foregoing fields were not present, so they are not included in the number reported. Sixty-eight were present.]GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.4

O. A. Olsen: I suppose it is known that there are some who had to go away, that are to go to these fields, and that some of these have been there before and are returning.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.5

The Chair: Yes.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.6

P. A. De Forest: Also there are nurses to follow, who are not here.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.7

The Chair: Yes. Some medical workers are now here, and there are some who have been recommended to go abroad who are not with us to-day.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.8

Dear friends, I do bless God that he has raised up so many persons to carry the light of this blessed message to the people in distant parts of the world, distant from the place where this message started. It will not be appropriate for me to take up the time in making extended remarks. I want to express my thoughts and feeling in a statement found in Philippians 2nd chapter and 17th verse,—the words of the Apostle Paul: “Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.” [Voices: Amen!]GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.9

I believe that is the true spirit of the gospel, and of all true missionary work. If my life is poured out, exhausted, spent, and offered up as a supersacrifice upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad to let it be sacrificed. That is the idea.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.10

And now, as we go abroad to preach this message to the people, we shall find that as it comes to them, it will call them to service that will mean a great sacrifice. They will have to give up what seems to be their living. They will have to separate from old friends, their church associations, and all that has been dear to them. There will appear to be a great sacrifice demanded of them, if they obey the truth that God brings to them.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.11

Well, now, the messenger is to share with those people in the great sacrifice the truth calls upon them to make. That is the way Paul did. When he saw the people separated from their friends, losing everything in this world, he went with them into that sacrifice. He said, “I am literally sacrificed upon your sacrifice. You have made your offering; it is laid upon the altar. God pours me out and exhausts me upon that sacrifice of yours, and I joy and rejoice with you in the sacrifice.” If we will go to the people with that spirit, God will help us to be ministers of life to them. Dear friends, may God greatly bless you from this day forth and forever. I know that he is able to do it,—able to sustain, guide, strengthen, and bless your life, that it may bring forth fruit to the glory of God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.12

But as I said, it is not appropriate for me to take up the time. Three are several here who will be glad to speak, and we want all to feel free. We will ask Brother Smith to lead out.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.13

Uriah Smith: I just want to say, brethren and sisters, that I esteem it a privilege to add my testimony to the pleasure that I have received during this Conference. Especially pleased have I been with the harmony of feeling, the unanimity of sentimental which has prevailed in all our proceedings. And as I think of the little army of workers that are going abroad, I think of the time when I first became connected with this work. We could not then look over the map and place our fingers upon any point of what we call the foreign fields where the truth had taken root, and where the living laborer was then at work; but we had faith that the work would go to all the world, and men would accept the truth, be brought to the light and to salvation, and be saved finally in the kingdom of God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.14

I have been a large portion of my life in this work, and have always believed it would triumph. I believe it still. I believe that those who go forth will go forth in the power and Spirit of the Lord, and they will see results of their labors everywhere. I think often of the prophecy that sets forth the glory, the completion, of this cause in which we are engaged, when John says: “I saw another angel come down from heaven.... and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice.” And now as you go forth, remember that it is not simply America, not here, not these points where our work has taken root in this country alone, that will be lightened with the glory of God, but the earth is to be lightened,—and the earth embraces all. You do not get beyond the bounds of the earth, so you will not get beyond the sight and the care and the protection of the Lord of this message. The earth shall be lightened with his glory. I know you will go with that spirit of truth which is expressed in one of our beautiful hymns, with which we are all so familiar:-GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.15

“I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.16

Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.17

Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.18

I triumph still, if thou abide with me.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.19

The Lord will be with us. He has promised, “I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” And so long as he abides with us, we can say, whatever our circumstances may be, that we triumph still. So we will go forward with courage and strength to press the battle to the gates, and hold up the standard of truth in all places where we find that men are sitting in darkness and waiting for the light. May the Lord be with us. I, with others who may speak, bid you Godspeed to your various fields of labor. And as the Lord is with you, our prayers shall go with you.GCB April 25, 1901, page 459.20

A. G. Daniells: Brother Wilcox will say a few words.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.1

M. C. Wilcox: I can only say a hearty Amen to all that has been said by Brother Daniells and Brother Smith. I praise God also for all the blessings which have come to us at this Conference, and it has seemed to me, as it has seemed to all of us, that this is the missionary Conference, thus far, among our people. I praise God that it is so, and I hope it is only the beginning of far greater work and the far greater scope of this message, which we shall see developed much more rapidly in the years to come, in the months to come, than we see it now.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.2

I have one simple request to make this afternoon, in behalf of the publishers and editors of the Signs of the Times. The Signs of the Times has a large audience, all the way from 100,000 to 300,000 or 400,000 readers each month. We want our missionaries kept in touch with that large audience. We want all these various fields in the world to come before that audience. We want you, brethren and sisters who go out from us to these distant lands, to bring before yourselves from time to time this large constituency of the Signs of the Times. We want these fields which you represent and wherein you labor, to be brought before the readers of the Signs of the Times.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.3

We want not simply what may be in that field, or what may be interesting in that field, but we want those fields so represented that they should arouse burdens, awaken hearts in regard to the great needs in these distant lands. We want to see fields so presented that hearts shall come into sympathy with yours, that souls shall unite with you in praying that God’s blessing may rest upon your work, that God may give success to you who are laboring. We long for this. We do not want merely articles to fill up our pages. More than ever before my heart is burdened that every column and every line and every word shall speak forth this glorious gospel of the kingdom in all its various phases, to those whom the Signs of the Times shall reach. We want your reports. We shall have two pages or more devoted to the missionary work in our lands. We want your help, brethren and sisters, in carrying forward this work. Will you not help us?GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.4

We want photographs. That department of the Signs is about the only department that lends itself to illustrations,—not to glorify men,—nothing of this kind,—but to awaken still further interest in the work. We want all of these to speak of the great fields that lie out beyond, and we want you to help us. We shall be glad to correspond with any of you; and wherever you go, we shall pray that God may give you success, open before you large fields, and give you in the great closing day many precious souls for your hire. May God be with you all.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.5

A. G. Daniells: That is a grand invitation: and as you love the fields in which you labor, work for them in this way, and send the editor of the Signs the matter that you want to have the thousands of people who read the paper to know. We would like to hear from Brother Loughborough.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.6

J. N. Loughborough: Forty-nine years ago next September, I attended meetings in the house where Brother and Sister White lived, at 124 Mountain Top Avenue. I embraced this present truth. The first Sabbath in October it was my privilege first to see Sister White, and in thirty minutes after I was introduced to her, I saw her in heavenly vision.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.7

Our numbers in those days were not large, but we had faith; and I want to say this afternoon that I have watched with interest the rise and progress of this work. God’s hand has been leading in it. When we have heeded the light that he has given, the cause has gone straight every time; and the difficulties in the way have been when we have not strictly heeded the instruction that God has given.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.8

I was thinking, during the progress of this meeting, of our experiences in the early sixties, when the matter of organization, was up. I have greatly moved to witness in this meeting the same spirit coming in, in the reorganization, that was manifested in the organization at first. I have wondered for several years what that expression in the Testimony meant cautioning against tearing down this that God had established, when it said that this order was going to stand, strengthened and established. I know to-day what it means. I can see something of what it means to have that organization strengthened and established. I thank God for what I have seen here in this work of reorganization during this Conference. I thank God that I have this privilege of meeting with you here in this Conference. And I thank God that so many are moving out to go to distant lands. I think of what Brother White wrote to us in California when I first got there. He said: “You are away from your friends and those that you could personally counsel with. It gives you an opportunity to ask God, and to have him give you an experience for yourself.” Now your strength, as you go forth, is in seeking God, and having the power of God and his guiding Spirit with you all the time.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.9

I do not want to make many remarks this afternoon, but I am interested in this work. I thought, as I was sitting here, what old Father Bates said when he began to get old. He said, “Brethren, I want to still go along beside you, if I can’t do a great deal.” He said that his position reminded him of what happened when he was a boy. He said that a farmer had a horse that was so old it was left in the stable when the others were taken out to plow. The men heard a tremendous noise at the stable. They went to see what the matter was, and found the horse kicking to get out. So they put a collar on the horse, and hitched him by the side of the others, and he would walk around beside the others, perfectly contended. So with Brother Bates. He could not work, and he said, “Brethren, if I can not do any more, let me have a collar on, and walk by the side of the rest. I am getting well along in years, but I want to see the work of God go on, and if I can not do any more, let me have a collar on and walk by your side.” I do not believe my work is done yet. I believe the Lord wants me to speak a word to his people, and thus I am free to go from place to place. I thank him especially for the spirit of unity and harmony that is coming in.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.10

W. W. Prescott: It is no new thing that men and women should be called to go to different parts of the earth as messengers for God. In almost every generation, and many times in some of these generations, just such scenes as this have been enacted over and over again. Those who have been called have been set apart to go forth with God’s message. It is his ordained way; and yet I know that although, in every condition, men and women, old and young, have been called of God and sent, with the prayers of their brethren and sisters, to other lands, and have broken home ties that have been strong, leaving friends and associations very dear to them, yet I know that for every individual that same experience has become ours as if no other one had known the experience. Yet if the breaking of a few ties results in the making of many that shall be stronger; and if the leaving of one father and one mother brings many fathers and many mothers; and if one home left opens the door of many homes; and if one country left behind makes every country in the world home where he gains all,—if he transfers all ideas to a new home, and knows he has God’s message, every home is open to him and every home belongs to him. His work is broadened tenfold.GCB April 25, 1901, page 460.11

I know what it is from a small experience to go to countries that seem at first strange, yet no more strange than our own,—and may I just say here, Let nothing be strange to any one who goes to any country except sin. Fight it and shun it at every point. Let nothing else be strange. But I know what it means to go to those lands, and especially to go to large cities, and strike against the busy tide of the world’s work, and perhaps not find a single soul looking for you, or particularly interested in what you have come to do,—everybody busy with his own work, with his own associations, and there appears to be no room. I have sometimes thought of the experience of the man centuries ago who went about from city to city: and if you think of that man,—that he was, according to his own account, contemptible in presence, as he went from country to country, and from city to city and he went into those large cities, busy then with their own affairs, the minds of the men in them taken up with present things, and apparently no room for this man of no commanding presence, who went about without any one as a retinue with him, to make no impression upon the city, almost alone, unannounced; and yet that man, when he walked into those heathen cities,—cities taken up with their own affairs,—himself created a power sufficient to overthrow customs, national prejudices, religions of long standing,—a power that planted an influence in those cities that is living yet, and that spread from this place to the ends of the earth. He was not announced. It was not because he was not sent forth by a body of people. It was not because he went announced in a way that would command the attention of the people. It was because of this one simple thing, that he knew that he was sent as a messenger for God. He knew that he had a message from God, and he knew that he carried a message of power in himself. His confidence was not in outward appearance; not in eloquence, but just that one thing; and of these experiences he wrote to those who had been benefited by his labors: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 461.1

