Ellen G. White: The Australian Years: 1891-1900 (vol. 4)

The Tasmania Convention

The convention opened Friday evening, April 26, in a rented hall in Hobart. To carry it through, the two ministers working in Tasmania, Teasdale and Baker, were joined by Corliss, Colcord, W. C. White, and Ellen G. White. To ensure a maximum attendance of the church members from outlying communities and especially those from Bismark, Ellen White joined her son in creating a little fund, as she explained to O. A. Olsen, “to remove every obstacle and make it possible for the people to attend.... The poor must have the gospel preached to them. It is as necessary to them as to those who are in good circumstances.”—Letter 59, 1895. 4BIO 192.4

W. C. White reported that the convention “was well attended, and did much good. But it was too short to accomplish all that we desired.”—7 WCW, p. 273. The closing meeting was held on Sunday night, May 5. As they tarried on in Hobart awaiting the wedding of May Lacey to W. C. White on Thursday, earnest committee work was done in planning for the advancement of the cause in Tasmania and throughout the union. As W. C. White had been in New Zealand for three months, there was much to do. 4BIO 193.1