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FROM COORANBONG TO ST. HELENA.

By W. C. White

Knowing that some of the readers of the REVIEW will be interested in an account of the providences that have attended us in our removal from Cooranbong to St. Helena, I will give a brief record of them. For several months mother had felt that it was her duty to return to America, and attend the next session of the General Conference. But it was not till the last of July that she decided to sail on the “Moana,” August 29.

To me it seemed impossible that in four weeks we could sell our homes, dispose of furniture, horses, cattle, etc., close up our connection with the various Australasian institutions and enterprises, attend a ten-days’ council of the Union Conference Committee, and get off by the August steamer. But we began to do our best, and we found help at every step. Mother sold her house and land, furniture, farm implements, horses and vehicles, to Mrs. Minchin, of Dunedin, New Zealand, who desired to be near the Avondale School. I traded property with Brother Metcalfe Hare, and then sold my newly acquired property to the school. This gave Brother Hare a place with more land, which he desired; it gave the school another residence for a teacher, which was much needed; and it freed me from the ownership of property seven thousand miles from my future field of labor.

With these matters settled, I felt free to attend the annual meeting of the Victorian Conference. It was a great privilege to meet again old friends and fellow laborers, and especially the workers in the Echo office. Monday morning I attended the regular weekly gathering of the Echo Company’s employees. There were seventy-five assembled, and half an hour was devoted to a brief review of the development of the company’s business from the time when the typesetting for the Echo was done in a cottage, to the present time, when it is turning out a large part of the illustrated subscription books sold by our seventy-five canvassers in the seven Australasian colonies.

In the meetings of the Conference there was manifested a spirit of harmony and progress. Steps were taken to place the book business on a more solid financial basis, and to relieve the Echo Company and the General Conference Association from some of the burdens they have carried in its behalf.

Returning to Cooranbong, I found my daughter Mable very sick. Before I went to Melbourne, she was ill, and I had sent her to the Health Retreat, hoping that a few days’ treatment would do her good. But in spite of the best of care and treatment, she had grown worse, and I found her in great suffering, with a nurse in attendance day and night. All said, “She can not go on the voyage unless there is a great and sudden change; and if she can not go, what will you do?” We said, “Our times are in His hands. God would not prepare the way for our going, by so many providences, and then leave us in confusion on account of sickness. Please join us in daily prayer that the Lord may heal and strengthen her for the journey.” Many prayers were offered for her restoration, and five days before our sailing she began to improve, and was able to go on board the steamer, and endure the voyage with but little suffering. Since landing, she steadily grows stronger.

Mother bore very well the confusion and worry connected with the breaking up of her home, and took an active part in the meetings of the council, which continued from August 16-26.

By the steamship company we were favored with reasonable rates, and the very best accommodations and service that the good ship “Moana” could afford. Captain Cary, Purser Hodson, and Chief Steward Naismith did everything for our comfort and enjoyment that their kindness could suggest, and the thoughtful attention of the stewardess lightened for mother the weariness of the long voyage. For mother especially, there were two things hard to bear: the ubiquitous smokers; and the playing of quoits and the dancing on the upper deck right over her head. Some of the passengers asserted their right to do as they pleased, regardless of “one old lady’s comfort.”

Our voyage from Sydney to San Francisco was a remarkably pleasant one. During the greater part

of the voyage the ocean was as calm as an inland lake, and at no time was it really rough. The weather was exceptionally fine, and there was much less than the ordinary amount of seasickness. The “Moana” is a good ship, and we shall be sorry when she goes off the line.

At Auckland we were not permitted to land, on account of the quarantine regulations. Brethren Teasdale, Mountain, and Nash, with other friends, came out in row boats; and although they could not come on board the ship, we could talk with them from the ship’s deck. At Samoa we were taken ashore by Prof. D. D. Lake, who entertained us royally, and furnished us with a liberal supply of fresh fruits for the remainder of our journey.