I know that every one, without regard to talent, influence, backing of any kind,—I know that every one who goes to any land under the shining sun, on this basis, goes for success. It is not a question of talent, of influence, of backing. It is a question of a living, personal connection which each one of us should have with God, and that each one goes knowing personally that he goes forth as one of God’s divine messengers carrying a message which he himself knows is the power of God unto salvation; and goes forth knowing that the God who sends him will remain with him. Then every one who goes forth, goes forth to success in every land. And that is what those who go, and those who stay, must take upon their hearts as the burden, not simply that numbers shall go out, but that they go forth to stay and to succeed. They have this message. It is not a question of long, long years. It is a question of power, and that power is promised now. Then this message will rise, and go forth to the ends of the earth and do its work in the power of God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 461.2

I have thought while sitting here, that I would rather sit with you, and then go, than to sit up here, and talk, and stay. I want to say, in regard to those going forth from this Conference to other lands, I would be glad to be of your number. Yours is the privilege that I have coveted for years, and have enjoyed for a few years, and which I hope to enjoy again. I will say to everyone, and I can say it with confidence, too, even from the little experience I have had in the work outside of America, Go forth with simple confidence in God’s ability to accomplish his work, and to use you, every one, in the place where he has called you, to the glory of his name and the advancement of his truth.GCB April 25, 1901, page 461.3

I do not want to call this a farewell meeting. We want to call this an introduction meeting. We don’t propose in this message to have any farewell meetings. We shall have a meeting by and by when we won’t have even a temporary separation. So let us speak of this as an introduction meeting,—to the work that God has especially set for this people everywhere, without regard to territory, without any distinction whatever,—and let this whole people set themselves to labor everywhere for the extension of this truth as rapidly as God will give the increase. And if we do not have another meeting of this kind again, where all these faces shall be gathered together here, let every one look forward with hope and confidence and the utmost assurance to the time when we shall look into one another’s faces, and shall have with us those who have been gathered, by God’s help, from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, to sing the song of Moses and the Lamb.GCB April 25, 1901, page 461.4

Mrs. E. G. White: I know what it means to leave home and friends, and I would say to those who are going forth to foreign fields, You have a Helper who will always be with you. I have been reading in Isaiah some words which I wish to read to you:—GCB April 25, 1901, page 461.5

“Lift up your eyes on high and behold who hath created these things that bringeth out their host by number: he called them all by names by the greatness of his might: for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary: and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles: they shall run, and not to be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 461.6

“Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 461.7

I feel the strongest assurance that all who go forth in the name of the Lord will be blessed and sustained. Remember that if you hang your helpless soul on Jesus Christ, you will constantly have his divine efficiency and sufficiency.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.1

God said to Abraham, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee.” Abraham heard and obeyed; and as he journeyed, he built altars and offered sacrifice to God, that those who afterward passed by that way might know that he had not forgotten God, that as he went forth from his home, he held communion with his Maker. He sought the Lord, and God met with him and was his friend.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.2

And God will be a friend to every one who goes’ from this Conference to foreign fields. He will be your Helper, your front guard and your rereward. Do not feel that as you go away you will be severed from God. Remember that the closer you keep to him, the more successful your work will be. Cling to the mighty One. Do not allow the enemy to interpose between you and your God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.3

I earnestly hope that those laboring in the fields to which you are going will not think that you and they can not labor together, unless your minds run in the same channels as theirs, unless you view things exactly as they view them. This is a very wrong idea. Are there any two leaves on a tree alike? You can find no two precisely alike? So it is with us. None of us have exactly the same experience, and yet each one of us may have a very precious experience. Let each worker remember that he has an individuality of his own, and that this individuality is not to be submerged in any other human being. That individuality is to be sanctified, purified, refined, but it is not to be lost in the individuality of some one else.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.4

Christ compares his followers to the branches of a vine. “I am the vine, ye are the branches,” he says. In the branches of a vine there is diversity, and yet in this diversity there is unity. Every branch is united to the parent stalk. Every branch draws its nourishment from the same source. When we are branches of the true Vine, there will be no quarreling among us, no strife for the supremacy, no disparaging of one another.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.5

Let not those who go forth to work for God measure their fellow workers with their human measurement, to see if they are in all things as they think they ought to be. God alone is able to measure men.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.6

Christ compared the kingdom of heaven to a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers. In the morning and at different hours through the day he hired men and sent them into his vineyard. “And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him. Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.7

And at even, when the laborers came for their wages, they all received the same. Those who had labored all day were paid the same amount as those who had worked but one hour. Thus God would teach us that during the time that we work, we are to do our very best, be that time long or short. We are to serve him to the best of our ability. He will reward all who work faithfully for him, those who have labored but one hour, as it were, as well as those who have labored all the day. This is the spiritual lesson we are to learn from this parable. Let us remember it. Let those who audit the accounts of the workers in the field gain as clear an understanding as possible of each individual case. God desires them to learn what is right to do, and then do it.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.8

Some men in our Conferences have not had the advantages of education that others have had. Shall the Auditing Committee measure their work by the number of sermons they have preached?GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.9

One man has gone into a new place, where the work had to be started. He has worked with his hands in erecting buildings. He has labored hard, under great difficulties, and he has souls to show for his labor. He has erected buildings where those who have accepted the truth can meet to worship God. And then the question may be asked him by the Auditing Committee, “How many sermons have you preached?” The sermons are counted up, and he is paid accordingly. But every blow he struck in constructing buildings was a sermon. Not only did he work with his hands,—he prayed as he labored, and this does far more to fasten the truth in the minds of the people than if he had merely stood in the desk and sermonized. There are several such laborers as this, and we would like to see thousands more of them.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.10

As men go out into new fields, the Spirit of God will indicate the way in which they should work. They will visit, they will hold meetings, but their usefulness is not to be measured by the number of sermons they preach. From the light God has given me, if our ministers would preach about one quarter as many sermons, and devote their energies more to perseveringly educating and training young workers, opening the Scriptures to them, showing them just what they need to do, thus fitting them to take a place in the ranks of God’s army, more would be accomplished.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.11

We shall see things that are wrong, things that we want to correct. Ask yourself whether you can do this discreetly. There is a better way of correcting errors than by rebuking them abruptly. Some persons are so sensitive in regard to being in any way reproved that you will need to be very careful. Do not feel that it is your special duty to criticize. That is a mean business. Do not take it up. Leave it for Satan. He delights in such work. If you think a person is in error, and wish to tell him, go to him in love and tenderness. Speak to him kindly, and in this way you will help him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.12

We need an abiding Christ. The angels of God are near us to help us in our work. We are co-laborers with God, and we need the Spirit of Christ. Let us walk with Christ, and then we shall always be in connection with heaven. The sweet Spirit of the Saviour will fill our hearts, enabling us to help one another.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.13

You need not think you can convert the young by trying to impress them with this dignity, making them feel that they must give you all the attention, while you give them no special attention.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.14

The Lord has given every one of us a sense of self-respect, and this must not be opposed too abruptly. God wants us to respect ourselves. In our families, and in the church, we too often seek to destroy self-respect. Do not do it. Do not do it in our schools. Do not do it in our offices. The Lord has said that every one of these institutions are to be educational in character. The students and workers will follow the example set by those who have charge over them. The teacher is to be a pattern to the learner. If he wants the youth to respect him, he must respect them.GCB April 25, 1901, page 462.15

When the youth do wrong, do not be rough with them. Take them apart. Christ did not correct his disciples before the multitude. He said, “Come ye apart.” They had just returned from their first missionary tour, and had made many mistakes. They came to him and told him what they had done. One said, “Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.” Christ told him that that was not the way to do. “Forbid him not,” he said; “for he that is not against us is for us,” although he may make no definite profession.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.1

Keep your hands off one another. Examine yourselves just as closely as you please. When night comes, talk of where you have failed through the day, and repent that you have given an example to the youth that you would not wish them to follow.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.2

When a student has erred, think of how you wish God to deal with you when you err, and how you wish your brethren to treat you when you have done wrong. Deal with the student accordingly. By harsh words, or by taking pains to make his deficiency known to every one else, you may turn his head from you, and drive him from Jesus Christ. If a student acknowledges his fault, the teacher has no right to make that fault known to a single soul. God does not want wrong to be magnified and the enemy glorified. When you proclaim a wrong, Satan says, That is just as I want it to be, just as I would have it.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.3

Wrongs—serious wrongs—have been committed in Battle Creek. I did not know how we would get along at this meeting. The Lord gave me instruction regarding this. I was referred to an incident in the life of the prophet Elisha. The prophet was in Dothan, and thither the King of Syria sent horses and chariots and a great host, to take him. “And when the servant of the man of God was risen early and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not; for they that are with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.4

“And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city; follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite them those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.5

God presented this to me, and I did not know what it meant. I did not understand it. I pondered over it, and then, as the lesson was fulfilled, I began to grasp its meaning. I do not know that I would ever have seen the significance had it not been fulfilled right here. Who do you suppose has been among us since this Conference began? Who has kept away the objectionable features that generally appear in such a meeting? Who has walked up and down the aisles of this Tabernacle?—The God of heaven and his angels. And they did not come here to tear you in pieces, but to give you right and peaceable minds. They have been among us to work the works of God, to keep back the powers of darkness, that the work God designed should be done should not be hindered. The angels of God have been working among us.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.6

If any people have reason to praise God, we have. Angels of God have been at work here. The Lord knew our needs, and sent us food which has given spiritual strength and light, showing us how we should work. We have been trying to organize the work on right lines. The Lord has sent his angels to minister unto us who are heirs of salvation, telling us how to carry the work forward.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.7

Remember that there is a much better way to get along than to have controversy. When I was upon the waters of the Pacific amidst the confusion and noise, the Lord spoke to me: Do not enter into any controversy. Speak to the people that they be of one mind.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.8

