ONE AbVENT MEssace, ONE REMnanT CHURCH
as before, and continued to function as such until the European
Council in Gland in 1907.
By that time it had become evident to very many of our
brethren that instead of having two General Conferences —one
with headquarters in America and one in Europe—we must
have but one General Conference for the world-wide field, a sec-
tion or division of which should be in Europe. Though this 1907
meeting was held in Europe, this council, to the disappointment
of some, was not left to the leadership of the European General
Conference, but organized itself as a committee meeting of the
world-wide General Conference. The General Conference Com-
mittee members present from America were A. G. Daniells, G. A.
Irwin, I. H. Evans, W. W. Prescott, W. A. Spicer, E. T. Russell,
R.A. Underwood, R. C. Porter, F. Griggs, G. B. Thompson, G. F.
Hafiner, and W. B. White. These men, with the European Gen-
eral Conference Committee members, met as a council.
After a clear statement of important principles of our world-
wide organization by A. GG. Daniells, W. W. Prescott moved “that
all conference and mission field laborers attending the council
be invited to participate with the committee in the work of the
council.” This was done in the first meeting, and led to much
discussion and some dissatisfaction. For that reason further
review was given to the principles on which a united world work
must operate, and once more “the committee voted that all the
laborers of conferences and mission fields in attendance should
be invited to participate with the committee in council.” This
recognized the General Conference Committee as having general
oversight of the world work. These actions gave our European
organization an entirely different status. When we came to
Europe in 1920, we heard more about the Gland Council of 1907
than of any other. There the following action was taken:
“WHaereas, The signal blessing of God has attended the efforts
that have been made to establish the cause of the third angel's
message in Europe, thereby creating many grave responsibilities
to be borne; and,