At Honolulu we were taken to the hospitable home of Sister Kerr, where we met Elder Baxter Howe, some of the workers from the sanitarium and Brother and Sister Howell, from the Chinese school. How we did enjoy this visit, and the feast of good things with which Sister Kerr’s bountiful table was loaded. After dinner we visited the sanitarium and the Chinese school, and held a meeting with the church in their meeting-house. Honolulu shows many signs of progress since our last previous visit.

Thursday night, September 20, we dropped anchor in San Francisco Bay. By nine o’clock Friday morning we had all passed inspection, and the ship had a clean bill of health. Yet we were ordered to the quarantine station. There all boxes and trunks were opened, and the contents transferred to wire cages, and all put into great retorts to be steamed or smoked according to their character. Then the passengers were again examined, and being found well, were allowed to repack their goods. This consumed the day, and we were taken by a tug boat to the San Francisco wharf, where we landed at 8 P. M. How glad we were to land, and to meet Brethren C. H. Jones, J. O. Corliss, and others, who took us to their houses, and gave us a hearty welcome. On Sabbath mother spoke to a large congregation in the Oakland church.

Before leaving Australia, and on the voyage, we planned to settle for the winter in Oakland, but we find that Oakland has grown to be a crowded and busy city. Rents are high, and a place exactly suited to our requirements is hard to find. At St. Helena we find a place that seems to have been providentially prepared for mother and her family of workers. I will briefly describe it: The place is about two and one-half miles northwest of the St. Helena Railway station. It lies at the foot of the mountain on which the St. Helena Sanitarium is situated, and is twelve-minutes’ walk from that institution. It was for many years the residence of Mr. Robert Pratt, a brother of William Pratt, one of the founders of the sanitarium. The place comprises thirty-five acres of valley land, of which ten acres are in bearing vineyard, eleven acres in prunes, and five acres in a home orchard of apples, pears, peaches, plums, olives, and figs. In the midst of this tract is a knoll, beautiful with oaks, elms, walnuts, and other ornamental trees and shrubbery, on which stands an eight-roomed, two-story house. Back of the house is an old cottage, which can be fitted up as an office for copyists; and back of this are large stables, dairy and fruit house. On the mountain side are twenty acres of wild land, having sufficient wood to supply us fuel for several years. Providential circumstances enable us to secure this place for about five thousand dollars, with four-years’ time in which to make the payments.

Among the many advantages of this location, three are worthy of special mention,—the climate of this portion of the Napa Valley is excellent; the rural surroundings are conducive to health and happiness; the proximity to the sanitarium places mother in easy touch with a most encouraging field for Christian labor, a field in which she has always been deeply interested and greatly blessed.

From this time forward the permanent address of Mrs. E. G. White, W. C. White, and Misses Sarah McEnterfer, M. A. Davis, S. E. Peck, and Maggie Hare will be St. Helena, Cal. W. C. WHITE.

The Spirit of God Gives Love for Hatred

“It is only the Spirit of God that gives love for hatred. To be kind to the unthankful and to the evil, to do good, hoping for nothing again, is the insignia of the royalty of heaven, the sure token by which the children of the Highest reveal their high estate.”

THE HEAD AND THE BODY.

By John Norton Loughborough

“Let no man beguile you of your reward, . . . vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.” Col. 2:18, 19. The body referred to in the text is the church of Christ, of which he is the head. In this same epistle the apostle says: “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” Col. 3:15. In addressing the Romans he said: “For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Rom. 12:4, 5. In the Ephesian letter he says: “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.” Eph. 1:22, 23.

Again: we read of Christ, “And he is before all things; and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.” Col. 1:17, 18. Of Christ’s body it was said to the Ephesians: “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.” Eph. 4:15, 16.

In the Corinthian letter we read: “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the feet shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye can not say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: and those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked: that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.” 1 Cor. 12:12–27.

Paul illustrates the union that should exist in the church, by the oneness of the twain belonging to the marriage relation. He says, “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.” Eph. 5:23–30.

So close is the union between Christ and his church that he recognizes their sufferings as his own. He is “touched with the feeling of our infirmities.” Heb. 4:15. Paul spoke of his suffering for the church as “filling up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church.” Col. 1:24. Again we read: “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.” 2 Cor. 1:3–5. The apostle expressed a desire to not only know Christ, but to know also “the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings.” Phil. 3:10.