When you are all in Christ, there can be no variance. Your brother may not have just the same manners and ways of speech as you have, but God does not require this of him. He may be able to reach a class that you can not reach. The very word which you wish he had not spoken may be the word which will bring conviction to hearts. Christ has made none of you church tinkers.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.9

My brethren and sisters who are going to foreign fields, perhaps you will be connected with those whose habits and customs are not like yours. Do not let this hinder your work for the Master. Do all in your power to come into Christian relation with those for whom you shall work. May it not be that your ideas need changing? Remember that there is as much room in the world for one as for another.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.10

Let us every one strive to be assimilated to the likeness of Christ. There are those in the church who have made mistakes. But because of this, do not tear yourselves apart from them. Where is Brother Henry to-day? Who during this meeting has labored for him? Who has gone to him as a friend and brother, and endeavored to remove from his mind the wrong impression he has had regarding his brethren? I hope some one has done this work. I wish to ask. “Is it not best for us to do all in our power to heal the souls that are wounded nigh unto death. Is it not best for us to try to prevent the enemy from gaining the victory over those for whom Christ died? Shall we not do the work Christ did?” He said, “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” If any of you should have a sheep, and it should fall into a hole, would you not take it out, even on the Sabbath day? And shall we not think as much of a man as we do of an animal?GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.11

The moral image of God is to be restored in man. It was to make it possible for this to be done that Christ came from the heavenly courts to this earth, full of heaven’s compassion and heaven’s love, to stand at the head of humanity.GCB April 25, 1901, page 463.12

Christ was ever kind and merciful, but he gave the most scathing rebukes to the hypocritical Pharisees. I hope that such rebukes as these will never have to fall on our leaders. Let these men remember the temptations which come to the young, and do all in their power to help them. Christ is spoken of as a tender Shepherd, who lovingly cares for the young, carrying them in his arms. If one hundred times more of this work were done by our leading men, they would be carrying out the plan of God. And by this work, the rough edges would be removed from their characters. They would be polished after the similitude of a palace.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.1

After this meeting has closed, and we have separated, Satan will come to you with his temptations. He will bring up before you the errors and mistakes that have been made in the past. Remember that God has buried these, and he does not want you to think any more about them.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.2

I was never more astonished in my life than at the turn things have taken at this meeting. This is not our work. God has brought it about. Instruction regarding this was presented to me, but until the sum was worked out at this meeting, I could not comprehend this instruction. God’s angels have been walking up and down in this congregation. I want every one of you to remember also that God has said that he will heal the wounds of his people.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.3

Press together, press together. Let us be united in Christ. God is dishonored by disunion. I shall not keep you much longer, but I wish to say a few more words; for I feel that perhaps I shall never again see those who are going from us. I want to read you a few words, that you may see what God is willing to do for his people. Christ is praying to his Father, and he says, “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word.... They are not of the world. Even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth; thy world is truth. As thou has sent them into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; and that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.4

Is this possible? It must be, or Christ would not have said it. He is ready to give us all the preciousness there is in the virtue of his character. There is joy in the Lord, joy in sanctification, in unity, in receiving Christ as our Saviour.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.5

To those who are about to take up the work in new fields, I would say, Remember that Christ is by your side. He says, My right hand will uphold you. His blessing will rest upon you. If you will walk in the light of his countenance, you will be lights in the world. Regarding this, Christ says, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can not be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light to all there are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.6

You are going forth to carry the torch of truth. Kindle your taper from the divine altar, and bear the truth to those who are in darkness. You may be sure that angels of God will be round about you. As you impart to others, you will realize that the life of Christ in you is as a well of water, springing up unto everlasting life.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.7

The word of God is to be your daily food. Christ says. “I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” Talk the truth wherever you go. There is more power in visiting families, talking to them of the truth and praying with them, than there is in all the sermons that can be given. This does not mean that you are not to speak from the desk. You are; but you are to take time also for house-to-house labor. As you do this work, angels of God will be by your side and will give you words to speak. Thus you will become all-round, efficient gospel workers, of whom people will say, “They have nothing but the truth on their lips.” God help us to be Christians in every sense of the word.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.8

I may never meet you again on this earth. I feel that my life is almost over. I may meet you again: God knows; I do not. But if we meet no more here below, God grant that we may meet around his throne, each wearing on his brow a crown of immortality. O, what a time of rejoicing that will be, and we tell the story of our trials and difficulties on this earth—tell it, not with sorrow, but with joy.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.9

God knows that we have only just begun the study of his Word. He knows that many have only a surface knowledge of the truth. When in the redeemed family above we follow him whithersoever he goeth, he will open to us the mysteries of his word. When this mortal shall put on immortality and this corruptible shall put on incorruption, he will say, “Child, come up higher.” We shall be caught up to meet our Lord in the air. The Saviour will welcome us with the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord,”—the joy of seeing souls redeemed. Then he will lead us by the living waters and escort us through the paradise of God. He will show us the beauty and loveliness of his word, which now we do not half understand. Then we shall cast our glittering crowns at his feet, and touching our golden harps, fill all heaven with rich music, singing, “Worthy, worthy is the Lamb, who died, and who lives again, a triumphant conqueror.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.10

A. G. Daniells: As there are many ministers and brethren who have not had an opportunity to speak, we will have an intermission of two hours, and then continue this service. But before we close we want to have a short season of prayer, dedicating our lives to the Lord, and invoking his divine blessing to rest in especial manner upon us. Elder Waggoner will lead, and Elder Jones will follow. We want all to join.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.11

Dr. Waggoner [praying]: Lord thou hast been our dwelling place, and thou art still our sanctuary. We praise thee for thy greatness, for thine unspeakable goodness to us. We thank thee that thou art rich enough for all that call upon thee; that, abiding in thee, wherever we go upon this broad earth, we are at home in thee; that whether present or absent, we are present with the Lord. We thank thee for thy good presence that is here, for thy good Spirit that has been with us, instructing us, leading us into truth. We thank thee for the words of reproof, counsel, and instruction. O Lord! we thank thee that thou hast not cast off thy people, but thou art of great compassion and tender mercies. And here we are before thee, O Lord! to dedicate ourselves anew to thee and to thy service. We believe in thee, O God! and thou hast accepted us, and thou hast accepted our work. Oh, let every one of us abide in thee, and in thy light, that our works may be manifested that they be wrought in thee. We pray that the beauty of the Lord may be upon us, that thou mayest establish the work of our hands. Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. We beseech thee to take possession of us, and work thine own will in us. Let thine own will be done in us, and in the earth, even as it is done in heaven. That, like the angels that excel in strength, we may keep the commandments thou hast given us in thy word. We are sorry we have transgressed, and have been unprofitable servants, yet thou art abundant in mercy and truth.GCB April 25, 1901, page 464.12

We thank thee for thine abiding presence, that, with all the power of earth and heaven, thou art with us as we go out into the field. May this abiding presence be ever near to us. We rejoice this afternoon that thou hast accepted our labor. We pray that we may be one in thee. We pray that all bitterness may be taken away from us, with all malice, that we may be kind to one another, loving one another, forgiving one other, even as thou, in thy great mercy, hast forgiven us. We thank thee for the assurance of this hour, that we have passed from death unto life through thy love. And we thank thee for this love that thou dost shed abroad in our hearts. We are glad, and rejoice for thy salvation: and that thou hast glorified thyself, not only in this world, but in the ages to come, in showing what thou canst do through base things in this world, things that are despised, even things that are not. Forbid, O Lord! that we should exalt ourselves. May we ever know that thou hast saved us from ourselves, and may we be associated with thee in this glorious work.GCB April 25, 1901, page 465.1

And now, O Lord! be with us, and be with all these who go forth into various parts of the earth. Oh, may each one know that thou art with him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 465.2

May we all take with us the glorious assurance that we can not go out from thy presence, but that thou holdest us with thy right hand, that the Spirit leads us. We thank thee that thou dost encompass all the ends of the earth, and that thou art afar off upon the sea. We praise thee that thou dost hold the waters in the hollow of thy hand, so that we can not be out away from thee. Upon the rocking billows, thy hand still, holds us. Wherever we are, we are in thy presence. We dedicate ourselves to thee, and as of old, when the temple was dedicated and the Spirit of God and the glory of God filled the temple, and shone forth-we pray that thou wilt fill these soul-temples of ours, and thou, who dost dwell between the cherubim, shine forth in us, so that we may show forth thy praises. And all honor, power, and thanksgiving shall be thine, now and evermore, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen.GCB April 25, 1901, page 465.3

A. T. Jones [praying]: Heavenly Father, we thank thee that thou hast brought us unto this hour. We thank thee, Lord, for all thou hast done for us in this Conference. We thank thee for what thou hast done for thy suffering cause in this Conference. We thank thee that thou hast caused thy face to shine once more upon thine heritage. And now, O God, as the sun of thy righteousness has once more risen in its fullness and splendor, make it to shine forth, we pray thee, undimmed unto the ends of the earth, and unto the end of the world. And, Lord, as these go forth on the morrow, or in the days to come.-these who are before thee at this hour,-may it be to cause bright shining of the rays of thy righteousness to be seen in all places of the earth. Lord, thou hast promised that when the gospel of God shall be preached unto all the world, to all nations, the end shall come. We thank thee that we see these tokens of the end. Lord, in the ages that are past, thy sons have sown thy word through suffering. They have poured out their blood like water for thy truth, and for the glory of thy name, and this has not been in vain. We pray that as these go, some of them, into these ancient lands where thy truth has ever dwelt, some of them into new lands to spread abroad the light of thy rising, that thou be the same to each one, and everywhere.GCB April 25, 1901, page 465.4

Lord, we thank thee that these have consecrated themselves to thee, to-day, to go where thou dost call; and we know thou dost send thy messengers before their face, to prepare the way. We know that thou goest with each one, to accompany him in the way, to lead him by the hand, and we pray, that thus it may be with each one that sits before thee to-day. And upon all this company, Lord, we pray thee to put thy Spirit. May this be but the beginning of the stream of people that shall go forth from this land to the ends of the earth, to carry thy gracious truth, to proclaim thy last message to a dying world.GCB April 25, 1901, page 465.5

