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power of God witnessing to the message in a remarkable manner.’”
The General Conference Bulletin, May 24, 1909
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Delegations from Abroad
The presence at the 1909 General Conference of over a hundred
delegates from abroad, gave Mrs. White opportunity to meet old
friends with whom in former years she had been associated in labor.
Often during the Conference she was visited by groups of brethren
present from some foreign conference or mission field, who conveyed
to her personally their greetings, and reported the progress of the third
angel’s message in the fields they represented. Thus opportunity was
afforded nearly all from abroad, both old friends and those who had
never before made her acquaintance, to assure her of their courage in
God and of their determination to do their part in the finishing of the
work.
“I felt very deeply,” Mrs. White said publicly, after enjoying one of
these occasions, “when our brethren who had come from foreign fields
told me a little of their experiences and of what the Lord is doing in
bringing souls to the truth.”
The General Conference Bulletin, May 21,
1909
. And at another time, addressing them especially while speaking
before the Conference, she said:
“Here are workers who have come from foreign countries. They
have come to see and to understand. They are determined to improve
every privilege, that they may go back to their fields of labor with
a renewal of grace and the power of the Spirit of God. As teachers
and leaders in the work, they are to gather precious truths which they
will, if faithful, present to their fellow laborers who are working in
many places and in various ways to bring souls to a knowledge of the
truth. My brethren, in your fields of labor, you may be surrounded by
unfavorable circumstances; but the Lord knows all about this, and He
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will supply your lack by His own Holy Spirit. We need to have much
more faith in God.”
The General Conference Bulletin, May 21, 1909
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Strife among the Nations
Mrs. White solemnly charged the brethren who had come to the
meeting as representatives of the cause of present truth from every