The true basis of our fellowship is with the Father and the Son. This is plainly stated by the apostle John in his epistle: “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. . . . If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:3–7. Joyous and blessed assurances indeed,—fellowship with God and Christ, and that we may know, as expressed by the Spirit in the instruction to his people, that “the church, enfeebled and defective, needing to be reproved, warned, and counseled, is the only object upon earth upon which Christ bestows his supreme regard.”—Review and Herald, Sept. 5, 1893.

Again: “He in whom ‘dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily’ descended to our world, humiliated himself by clothing divinity with humanity, that through humanity he might reach the human family. While he embraced the human race with his human arm, he grasped the throne of God with his divine arm, thus uniting humanity to divinity. The Majesty of heaven, the King of glory, descended the path of humiliation step by step until he reached the lowest possible point for humanity to experience; and why?—That he might be able to reach even the lowest of mankind, sunken in the very depths of degradation though they be, that he might be able to elevate them to the heights of heaven.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in Review and Herald, July 9, 1895.

And here is still another quotation in which is set forth our Saviour’s fellowship with the trials, cares, and conflicts of his body, the church: “The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. His heart of love is touched by our sorrows, and even by our utterance of them. Take to him everything that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for him to bear; for he holds up worlds, he rules over all the affairs of the universe. Nothing that concerns in any way our peace is too small for him to notice. There is no chapter in our experience too dark for him to read; there is no perplexity too deep for him to unravel. No calamity can befall the least of his children, no anxiety harass the soul, no joy cheer, no sincere prayer escape the lips, of which our Heavenly Father is unobservant, or in which he takes no immediate interest. ‘He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.’ The relations between God and each soul are as distinct and full as though there were not another soul for whom he gave his beloved Son.”

Again: “Every believer should be whole-hearted in his attachment to the church. Its prosperity should be his first interest, and unless he feels under sacred obligations to make his connection with the church a benefit to it in preference to himself, it can do far better without him. It is in the power of all to do something for the cause of God. There are

those who spend a large amount for needless luxuries; they gratify their appetites, but feel it a great tax to contribute means to sustain the church. They are willing to receive all the benefits of its privileges, but prefer to leave others to pay the bills. Those who really feel a deep interest in the advancement of the cause will not hesitate to invest money in the enterprise whenever and wherever it is needed. They should also feel it a solemn duty to illustrate in their character the teachings of Christ, being at peace one with another, and moving in perfect harmony as an individual whole. They should defer their individual judgment to the judgment of the body of the church. Many live for themselves alone. They look upon their lives with great complacency, flattering themselves that they are blameless, when, in fact, they are doing nothing for God, and are living in direct opposition to his expressed word.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IV, page 18.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Today Is Worth More Than Tomorrows

TO-DAY is worth more than a thousand to-morrows.

NEWS AND NOTES

— October 3 the corn palace in Mitchell, S. D., was opened.

— Renewed activity is reported among the rebels of Colombia.

— Paris reports say that a reopening of the Dreyfus case has been decided upon.

— The price of cotton in India has risen, and many spinning mills have been closed.

— Large fields of anthracite coal have been discovered in the Cascade Mountains, in the State of Washington.

— The Russian novelist and reformer, Count Leo Tolstoi, has been excommunicated from the Russian Church.

— It is reported that the Infanta Maria Mercedes, sister of the king of Spain, is engaged to the Duke of Abruzzi, the arctic explorer.

— The Carnegie Company at Pittsburg, Pa., announces to its 15,000 employees that a new wage scale will be adopted the coming year.

— It is thought that King Leopold will abdicate the throne of Belgium before the close of the present parliament, in favor of the Prince of Flanders.

— A dispatch from General MacArthur states that fifty-two men of the Twenty-Ninth Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Shields, have been captured by the Filipinos.

— The United States consul at Chihuahua, Mexico, has informed the State Department, at Washington, that, on September 16, a mob of Mexicans tore down the United States flag over the consulate.