Lord, we need not multiply words before thee. We pray that thou, as thou hast made us accepted, each one, in the Beloved,-oh, baptize us with thy Spirit! Lord, we pray make each one of us altogether like Jesus, that we may glorify thee on earth, and finish the work which thou hast given us to do. Lord, we thank thee that thou wilt abide with us for evermore. We magnify thy name. We thank thee for thy loving-kindness, which is better than life; we thank thee for thy truth, Lord, which makes men free; we thank thee for thy blessed Spirit, which is our guide; we thank thee for thy salvation, which is so full and free. Lord, we thank thee that thou wilt abide with us forevermore. We thank thee that thou wilt never leave us nor forsake us. Therefore, Lord, we put our trust in the shadow of thy wings to-day. Cover us with the covering of thy Spirit. We pray thee, Lord, in the shadow of thy wings keep us until all the calamities, and trials, and perplexities on earth shall be overpast. And in that day, when thy saints shall be gathered from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and shall come and sit down in thy kingdom with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the faithful of all the ages, oh, may this company that is here to-day be counted among them. Lord, we do not want one to be left out. Save us, oh, save us from ourselves: we pray thee, saves us unto thyself, with thine everlasting salvation. We ask these things in his worthy name who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own precious blood. Amen.GCB April 25, 1901, page 465.6

At the close of this service Brother Beardsley sang the following inspiring song, the whole congregation joining in the chorus:—GCB April 25, 1901, page 465.7

We’re floating down the stream of time,
We have not long to stay;
The stormy clouds of darkness
Will turn to brightest day,
Then let us all take courage,
For we’re not left alone;
The life-boat soon is coming
To gather the jewels home.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.1

CHORUS:
Then cheer, my brother, cheer!
Our trials will soon be o’er,
Our loved ones we will meet, will meet
Upon the golden shore;
We’re pilgrims and we’re strangers here,
We’re seeking a city to come,
The life-boat soon is coming
To gather the jewels home.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.2

Sometimes we’ve felt discouraged,
And thought it all in vain,
For us to lead a Christian life,
And walk in Jesus’ name.
But then we heard the Master say,
I’ll lend a helping hand;
And if you’ll only trust me,
I’ll guide you to that land.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.3

The life-boat soon is coming,
By the eye of faith I see,
As she sweeps through the waters
To rescue you and me,
And land us safely in the port
With friends we love so dear,
Get ready! cries the captain,
Oh, look! she’s almost here!GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.4

Yes, see her coming o’er the tide
With banners all unfurled;
She comes from heavenly ports afar,
To take us from this world.
Aboard! aboard! the captain cries,
Let every pilgrim come;
And once upon the life-boat,
I’ll bear you safely home.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.5

Behold, all things are ready now,
The bells begin to ring;
The captain stands upon the prow,
And all the pilgrims sing.
The breezes fill the canvas,
The waters rush and foam,
For we’re upon the life-boat,
And on our journey home.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.6

Far out upon the widening seas,
Our captain steers the way,
And yonder in the eastern skies
We see the gleaming day.
Oh, yes, we see the distant shore,
We hear the angels sing,
And every breeze that comes this way,
The sweetest odor’s bring.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.7

Oh, wondrous joy, we’re home at last!
We’ve reached the golden shore!
And here we’ll live, and sing, and praise,
And shout forevermore.
We’re welcomed by our Saviour here,
And friends and loved ones come;
While angels throng the ransomed saints,
And bid us welcome home.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.8

Benediction was pronounced by Elder A. T. Jones; and the congregation separated to meet at seven o’clock for a continuation of the service.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.9

Continuation of the Farewell Service, Tuesday Evening, April 23, 7 P. M.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.10

Prayer by Elder O. A. Olsen. L. C. Sheafe then sang the following solo:—GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.11

Is there anyone can help us, one who understands our hearts
When the thorns of life have pierced them till they bleed;
One who sympathizes with us, who in wondrous love imparts
Just the very, very blessing that we need?GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.12

CHORUS:
Yes, there’s One, only One,
The blessed, blessed Jesus, he’s the One;
When afflictions press the soul, and the waves of trouble roll,
And you need a friend to help you, he’s the One.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.13

Is there anyone can help us when the load is hard to bear,
And we faint and fall beneath it in alarm;
Who in tenderness will lift us and the heavy burden share,
And support us with an everlasting arm?GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.14

Is there anyone can help us, who can give a sinner peace,
When his heart is burdened down with pain and woe;
Who can speak the word of pardon that affords a sweet release,
And whose blood can wash and make us white as snow?GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.15

A. G. Daniells: We are here to resume this afternoon’s meeting, and we now throw it open for anybody and everybody who has a message to give. There is only one request we want to make, and that is that you tell the message in the fewest possible words. We would like to have one or two hundred persons speak here to-night: so we ask you to tell what God has given you to tell, in just a few words as you can. We do not want any cold formality. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty; and I feel that there is liberty here to-night.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.16

Mrs. D. E. Walker: I want to glorify the Lord in telling you, my brethren and sisters, that here is my daughter, Mrs. Nellie Clark, who has been delivered. She was a raving maniac in the Pontiac asylum. The Lord sent me for her yesterday. She was taken last December a raving maniac. I went to see her the third day of April. She had not been physically able to be out of her bed for weeks; they did not consider her safe to be out. And we came home, and asked for prayers, and we prayed, and prayed till the Lord has delivered her. Glory be to his holy name. His word is true, his promises are sure, and I bless his holy name for what he has done for us.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.17

E. E. Miles: I wish to praise God for the privilege I have enjoyed with you of attending a whole General Conference where the Spirit of God has been present in such degree that we have not had one word of debate.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.18

Lewis Johnson: I praise the Lord for all that he has revealed to us at this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.19

L. R. Conradi: I feel grateful to the Lord for the goodness of God to us. I can say this is the best meeting I have ever attended. I never went forth from a meeting with such good courage as I have in going from this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.20

Luther Warren: The precious message from God keeps ringing in my ears: It is not what God thinks of you, but what he thinks of Jesus Christ. I am glad he is looking at him, and I am looking at him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.21

G. G. Rupert: My soul overflows with gratitude for the privileges and blessings I have enjoyed.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.22

G. H. Smith: I thank God for the blessings I have received at this Conference. I go home full of courage in the work for the Master.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.23

J. N. Loughborough: One of the best evidences to me that we are nearing the time of the great refreshing is that spirit of unity that has been with us here. Thank God for his Spirit!GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.24

George F. Watson: There has been one thing that has impressed me more than any other during this meeting, and that is the gentleness with which God has rebuked our sins, the loving-kindness that has been shown this people. I go to my field of labor with courage, and ask that I may be remembered by this people in that great field.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.25

J. M. Rees: I have been permitted to attend every General Conference for twenty-eight years. I want to testify to-night that this is the best meeting of this kind I have ever been privileged to attend. I wish to say that I am ready and willing to take my eyes off from man, and to hold and place my hope on God, and let him rule in my heart.GCB April 25, 1901, page 466.26

J. B. Stowe: I have been a Sabbath-keeper for twenty-five years, and this is the first General Conference I ever attended. I praise God for this greatest privilege of all my life.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.1

A. G. Bodwell: I praise God for the words of courage that we listened to this afternoon from his servants who have been long in the message. I want to say to-night that I am of good courage, and the greatest desire of my life is that I may be faithful in all that God gives me to do.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.2

C. McReynolds: This is the best Conference I have ever attended. I have been able to recognize the Spirit of God in all our meetings. The blessed Spirit has come in and instructed and led us. I praise the Lord from the depths of my soul for the privileges and blessings that I have received.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.3

J. B. Beckner: I do rejoice in the blessings of this Conference; and as I leave my native land, I ask that the prayers of this people may follow me.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.4

S. H. Lane: I appreciate very highly the absence of criticism and the unity which we have enjoyed from hour to hour through this Conference. Scarcely a criticism has been passed, and union and harmony have prevailed. I thank God to-night that we are homeward bound; that the truth of God, which we have learned to love and tried to practice so many years, is sanctifying in its effect; and I trust we shall be sanctified fully, and saved in Jesus’ name.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.5

D. T. Shireman: I am glad I can have a part in this work. I think the time is near when the work is going with marvelous rapidity.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.6

J. W. Watt: I am thankful indeed for all the privileges that we have enjoyed at this Conference. I looked forward to this occasion for months with deep interest, and earnestly prayed that God would indeed come in and visit us at this time, and he has not disappointed us.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.7

D. F. Sturgeon: I greatly praise God for the blessings we have enjoyed together. As has been expressed by those who have attended many meetings, that this is the best they have ever attended, my thoughts go to the feast that the Lord attended, where it was said of that wine which he furnished, that the best had been preserved until the last. Praise the Lord for his goodness, and for the courage he is giving his people at this time.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.8

V. O. Cole: I am thankful that I can serve a God that is able to take this vast audience, and melt their hearts together in the bonds of Christian fellowship and love.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.9

J. W. Collie: I am thankful to-night for the personal knowledge I have of the love of our God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.10

H. F. Ketring: I praise the Lord this evening for the blessings I have received at this Conference. I go to my new field of labor with my heart filled with courage and faith in the Lord. I thank him for all the blessings that came to me to-day.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.11

A. O. Wilson: I want to thank the Lord to-night because I have a part in some of the victories that have been gained at this meeting, and that I have found more of what the Lord is willing to do for me. Therefore I join you in going out to work for the Master with better courage; for I know that he has proved to me that he will go with us.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.12

L. N. Miller: For years in the past, I was associated with the workers in this cause. For some time I have not been engaged in the work. I have to thank God to-night that he has given me strength to decide that I will accept Jesus as my Saviour, and henceforward I would like to have a part again in this glorious message.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.13

M. G. Huffman: My mind has just been running back to the time, forty-seven years ago, when I accepted the truth in Indiana, and I remember how precious the truth seemed to me as it came from the lips of Brother Lane and others. God has led me in a way that I knew not of, and I praise him for the privilege that I have had of attending this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.14

S. B. Horton: One of the good things that we have had, and that has been very dear to my heart, is the fact that we are now to proclaim the truth that delay shall be no longer. This gives us courage; and as I go to my field, I am determined to take part in that proclamation that delay shall be no longer.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.15

H. R. Johnson: This has been the grandest of all meetings to me. It has been a great educator, for which I praise my Heavenly Father. I know I have passed from death unto life, because I love the brethren.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.16

M. C. Guild: This meeting has been a feast to my soul. My confidence in this message was never stronger. Ever since I was a little boy I have heard about the loud cry, and I want to see it, and to see the message spread throughout all the earth. I am glad we live in this time.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.17

G. W. Schubert: I praise God for the privilege I have had of being at this General Conference. I feel thankful that the Lord has opened the way for me that I can be here in this city in these last meetings, from day to day. I have had many good experiences. God has opened my heart by his Spirit, and has given me new power, that I can go to Germany to help my friends in the work.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.18

