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Fifth European Missionary Council
Again, in 1887, Mrs. White spent the month of June in Scandi-
navia. In company with Mrs. Ings she had attended very interesting
meetings with the little companies of Sabbath keepers in Voh-winkel
and Gladbach, Germany. In these meetings Elder L. R. Conradi had
acted as guide, interpreter, and fellow laborer.
At Copenhagen there was seen an encouraging growth in the
church since the last visit. A busy week was spent there.
The fifth annual session of the European Council of Seventh-day
Adventist Missions was to be held June 14-21 in Norway. The place
selected for this meeting was Moss, a beautiful town of eight thousand
inhabitants, about two hours’ ride from Christiania. The delegates
were as follows:
Central Europe: B. L. Whitney, Mrs. E. G. White. W. C. White,
and L. R. Conradi.
England: S. H. Lane, Wm. Ings, J. H. Durland.
Norway: O. A. Olsen, K. Brorsen, and N. Clausen.
Denmark: E. G. Olsen.
Sweden: J. G. Matteson.
Russia: J. Laubhan.
United States: S. N. Haskell, J. H. Waggoner, D. A. Robinson,
and C. L. Boyd.
In conjunction with the Missionary Council was held the first camp
meeting of the Norway Conference. Ten tents had been pitched in a
beautiful grove, and in these about one hundred were accommodated,
while fifty more found lodgings in near-by houses. The delegates from
America and Central Europe were cared for in a large, comfortable
house overlooking the Christiania Fiord.
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In the camp the prevailing language was the Norwegian, and there
the usual program of a local camp meeting was followed. In the
big house the prevailing language was English, and there very many
precious seasons of prayer were enjoyed, also profitable councils were
held regarding the means to be used for broadening and strengthening
the work in all the countries of Europe.
Tuesday, June 14, cheering reports were made regarding the mar-
velous development during the year in the colporteur work. Elder
Matteson related wonderful experiences during the preceding winter in