— A Philadelphia distiller is using the seals of Princeton College and of the University of Chicago, as trade-marks on his whisky; and other dealers in whisky are using the seals of other colleges and universities.

— It is estimated by experts in London, England, that the practice of weighing the wrapping paper with goods purchased at the stores, results in a loss of $2,500,000 per annum to London buyers.

— The Northern Pacific Railroad tunnel under the Cascade Mountains was cut through solid granite for two miles. It is now ready for the rails. One thousand men have been working on it for nearly three years.

— During 1899 Berlin was visited by 1,000,000 strangers; Vienna by 500,000; Munich, 600,000; Dresden, 500,000; Hamburg, Leipzig, and Zurich, each 400,000; while Düsseldorf, Bâle, and Stuttgart each had over 250,000 visitors.

— An exchange says that “it will be a surprise to many to know that in India 30,000 students receive the degree of B. A. each year, and that there are in that country about 3,000,000 college graduates occupying various positions of responsibility.”

— The Union Pacific Railway Company has forbidden its employees to smoke cigarettes. It is related that at a recent meeting of the board of directors the presiding officer, turning to a multi-millionaire who was smoking, said: “Drop that cigarette.” The director looked astounded. “I mean it,” said the officer, severely. “I have just issued an order prohibiting cigarette smoking by any employee of the company. You get ten dollars every time you come here. So kindly drop that cigarette.” Needless to say, he was obeyed.

— The new British Parliament will meet the first of November.

— It is reported that England has bought 250 Krupp guns of Italy.

— The Peruvian Cabinet appointed August 31 has already resigned.

— Heavy storms in France destroyed crops and ruined many vineyards.

— Melbourne has been chosen as the capital of confederated Australia.

— It is feared that the prairie chicken will soon become extinct in Kansas.

— An effort is being made to introduce the American sweet potato into Europe.

— Twenty plants of the American Tin Plate Company have resumed work.

— Thieves recently secured about $71,500 from the safe in the Vatican, at Rome.

— On account of yellow fever, the State of Texas is enforcing a quarantine against southern Mexico.

— Over 169,000 free baths were given the last season at the government free-bath house in Hot Springs, Ark.

— Experiments in France have shown that chimney soot is valuable, both as a fertilizer and as an insecticide.

— A British syndicate has $700,000 deposited in a Chicago bank, to buy shares in the American Cereal Company.

— The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has recently ordered 9,000 cars, the cost of which will be $7,685,000.

— George Von Laer Meyer, of Hamilton, Mass., has been appointed ambassador to Italy, to succeed General Draper, who resigned.

— The Reading Railroad Company's earnings the last year were the largest for six years, the gross receipts being $55,946,934.

— The coal output of Alabama is estimated at 9,000,000 tons for the year, an increase of over one million tons over the year before.

— It seems that, though several railroads are in need of new steel rails, “they refuse to pay the high rate of twenty-six dollars a ton.”

— October 7 a German force near Tientsin, China, meeting a body of Chinese numbering 8,000, was compelled to retire to Tientsin.

— The New York rice syndicate, with a capital of $7,500,000, wishes to buy the entire crop of rice produced by the Southern States.

— Carl Schurz has resigned the presidency of the National Civil Service Reform League, and also that of the New York Civil Service Reform Association.

— Sir Thomas Lipton has cornered the pork market, having 75,000 barrels in Chicago and 40,000 barrels not yet in, with which to fill a large government order.

— After Jan. 1, 1901, the Centigrade thermometer will be used in Germany, instead of the Fahrenheit, the chancellor of the German Empire having issued an order to that effect.

— The rolling mills of the Susquehanna Iron and Steel Company, Columbus, Pa., have resumed work, the 1,600 employees having accepted a cut of twenty-five per cent in their wages.

— The Southern Pacific Railroad has ordered fifty-eight locomotives from the Cook Locomotive Company, Paterson, N. J., thus insuring work at that plant night and day for six months.