A. C. Bourdeau: I thank the Lord that he has given me strength to attend the meetings held in this place. I have had the privilege of attending many blessed meetings during the forty-five years I have been connected with this people; but I can say, truly, that this is the best meeting I have ever attended. God has drawn very near his people, and I feel to-night, in the language of the Scriptures. “Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.19

“Voice: I am thankful to-night for this privilege. I am thankful for the love of my Saviour, and that he has saved me, and will never leave nor forsake me.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.20

J. W. Dorcas: I want to thank the Lord for the privilege I have had of attending this meeting. I thank the Lord for the spirit that has been in our midst.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.21

F. D. Starr: I want to express my great gratitude to God for all the privileges we have enjoyed together here.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.22

E. E. Gardner: I feel more thankful than feeble words can express for the high privilege of attending this remarkable gathering, and for the unity and brotherly love that have prevailed.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.23

J. W. Adams: Truly this is a good place to be. I am so glad for what my eyes have seen and my heart has felt. I am of good courage.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.24

J. F. Ballenger: As I look over this great congregation, I feel to praise the Lord for the progress that I have witnessed in the third angel’s message during the forty years I have been connected with it. I thank God for the love and unity that have prevailed during this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.25

R. M. Kilgore: This has been a peculiar Conference to me, and I can say, brethren and sisters, that I have never felt in my life the weight of the responsibility that has been laid upon me as I do to-night. I feel like putting my shoulder under the load, by the grace of God, and I ask your prayers that I may lift in the Lord.GCB April 25, 1901, page 467.26

M. S. Babcock: I praise the Lord to-night that he ever showed me the truth of this message and of his word. I have watched the proceedings of this General Conference with intense interest, and it seems to me it is culminating in this afternoon’s holy service.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.1

At this point E. J. Waggoner sang the beautiful song, “On the Cross,” the words of which follow:-GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.2

“Behold! behold! the Lamb of God!
On the cross, on the cross.
For you he shed his precious blood,
On the cross, on the cross.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.3

“O hear his agonizing cry—
’Eli, lama sabachthani!’
Draw near and see your Saviour die
On the cross, on the cross!GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.4

“Behold his arms extended wide,
On the cross, on the cross!
Behold his bleeding hands and side,
On the cross, on the cross!GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.5

“‘’tis finished!’-now the Saviour cries,
To heaven he turns his languid eyes;
Then bows his sacred head, and dies,
On the cross, on the cross.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.6

“And now the mighty deed is done—
On the cross, on the cross.
The battle’s fought, the victory won—
On the cross, on the cross.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.7

“The sun withdraws his rays of light,
The heavens are clothed in shades of night,
While Jesus fights the sinner’s fight,
On the cross, on the cross.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.8

“Where’er I go, I’ll tell the story
Of the cross, of the cross.
In nothing else my soul shall glory,
Save the cross, save the cross.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.9

“And this my constant theme shall be,
In time and through eternity,—
That Jesus tasted death for me,
On the cross, on the cross.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.10

Voice: I want to praise the Lord this evening for the privilege of attending this, the third General Conference that I have attended in my life, and the best of all. I pray God that we may journey thus heavenward in the service of God, and give, as did the woman at the well, the precious messages to hungry souls, that they perish not.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.11

Mrs. O. S. Hadley: This is the best Conference I have ever been in. I came here with the love of God, and I go home with it. I do rejoice in the Lord.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.12

Voice: I thank the Lord for the light and truth I have received during these meetings.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.13

O. S. Hadley: I have been much strengthened, and I thank God for the privilege of being here at this remarkable close of this remarkable Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.14

George W. Snyder: For a long time my soul has been hungering for the good things that I have seen and heard at this meeting. I praise the Lord for the privilege of being here.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.15

E. J. Hibbard: The crisis we all feared so much has been reached and safely passed. While we expected division, we have been united. It is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.16

A. G. Haughey: I praise the Lord for his wonderful manifestations of himself to us at this Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.17

W. A. Westworth: I thank the Lord that while he has mightily blessed us, the blessing does not close with this meeting, but may grow in our hearts and lives until we can all join in the song of praise upon the sea of glass.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.18

R. R. Kennedy: Praise the Lord for the light of the third angel’s message, which has brought us together from all parts of the earth. I thank God for the consolation that when Christians separate, they do not see each other for the last time.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.19

J. C. Ottosen: Before I undertook this long journey to this Conference, it was a serious question with me. Will it pay? I want to say that I would not take anything in the world for the experience I have had on this occasion.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.20

E. S. Butz: I am grateful to God for the blessing which I have received here. This Conference has placed a picture before my mind from which I believe I shall many times gather strength.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.21

Wm. Simpson: The stately steppings of our God have certainly been seen in our Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.22

P. P. Gade: I am more thankful than I can express for the experience that I have had at this Conference. I can only say, in the language of inspiration. “Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.23

J. P. Henderson: I am so grateful that God has ever given me the privilege of hearing the third angel’s message. I praise him for the associations it has been my privilege to enjoy at this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.24

A Brother: I thank God for the gentle showers of the latter rain which are falling.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.25

G. F. Jones: If any man do his will, he shall know his doctrine. I praise God to-night that it is my desire to do his will. If I know my own heart, it is to do what God will have me do, and go where God will have me go.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.26

W. A. Young: I praise the Lord for the experience of this meeting, which has brought me nearer to the Lord.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.27

W. C. Sisley: I feel to thank the Lord for the precious instruction we have received at this Conference, and I mean, by his grace, to carry it out in my life. I feel thankful, too, that those of us who expect to work in business lines can have some part in the ministry. I feel that God will be with us, even in business lines. I am determined to mix more of the genuine, pure religion with the business.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.28

C. P. Haskell: In order to appreciate freedom, we must realize we have been in bondage. I thank God for the freedom I enjoy to-night, and the good I have received at these meetings.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.29

E. G. Olsen: This has been a grand school to me. I have never been in such a school before, and I find that it is very important to come upon right principles, and then live these out. By the grace of God I expect to be a better Christian than I have ever been in my life.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.30

Brother Anderson: Before you all and the heavenly universe, I will thank and praise the Lord for what he has done for me at this meeting. I am unworthy, but “worthy is the Lamb.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.31

L. S. Wheeler: It is said in “Early Writings” that the angel comes down from heaven to join the third angel, carrying the loud cry to the world. I simply mention this as related possibly to this move, which has set in among us here, uniting our hearts, and promising the branching out and broadening of the work, until it takes in the whole world.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.32

Mrs. D. A. Robinson: I am grateful for the privilege of being here, and I wish to say that I have proved the blessedness of the promise, “Lo, I am with you alway.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.33

C. J. Dart: I am thankful that this blessing can continue to go with each one of us. The presence of Jesus will abide in each one of us if we remain close to him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 468.34

Alanson Coleman: I feel grateful to God to-night more than ever before that he brought me to him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.1

S. M. Cobb: I feel greatly encouraged for the blessing of God that I have enjoyed during this Conference, and I return to my field of labor with new courage, and stronger to do his will.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.2

A Brother: The Scripture which comes to my mind this evening reads something like this: “The Lord hath done great things among the heathen.” The language of my heart is, What shall I render unto the Lord for all his goodness to me?GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.3

A. J. Haysmer: “O taste, and see that the Lord is good.” Brethren and sisters, that has been my experience at this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.4

J. B. Locken: I have received a wonderful blessing at this Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.5

Mrs. G. F. Jones: I thank the Lord for what he is to me, and that I have had the privilege of being here. I have learned that he does everything in the right time and in the right way.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.6

Mrs. F. J. Hutchins: I am so thankful that as we go to these fields, we need not go alone, for angels will go along with us and before us, to prepare hearts to receive this message.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.7

N. C. Mc Clure: Surely God is good. We have seen this manifested here in our Conference meetings. My heart rejoices at what I have seen, what I have heard, and what I know to be the possibly new experience to the people of God; and I believe that from this time on we shall go forward with a better degree of harmony and love than we have ever before.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.8

Mrs. M. S. Babcock: I am glad that all differences and all distances are annihilated. We are complete in Him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.9

E. J. Waggoner: As I looked over the congregation this afternoon and thought of the widely different fields represented, how soon all should be scattered, I thought of those words, as rendered in the Danish, “The same Lord over all is rich enough for all that call upon him.” When we know that the Eternal God is our refuge, and our citizenship is in Heaven, then, wherever we are on the face of the earth, we are all equally near home. I am so happy tonight for the love of God which he sheds abroad in our hearts, breaking down every wall of partition which separates us from each other.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.10

W. W. Prescott: “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.11

R. D. Hottel: I am glad for this privilege that I have enjoyed during this time. I am glad to be identified with the people who are carrying forward this message to the world.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.12

I. N. Williams: I praise God to-night for the message of love that God has brought to his people; and with his help, I am determined to live out this truth until my Master comes.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.13

R. S. Owen: This Conference has been a time of refreshing to me. I thank the Lord for its privileges. I believe it will mark a new era in the progress of the third angel’s message.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.14

C. N. Sanders: I praise God to-night for the third angel’s message. I know that it will triumph; and if I will open my heart and let its principles dwell in me, I shall triumph with it. This I am determined to do.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.15

L. F. Starr: I am glad that we have a Captain who has never been defeated in battle. I want to keep pace with the message until it closes in triumph.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.16

A. E. Field: My soul doth magnify the Lord to-night. I thank the Lord for the spirit of unity that we have realized here. I am glad to say that I have the love of God in my soul.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.17

S. E. Wight: I praise the Lord for the privilege I have of listening to these testimonies this evening. I have always known the truth, and I have looked forward to the close of this work. To-night I am glad that I am connected with this people and this truth, and can go forward to the world and carry these truths.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.18

W. C. Hebner: God says, “Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem.” I thank God for the comforting words that have been spoken at this Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.19

F. H. Westphal: I praise the Lord that he has favored us with his presence, to which the unity and love and quietness have given faithful witness. I feel grateful to know that this will testify to all the world that we are one in Christ.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.20

A Sister: I praise the Lord to-night that I am here. We are told that angels will go before us when we go into the fields. I praise his name because I see so many going to foreign fields. I know that this will hasten the coming of the Lord.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.21

C. G. Howell: I praise God for this Conference. I am determined by his help to make the most of the opportunities and talents which he may intrust to me.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.22

A Brother: I praise God that I can stand up as a witness for Christ. It is a solemn thing to represent Christ. I believe every one who does it ought to live a Christlike life.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.23

C. M. Christiansen: I thank the Lord to-night for what my ears have heard, my eyes have seen, and for the victory that God has given his people at this time. I believe, brethren, we shall soon sing the song of jubilee.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.24

A. G. Daniells: This afternoon during the service, Brother C. H. Keslake wrote a few stanzas. They have been set to music, and he is requested to present them to us as his testimony. C. H. Keslake then sang the following:—GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.25

God bless you all; my prayer, friends, is,
As to your fields you speed:
Go forward filled with godly fear,
And sow the precious seed.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.26

We will not mourn, we will not weep,
As from our shores you part;
We all will pray that God will keep
And stay each trusting heart.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.27

The joy of Christ shall be thy strength
As trials you shall meet.
Be faithful, true, and then at length
Thy resting shall be sweet.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.28

But greater far than this shall be,
As when thy Lord shall come,
The joy of souls from sin set free,
Saved in the heavenly home.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.29

And you shall hear our Saviour blest,
As you he then shall greet:
“Thou hast been faithful; come
And rest; thy service is complete.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.30

Worthy, yes, worthy is the Lamb,
Who did for sinners die:
Worthy, yes, worthy is the Lamb,
Shall be the joyful cry.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.31

W. J. Stone: I thank God for the testimony of his Spirit which has brought such unity and harmony into this Conference. My faith and courage have been greatly strengthened, and I go to my field of labor with stronger determination to press onward in the work.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.32

A. F. Harrison: I praise the Lord for the good meeting that we have had, and for the privilege of having a part in this message.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.33

A Sister: I am thankful for the privilege of serving such a God as the one who controlled this Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.34

Miss M. A. Cornwell: Words are inadequate to express the thankfulness there is in my heart for the privilege of attending this Conference, and for what I have seen of the mighty workings of God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 469.35

J. W. Westphal: One thing that has impressed itself especially upon my mind in this Conference, is that the Lord is leading this people. It is my earnest desire that I may ever be led by him and with him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.1

H. G. Lucas: “Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.2

Brother Adams: I praise the Lord for this privilege, and for what I have seen during this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.3

I. J. Hankins: I am glad for the assurance that the presence of the Lord, which has been with us during this meeting, will abide with us until the close of the message. The time has come for us to arise and shine; for the glory of the Lord has arisen upon us.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.4

A. J. Bristol: It does my soul good to know of the courage that our brethren have to go forth to their work. It also gives me courage to know that God is just as willing to guide every soul who is in this Tabernacle to-night, as he is those who sit upon that platform. [Voices: Amen!] May the Lord help us each to find our place and fill it, for Jesus’ sake.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.5

J. H. Rogers: It is an encouraging token to me when I hear so many testimonies all in harmony. As those bearing them go to different parts of the world, God will certainly bless his world, God will certainly bless his people, if we will walk in the light and press together.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.6

F. C. Gilbert: It is said that when the people of old looked forward to the time when they should go up to Jerusalem, according to the promise of God, it was a season that they looked forward to with great anticipation. When they gathered together at those times, if a prophet of God was in their midst, it is said that while their blessings which they received were always great, it was a still greater blessing for them if they could hear the words of God through his servant: and then after they had rejoiced in this double blessing, they would gather together, and O, what a blessed time they would have recounting their blessings received. I bless God to-night that we are going back to the days of Israel when they were led by the Lord himself. As Ruth of old said, “Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.7

Wm. Lewsadder: “Peace leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” I rejoice, brethren and sisters, that this peace is mine.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.8

A Voice: I thank the Lord to-night for his goodness. I am glad that I have had the privilege of attending this Conference, and that the Saviour assures me that I can put away all imperfections, and come off more than conqueror over these things.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.9

Brother Brodie: I have received a blessing at this meeting, and am thankful that I have had the opportunity of enjoying this privilege. I hope the Lord will help me to put away everything that should not be in me, that I may come off more than conqueror.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.10

J. G. Wood: I praise God for the measure of his Holy Spirit that has been with us, and that the time has come when we shall see eye to eye, and give the trumpet a certain sound.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.11

A Voice: I am thankful for the blessings the Lord has given to me. Especially do I rejoice for the privilege of attending this meeting, and the blessings that have come to me. I do praise the Lord for the light he has given me at this Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.12

Mrs. W. H. Saxby: My heart is filled with praise for the privileges God has given me.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.13

A. E. Place: I have looked over this sea of faces day by day during this Conference, and I have thought more than once of the scripture, “One shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.14

S. A. Farnsworth: I am glad for this meeting, and to know that the Lord is leading his people on to victory.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.15

A Voice: This great convocation, this great gathering together of God’s people, appears to me as a great fountain of life, which shall refresh the whole earth. It is my prayer that I may be a channel from which light and blessing may go to the world.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.16

S. A. Hill: I thank the Lord to-night for the privilege of attending this Conference. My courage is good in the Lord. My heart says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.17

F. J. Otis, Sr.: Brethren, we have seen wonderful changes in the last thirty-three years. But the greatest change that I have seen is when I got up at the first tent-meeting in California, and signified, by thus standing up, that I would keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. And when I look back to that time, and think of the rock from which I was hewn, and the hole of the pit from whence I was digged, brethren, I thank the Lord and take courage. I look upon Brother Loughborough as my father in Israel, and Brother Bourdeau, also, whom I have met here at this Conference after a lapse of time, and I pray the Lord for courage that I may go forward.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.18

A. J. Breed: As I look around and see the missionaries that are going to other lands for labor, my mind goes back to the time when I first heard the truth. There were four men preaching the truth then in Wisconsin. Since that time missionaries have gone forth to different States and countries of the world, and we are here gathered to-night, and I believe it is the desire of every soul—it is my own—that this truth shall go as it never has gone. I feel to-night to say, in the language of the scripture, “My soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.19

A Voice: My heart is full of praise to God to-night for the gift of his Holy Spirit, and for the blessed experience he has given me during this meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.20

L. A. Hoopes: I have been made to rejoice at what my eyes have beheld in this Conference; for the unity that has come in; for the feeling of love and harmony that is among us. I know that God has spoken in this congregation. He has led us as a people, and I know that he has spoken to my own soul. I go out with greater courage in the Lord than when the Conference began.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.21

B. L. Howe: While I love to hear this tribute of praise and thanksgiving to-night, there continually comes before my mind a picture of those down in our islands who know not this message that has come to us, and my desire is to return as quickly as possible, and carry the gospel to those who know not God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.22

A. B. McReynolds: I rejoice that it is our privilege to ascribe praise to God in our great change from glory to glory.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.23

W. R. Matthews: I want to say that I am on the Lord’s side, and I praise the Lord to-night for the union and harmony that I find in my own heart.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.24

G. A. Irwin: Each succeeding General Conference is different from the former one. To-night I wish to leave my testimony, perhaps for the last time,— for a long time, at least, and it may be forever,—that I never felt of better courage in my life in the message. I have obtained greater victories over self during this Conference than at any previous time in my Christian experience. I want to say to-night that while I have had no special flight of feeling during the Conference, the peace of God has rested in my soul; and as I shall go away to take up labor in another field, it is with the blessed assurance that God will go with me. I never, for a single moment since I accepted the truth, have doubted that this is the Lord’s work, and that he is leading in it. But if I ever had a doubt, it seems to me that what we have seen, or what I have seen, at least, during this Conference would have dispelled any doubt that God was in this movement. My heart is full of gratitude to the Lord to-night for some humble part in the message. May he bless us, and lead us on from victory to victory until the message that we love, and for which we are willing to sacrifice, shall triumph gloriously, and in that grand reunion that will be held in the kingdom of God, I hope that all of us who are here to-night may have a part.GCB April 25, 1901, page 470.25

U. Smith: Peter speaks of when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of God. Was Peter looking down to this time?GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.1

J. L. Prescott: I rejoice, beloved, that I have been associated with the great Advent movement from 1843. And I feel to-night as if we had come to the beginning of the end, that Jesus is soon coming. I believe it must follow, and I rejoice in the hope that I shall live to see him come. Caleb and Joshua were permitted to go from the land of Egypt to the promised land, and I have been thinking how that Brother Smith and Sister White and a few others still remain of those that started out in 1843. I rejoice in the blessed hope of seeing Jesus coming with all his holy angels to gather his redeemed. Beloved, the Lord will make a very short work. Let us be of good cheer. Let us open our hearts to receive the latter rain, and let us move out in confidence, in the blessed assurance that the Captain of our salvation has set his hand to finish up the work. He will prepare a people in the earth; he will gather his children from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and we shall unite in praising his glorious name in that great day.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.2

The congregation then sang, “How Sweet Are the Tidings.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.3

Wm. Covert: I feel certain that the Lord is fulfilling that promise in his Word which says that the watchmen shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings again Zion; and the next promise in the same connection is that our eyes shall see the King in his beauty. I thank the Lord that my faith is Zionward; that he is opening my eyes that I may behold Jesus as he is. I thank the Lord that he is preparing for me a home, and that I may go to enjoy it in the sweet by and by.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.4

A. G. Daniells: It was recommended to-day that Brother Town, who is going to South America, should be ordained before going. We have thought it well to have the ordination service here to-night. Brother Jones will offer prayer, and Brother Haskell will give the charge.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.5

O. A. Olsen: I did not want this meeting to close—GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.6

A. G. Daniells: The meeting will not close with this. We will have this part of the service now, and go right on with our testimony. Be free, Brother Olsen.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.7

O. A. Olsen: I did not want this meeting to close without the privilege of bearing testimony to the goodness of God. I know that our God hears and answers prayer. We have a fulfillment of that in this meeting. The past two years have been the most trying of my life; and yet there has been no time in my experience when I have had so much knowledge of God’s hearing and answering prayer. I thank the Lord for this. I looked forward to this Conference with various thoughts and feelings. I was anxious to see the power of God manifested, but was also much concerned. I prayed earnestly, with many others, on my way here. While at Birmingham, at family prayer one morning, when we mentioned the Conference, the voice came to me saying, The cloud will appear. I said to myself at first, What is that? Why, said the Spirit of the Lord, don’t you remember many times in the experience of Israel in the wilderness, when there seemed to be confusion and a crisis was at hand, the cloud appeared over the temple? The Lord’s presence was there, and all was quiet, and harmony came in. That comforted my soul, and I came on with courage, expecting that the Lord’s presence would appear.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.8