— It is stated that “Rev. J. Newton Emery, pastor of Christ (Universalist) Church, Middletown, N. Y., may be compelled to emulate the example of President McKinley, and join the masons’ union. The secretary of Christ Church has begun the erection of a fine church edifice, and, when the proper time arrives, it is desired that Mr. Emery shall lay the corner stone. Union men employed on the building will object to the minister using the trowel on the occasion, unless he joins their ranks. It is believed that Mr. Emery will pay the necessary fee of fifteen dollars, and join the order, to avoid any trouble.”

— September 25, at Newport, R. I., the little submarine torpedo boat “Holland” “demonstrated its value, in mimic warfare at least. Moving, practically submerged, at a speed of about six miles an hour, showing no light and making no noise, it easily picked up the flagship “Kearsarge” of the blockading fleet, as it lay several miles to the eastward of the mouth of the harbor. The diving boat was close on the “Kearsarge” before any of the battle-ship’s officers had any knowledge of its presence. The big craft succumbed without a struggle. The mimic battle was fought in absolute darkness. That the fleet failed to show any lights, was taken as evidence that the ships were afraid to disclose their location, knowing that the submarine boat was out, and realizing that their only safety from its attack lay in escaping its notice. This proved to be true, for, even without lights, it succeeded in picking up the most important battle-ship in the fleet. The result of the night’s maneuvers may be summed up, unofficially, by the claim of the torpedo fleet officers—that they succeeded in torpedoing every battle-ship in the blockading squadron.”

— English is now a required study in the higher state schools of Prussia.

— Floods of the Pánuco and Tames Rivers, in Mexico, are causing great damage and considerable loss of life.

— The Island of Guam has been detached from the Asiatic squadron, and made an independent naval station.

— The cable department of the Western Union Telegraph Company refuses to send private messages to or from Colombia.

— In the year 1899 Minneapolis, Minn., manufactured 14,280,000 barrels of flour, or 60,000 more than during any previous year.

— Prince Albert, of Belgium, heir presumptive to the throne, was recently married, in Munich, to the Duchess Elizabeth, of Bavaria.

— The British army headquarters which were maintained for fourteen months at New Orleans, La., have been closed, having paid about $10,000,000 for horses, mules, and supplies shipped to South Africa.

— The National Steel Company, of New York, is to fill an order for 10,000 tons of steel rails for New Zealand. The shipment will be made by a train of forty cars, over the Lake Shore, from Youngstown, Ohio, where the rail mill is situated.

ARGENTINA

By Jean Vuilleumier

My work at San Cristobal was brought to a sudden close. As stated in my former report, there is no priest nor pastor in that city, from whom to expect opposition, yet it was not long in arising on the part of liquor-sellers, atheists, and even some Protestants. At that juncture, the Lord put it into the heart of Brother Ritter, a farmer from the Las Tunas church, to come to my assistance. Eight or ten persons—French, Belgians, and natives—had begun to keep the Sabbath, and we intended shortly to baptize them, but as the outlook made me rather anxious, we planned to close the work as soon as possible.

A week after the arrival of Brother Ritter, we were summoned before the police, to read a petition signed by thirty or forty leading business men, asking that we be expelled from the town, as our evening meetings were against public morals(!). The police officers told us that our lives were not safe, that they did not care to be responsible for anything that might happen, and that their advice to us would be to leave the community at once. I told them that the petition was an assault against the freedom of speech and worship guaranteed by their constitution. “The people in this region keep the constitution when they feel like it. When they don’t, they run over the laws and the police,” was the answer. We came home, and after a prayerful study of similar circumstances in the life of Christ and the apostles, we concluded to put a written protest in the hands of the police, and leave the city, which we did, after visiting all the friends of the truth, and encouraging them to remain faithful to the precious light they had received. Since that time, Brethren Westphal and Ritter have visited these people, and found most of them still faithful.

I am now at Buenos Ayres, looking after the editing of El Faro and the interests of the work in the city. The Methodist Spanish organ published here is keeping up a lively musketry against the message, which is evidence that the power of the truth is felt. The Sunday movement is being revived. The Santa Fé legislature has before it a bill in favor of Sunday and the Catholic feast days. The Protestants would be most heartily in its favor, were it not for the mention of the holidays of the Catholic calendar. It will be interesting to see on which side the compromise will be.