I was made glad in the very first meeting that we had up here in the College library, when the Lord, through his servant, spoke to us there, giving reproof, instruction, and correction. I said to myself, The cloud is rising. The Lord’s presence is coming near, and I saw a ray of light shining out, and it has been shining more and more from day to day; and I praise the Lord for the unity, the harmony, and the glorious deliverance that he has wrought in our midst.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.9

I was glad this afternoon to see the company sitting here on these front seats prepared to go to all parts of the world. I was glad to be numbered among them. But it did make me a little sad to think that I sat here all alone representing that great field in South Africa, which has been called, and is still known as, the Dark Continent, and has for years and years been stretching out its hands for help. Brother Wilcox said he wanted to hear from us. I am going to see that you shall hear from us. You shall hear from us. And, brethren, if the Lord gives us health and strength and power, we shall make earnest pleas for men and means for the help of the destitute in that great field.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.10

I have spent a short time there, and my heart was touched with the situation. And when I went out into the interior of Africa, and saw hundreds of these natives in their heathen darkness, sitting on the ground before me, and listening with the deepest interest and attention; and when, at the close of our meetings, I raised the question if any one had any remarks to make or a word to say, three or four of the older ones spoke up at once, “Nothing to say; but thank you most heartily for coming to us and telling us of God,”—my soul was touched, and I felt reluctant to be called back to Europe, where they had had greater privileges than they have had there. But we shall soon be back there, and we trust you will pray for us, and for this people, and send help, that these poor souls may receive the help that they have so long pleaded for.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.11

I do pray that God will move upon the hearts of men and women that he is calling to carry the message to Africa, and may the message go to all parts of the world, and may we soon see and have a part in the glorious gathering in God’s kingdom. I rejoice, dear friends, in the thought that we shall not have many more General Conferences in this world; but I want a share with you in the glorious General Conference when we meet around the throne of God in the kingdom.GCB April 25, 1901, page 471.12

A. G. Daniells: Brother Town will come forward. Let us all pray that God will baptize his servant with the Holy Spirit, and that he will baptize us all with that Spirit, and fit us for service.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.1

Elder A. T. Jones [praying]: Lord of heaven and earth, we come to thee with thanksgiving that thy message of love and of salvation still goes on to the sons of men, to gather them unto thee. O Saviour, thou who didst give thyself that mankind might be redeemed, we thank thee that thou art still sending, under that great commission, thy servants to proclaim thy gospel. Lord, we thank thee that to thee is given all power in heaven and in earth; and as Brother Town goes forth with thy commission now, O may it be, Lord, indeed that thou art with him every step of the way, that this great power of thine shall be manifested in him, and that he shall be only a worker together with thee. O precious Saviour, make him, we pray thee, in every respect a true yoke-fellow of the Lord Jesus, that he may reflect the bright shining of the glory of the Lord unto men wherever he may go.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.2

We thank thee, Lord, for what thou hast done by him hitherto. Oh, multiply, we pray thee, thy gifts and thy grace upon him, and make him a power wherever thou shalt lead him. We thank thee that thou dost not send forth thy servants in vain; thou dost send them to accomplish thy great purpose of saving souls in thine everlasting kingdom, of making ready a people prepared for the Lord. Oh Lord, we thank thee that thou hast called Brother Town unto this, that he might obtain forgiveness of sin, an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith that is in Jesus.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.3

And now, Lord, we pray thee, as thou dost send him forth, deliver him from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now thou dost send him to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they, too, may receive forgiveness of sin, an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith that is in Jesus. Lord, may the live coal from off thine hallowed altar touch his lips, and we pray that thou wilt cause thy grace to rest upon him. Clothe him with thy salvation; and as he goes forth to his field of labor, O Lord, give him to go with him a band of men whose hearts God has touched. O Lord, we pray thee that thy blessing may rest upon the one whom thou hast given to him to stand by his side in life. Make her a blessing with him wherever she shall be. So, Lord, we pray thee that thou wilt cause thy hand to lead him thyself, to guide him, thy power to uphold him, and thy grace to encompass him day and night in all the way that thou dost lead him.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.4

And, Lord, as thou hast directed that according to thy call, thy people should separate unto thee those whom thou hast called, and as they pray, they lay their hands upon him, so Lord, in thy name, we lay our hands upon Brother Town, that we may send him forth according to thy great commission. Lord, baptize him with thy Holy Spirit, that he may be filled with the spirit of knowledge, of wisdom, of fear of the Lord, that he may glorify thee on the earth, may finish the work, Lord, in righteousness, which thou hast given him to do. Lord, thou hast called him; thou hast chosen him. Lord, do thou thyself now ordain. O Lord, we know that it is thee, thyself, from heaven, that dost send him forth, and we know that the world shall hate him; but we know it hated thee before it hated him. Lord, we thank thee that thou hast chosen him out of the world, and that thou hast given him thy words. O may he bear them in righteousness, in uprightness, in holiness, in truth, forever, that in the great day, Lord, when thou shalt gather in thy ransomed unto thee in the glory of thy kingdom, he may come rejoicing abundantly, because of the sheaves thou dost give him to bring with him. So, Lord, we commit him to thee, to thy care, to the overshadowing of thy love, to thy sustaining grace. O God, keep him by thy word we pray, from the strife of tongues, from the evils that he shall meet in the world. Preserve him, Lord, with us all, unto thy heavenly kingdom, for thy mercy’s sake alone. Amen.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.5

S. N. Haskell [giving the charge]: My brother, I charge thee, before God and our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and kingdom, to preach the word. Be instant in season, out of season, and reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all long-suffering. Give full proof of thy ministry, and remember that the calling of God to the ministry is no ordinary calling. He commissions you to say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those that sit in darkness, Receive light; and to those who pass by the enemy, Receive the liberty that there is in Jesus Christ, our Saviour; and that the commission he gave the disciples nineteen hundred years ago, is the same commission that lasts down to the end; the same promise that he would be with the disciples then, goes with them now. Remember that you are an ambassador for our Lord Jesus Christ, a representative of the court of heaven, delegated by God himself, ordained by Christ himself, to carry the gospel, to carry freedom, to carry light, to carry salvation, to say to them that sit in darkness, Receive the light that our Saviour has given us to shine here in this world. And now in behalf of the people of God throughout the world, the Seventh-day Adventists, those who keep God’s commandments and the faith of Jesus, we extend to you the right hand of fellowship. We invite you to share their sorrows, their trials; we invite you finally to share their victories in the kingdom of glory. May the blessing of heaven rest upon you in all your labors, and the rest that God gives, go with you from day to day, and with your companion, that both may be brought into so close a connection with the Lord that you will realize that you are in partnership with the great God, and that you are a co-worker with him who died to save man. So may God bless, and finally in his kingdom gather us. Amen.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.6

A. G. Daniells: It seems to me that our meeting to-night would hardly be complete, would hardly close as it ought, were we to omit an important matter that I wish to call your attention to. Hundreds of us have been here for three weeks. We have been entertained by our brethren and sisters in Battle Creek. When the invitation was given to have the Conference here, our brethren cheerfully offered to entertain the delegates free of expense. When this offer was made, it was not known that so many would be here. Many more have come in than were expected. Many friends have come to stop with their friends. This has made it necessary for the church officers, those having the entertainment in charge, to go to a good deal of expense to entertain persons whom they thought would be entertained by the members of the church. Having talked with the officers, I find that the extra expense above all that had been planned for, amounts to about three hundred dollars.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.7

S. N. Haskell: I would like to say to our brethren, that I have had about forty-seven years’ experience in this truth, and I do not know that I have ever had a doubt but what God was leading out a people, and to-night, my confidence is as strong, my hope is as bright, and my peace in the truth is the same as it has ever been. I thank the Lord for present truth. We can rest in something that God is in, and that the Lord himself is leading through a people, and he will not leave them in the wilderness if they will only follow the cloud, for the cloud will lead them clear through to the promised land. May the Lord give us courage and hope, so that finally we may stand on Mount Zion together around the Lamb of God.GCB April 25, 1901, page 472.8

W. H. Thurston: I want to say, brethren and sisters, I am very thankful to God for this privilege I have enjoyed at this Conference. I expected it would be the best Conference I ever attended, and I thank the Lord I have not been disappointed. I praise God to-night for this wonderful truth which he has given us, and that he has given me a part in the work. I am determined to go forward in the grace of God, trusting in him, working for him, believing that he will go with me and with us all, and finally bring us all into his rest.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.1

Voice: I want to give special thanks to the Lord that I have heard the third angel’s message, and that I have been rejoicing in it ever since it came to me.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.2

H. G. Butler: Did you notice, brethren, a few moments ago, that when Brother Beardslee sang, in a little while all of us began to sing? I noticed when Brother Sheafe sang, some began to hum a little of the chorus, and then someone else, and pretty soon we were all singing the chorus. Songs are catching, and there are other things that are catching. Faith is catching. Now I was thinking that we are going to all parts of the world, and how good it would be if every one of us could start a song, and have that catching; and wherever we would go, there would be songs of praise, there would be faith, there would be hope, there would be cheer. Many of us, perhaps, can not do what Brother Sheafe and Brother Beardslee can do; we can not start very many singing, but we can start a few singing; and that is my hope to-night, although wherever, I go, I can not do much; and I sympathize with Brother Sisley in being in business where perhaps I can not reach very many; but I do say to myself that I will try to help some poor soul—perhaps it may be the man who comes to the door to draw freight; it may be the little call boy; it may be some poor, ragged child upon the street, or even some helpless animal. And if we go this way, what light, and hope, and cheer we can bring!GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.3

W. A. Spicer: I have been glad to-night of the thought that the angels of God that we have heard of this afternoon as having been walking in our midst, will not remain here alone, but as we separate, will go with the workers, and that even now we may walk with them in white—the robes of the righteousness of Christ. We often speak of distant lands, but I am so glad that every land is just as near to God. In fact, these lands at the ends of the earth that are so needy, are, I believe, nearer to the heart of God. I am so glad that it is our privilege to work for Christ just where he presses the need upon us; and so I will follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.4

J. W. Davis: There is nothing that has been so convincing to me that Christ is about to come in the clouds of heaven, as what I have seen in this meeting—the union and harmony that have come in here; and the melting together of hearts tells me that Christ is about to come in the clouds of heaven. I praise his holy name for what I have seen here. I am so glad that we are about to see our blessed Saviour for whom we are waiting. He is so good and long-suffering to us.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.5

Mrs. Carey: I can say that I feel thankful for this privilege of being with you. I know that the Lord has been working through you and talking to you, and he has been talking with me. I praise him for it.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.6

Mrs. Hattie E. Parsons: I have not had an opportunity to testify before, but I do not want this meeting to pass without giving in my word for the glory of the Lord. I have been keeping the Sabbath and believing the truth for about forty years. The first Adventist minister that my mother and I ever saw was Elder R. F. Andrews. He had been attending a general meeting in Illinois, and on his return he called at my home in Terra Haute, Ind., and while there sang what is No. 995 in our Hymn Book:—GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.7

“Whence came the armies of the sky, John saw in vision bright?GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.8

Whence came their crowns, their robes, their palms,GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.9

Too pure for mortal sight?” I feel that we are a band of pilgrims journeying on to the heavenly Canaan, and I have been too long on the way to fall out now.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.10

S. N. Curtiss: I praise God for the blessing that has come to my soul in connection with these meetings. I am determined by his help to go home to live and work for God as never before.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.11

W. C. White: This has been a precious Conference, but—The Lord has been with us and guided us, but—And here comes in the conceit of the individual and the temptation of Satan to carry out something that we desire to see accomplished that has not been done. Brethren, let us finish this testimony with an “and.” This has been a precious Conference, and we hope to see advancement all along the line. The Lord has been with us and filled our hearts with joy, and we expect he will give us strength for better service.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.12

A. G. Daniells: A number would like to know how much was donated and pledged for Scandinavia the other day. There was $460.36 paid in cash, and $416.95 pledged, making $897.31 in all.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.13

Mrs. R. B. Janes: I came a great way to attend this Conference. So many have asked me whether it paid. Brethren and sisters, it has paid me more than I can estimate; it would have more than paid to come double the distance I did, in order to see and hear what I have witnessed.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.14

I. H. Evans: As we are going to our homes. I was thinking a few moments ago what a tremendous responsibility rests upon us as a people. Our brethren in their home fields will get the spirit of this Conference not alone from the reports in the BULLETIN, but they will catch the spirit that we take home ourselves. If we go to our fields expressing doubts and unbelief in regard to the changes that have been made, our brethren will be depressed, and they will begin to criticize and find fault, and think that maybe things are going to smash, and maybe this thing is going to take so much money to run it that they might just as well keep what they have, and quit giving to the cause.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.15

We have taken upon ourselves the responsibility to enlarge our work. I have heard no criticisms from the floor of the house throughout the whole Conference. So far as I know, everybody has said, either by his silence or by his voice, Amen to it. I believe there is but one heart here, one mind,—that we are grateful to God for putting a spur to this work, and setting something in motion.GCB April 25, 1901, page 473.16

This means a large outlay of money, and the money has got to come from us, and from the influences that we exert upon our brethren and sisters throughout the field; so I hope and trust that there shall be but one purpose that shall thrill all our hearts, and that is to take hold of this cause, and pull in one direction. We can never carry this work if we pull apart. If we sit back, and do not pull when others are trying to pull, we not only neutralize the efforts that they put forth, but we set other men to pulling back with us.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.1

If we could all to-night promise that we would stand by the cause of God, that we would lift in every direction, that we would heed the calls of these brethren when they need money, that we would get right down into our pockets, and give all we can ourselves, as well as to encourage the others to give, I believe, brethren, we can carry this work much stronger than it has ever yet been carried. We have got to have more than the meager sums that we have had in the past, to operate this work. It must be doubled, quadrupled. [A. G. Daniells: It will be.] A spirit of self-sacrifice and self-denial must come into the hearts of all God’s people, that this work may be carried as it should be.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.2

Other men have been chosen to lead out in this work. I trust that every one of us will stay up their hands and pray for them. [Congregation: Amen!] It is a wicked thing for us to place men in responsible positions for us, and then stand back and make it as hard for them as we can, wondering whether they can succeed in spite of our silent opposition. I feel like staying up the hand of every man who is trying to pull for the work of God. I trust that my lips will be closed to every word of criticism which Satan might desire me to utter, and that I shall help forward the work in all lands by giving liberally.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.3

I believe it would help us all, when we go to our home fields, if we would pledge ourselves by God’s help to lift in the advancement of God’s cause; if we would pledge ourselves to seal our lips when tempted to utter criticisms; and if we would also fully determine to help, by our prayers and our sympathy, any brother who is in a hard place, or who has a hard task to accomplish. Would it not be well for us all before God to pledge ourselves by his help to do our best to carry this work forward with our influence, money, and all that is in us, that God may own and bless us, and through us spread this truth to earth’s remotest bounds? I stand here as one who will give myself to advance this work as never before, and stay up the hands of the brethren who have been selected to lead out in it. I want to ask all the delegates and brethren and sisters in the audience who will pledge themselves to work in harmony, unitedly and perseveringly, to push the work with more vigor and earnestness than ever before, to rise to your feet. [The entire congregation of about three thousand persons arose.] I thank the Lord for this united action upon the part of God’s people.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.4

P. M. Howe: I thank the Lord for this privilege, and while the brethren were bearing their testimonies, this scripture kept ringing in my ears: “Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” Brethren, that is the third angel’s message.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.5

A Voice: I thank the Lord for what he is doing for me. I feel that the Lord has blessed me and greatly strengthened me, and I feel to praise his holy name. My only desire is to be a true follower of the Lord Jesus.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.6

A Voice: Surely the Lord is in this house; praise his holy name. I thank him for his goodness and his mercy to his people.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.7

A Voice: I am glad that I am connected with God’s remnant people. I am glad, too, that since I have connected with this people, there has never been a doubt in my mind in regard to the triumph of his word.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.8

A Voice: I praise the Lord to-night for his wonderful goodness to me.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.9

F. J. Chaney: I thank the Lord for the blessings that have come to me during this Conference. I pray that God may continually be in my heart.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.10

C. F. Dart: You don’t know how my soul has been strengthened to see God’s Spirit here in our midst, and I praise the Lord with all my heart.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.11

A Voice: I want to praise the Lord for his goodness to me.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.12

Mrs. G. A. Irwin: I want to leave one word, and that is, that my faith and courage are good in the Lord.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.13

C. Rasmussen: I can not leave this place without speaking about God’s goodness to me. I have known this blessed truth for sixteen years, and I have been alone at times, but the Lord’s blessing has ever been with me, and I have had no doubt that this was the people of God. And I thank the Lord that we have received the power of the Lord in our midst. I am glad that I have experienced sweet peace in my own heart, and I have seen such a wonderful union as I have never seen before, and I believe God will be with us. This is my desire and my wish, that I may live so that the Lord can give me his hope, so that when it is said, “Thy sins have been forgiven,” and the answer comes back, “Whom shall I send?” I can say, “Send me.” I want to lay myself on the altar of God as I never have before.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.14

Wm. Woodford: Surely the Lord is good, and I feel like saying, with David, “Praise the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.”GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.15

A. G. Daniells: It is nearly ten o’clock, and I suppose we ought to close this meeting. I never came to the close of a meeting that I was so sorry to close as this one. I do not mean this meeting here to-night, but the blessed Conference that we have been having here. I have wished all day that it might continue another week—not perhaps with all its rush of work, but that we might all be here together with a little less work, and more time to pray and more time to talk with one another and work for one another’s uplifting and encouragement. But we have not the time, and we must close. God has answered the thousands of prayers that have gone up to him during the last six months, that this might be a Conference of peace. God has answered those prayers in a signal manner. Praise his holy name. I sincerely pray that this harmony and union may continue forever.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.16

N. W. Allee: I have not borne a testimony to-night, and I want to bear this testimony. As one of the delegates who have been so kindly entertained by the brethren and sisters of Battle Creek, I feel it a privilege to make a motion that we, as those who have been so kindly entertained during the last three or four weeks, extend a vote of thanks to the brethren for the kindness and courtesy that they have extended to us during our stay here. All in favor of extending to this church a vote of thanks say, Aye.GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.17

[There was a large vote in favor of the motion.]GCB April 25, 1901, page 474.18

N. W. Allee: There is another matter to which I wish to call attention.GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.1

During this Conference the press of Battle Creek have given such favorable notice, and have extended every courtesy in behalf of this meeting, and it seems to me that it would be the least we could do to express our hearty appreciation of the interest taken in this meeting, by also extending to them a vote of thanks. All delegates or friends here who feel it in their hearts to express their thanks and votes will say, Aye. [There was a large vote.]GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.2

Another point I wish to mention is this: I understand that there are about one hundred dollars yet that this church has expended in our entertainment here, and that unless we come forward, it will have to come out of the pockets of these brethren. Are we willing, brethren, that they shall have to pay this? I will leave the matter with you. I do not know that it requires expression of vote, but I would appeal to those who have been here all these weeks at the expense of these brethren, that we try a little harder that this may be fully met.GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.3

I thank God for this privilege of enjoying what our souls have been permitted to feast upon during these weeks.GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.4

A quartet consisting of W. A. Westwort, L. S. Wheeler, Mrs. L. S. Wheeler, and Mrs. Anna Ruthven then sang the following:—GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.5

Where will you spend eternity?
This questions comes to you and me!
Tell me, what shall your answer be?
Where will you spend eternity?GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.6

Refrain: Eternity! eternity! Where will you spend eternity?GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.7

Many are choosing Christ to-day,
Turning from all their sins away,
Heaven shall their happy portion be,
Where will you spend eternity?GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.8

Leaving the strait and narrow way,
Going the downward road to-day,
Sad will their final ending be,—
Lost through a long eternity!GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.9

Repent, believe, this very hour,
Trust in the Saviour’s grace and power,
Then will your joyous answer be,
Saved through a long eternity!GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.10

A. G. Daniells: Shall we bring our meeting to a close? Let us stand, and ask Brother Corliss to close the meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.11

J. O. Corliss: Again, our Father, we render thanksgiving to thee for the blessedness of the Conference that is just closing. We thank thee that thou hast distilled upon us the droppings of the Holy Spirit, and thou hast unified our hearts. Let our work in the future, O Lord, be that which will unify, and the message that which will unify those who are in the message everywhere throughout the wide world. And now, O God, as we separate this night, let the blessed Spirit that has been with us follow us. May we be directed in the way, so that on Mount Zion we may all gather, and sing the great song of redemption in thy kingdom, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.12

Thus closed the last service of the Conference, the echoes of the benediction dying away with the sound of the clock in the Tabernacle that had just struck the hour of 10 P. M., April 23, 1901.GCB April 25, 1901, page 475.13