The workers had an interesting conference with Brother and Sister Snyder as they passed through the city on their way to Paraguay. Brother Snyder was ordained to the gospel ministry prior to his departure for his field of labor. Our workers’ school, now at Camarero, is soon to close its third term, and several young men will resume the work of spreading the printed page, Brother Town taking charge of that work in the intervals between the school terms. Brethren Westphal and Brookings have gone to Carmelo, Uruguay, in answer to a call. Four or five communities in this neighboring republic are calling for the living preacher. This is due to the faithful work of our two Waldensian canvassers. One of these calls is quite urgent, and I should have responded personally, notwithstanding the press of work here at the capital, were it not for the illness of my wife,

I realize that now is our time to labor, and that it will soon be difficult to do what is now comparatively easy work. The war spirit seems to arouse all these South American republics to internal rivalries and external fears. But the Lord is our shield and buckler. Praise his name for his sustaining grace.

JEAN VUILLEUMIER.

MICHIGAN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.

By J. D. Gowell; J. S. Hall

The fortieth annual session of the Michigan Conference was held at Ionia, Mich., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 31 to Sept. 10, 1900.

Seven meetings in all were held. During the session, sixty-nine churches were represented by one hundred and forty-two delegates. On motion the reading of the minutes of the last session was waived.

The treasurer read the following report, which was adopted by vote of the Conference:—

RECEIPTS.

Item	Amount
Cash on hand, July 1, 1899	$1,640 92
Tithe for twelve months	37,145 86
Camp-meeting fund	3,193 82
Michigan Conference Association	1,652 97
Sale of furniture	31 22
Refunded by General Conference	87 24
Ontario Conference	438 07
Miscellaneous	1 73
Rent of Petoskey building	16 87
Contributions	325 75
Total	$44,534 45

DISBURSEMENTS.

Item	Amount
Labor	$28,614 58
Camp-meeting expenses	3,282 28
Tithe to General Conference	3,330 30
Tithe refunded to sanitarium	1,861 11
Battle Creek College	50 00
Postage, revenue, and exchange	89 75
Printing bills, books, and blanks	110 09
Tent fund	336 87
Freight	51 15
Michigan Conference Association	3,058 29
Sanitarium endowed bed	643 36
Miscellaneous	4 50
Total	$41,432 28
Cash on hand, July 1, 1900	$3,102 17

The churches of Ann Arbor, Exeter, Flushing, Hesperia, and Paw Paw, having been organized since the last Conference, were unanimously received into the Conference.

The usual committees were appointed as follows:— On Nominations: O. F. Campbell, W. C. Hebner, E. N. Hatt, S. F. Svensson, Daniel Hale. On Credentials and Licenses: H. D. Day, M. J. Cornell, Wallace Matthews, C. N. Sanders, R. C. Horton. On Resolutions: Eugene Leland, S. M. Butler, S. E. Wight. On Baptism: Wm. Ostrander, C. A. Watkins, E. K. Slade.

On motion it was voted to amend the Constitution so as to provide for an Executive Committee of five members, instead of seven.

The following resolutions and recommendations were adopted during the session:—

Whereas, God in his wisdom has called from our midst our beloved brethren and faithful laborers, Elders R. J. Lawrence and H. S. Lay; therefore,—

1. Resolved, That we extend our sympathies to the bereaved families, and our gratitude to God for the many years of faithful labor which these brethren have accomplished, and for the bright hope they have left of a part in the first resurrection.

2. Resolved, That the Executive Committee of this Conference be empowered to continue to support Elder R. W. Munson and his family, in the foreign field, in such a manner and to such an extent as said committee shall deem right and proper.

3. We Recommend, That we take steps to procure a class of young people of suitable qualifications, and give them instruction in Bible work preparatory to entering the Master's service as Bible workers; and that we select one or more ministers and their wives to enter some of the cities in this State, to have the care and instruction of the classes.

4. We Recommend, That, instead of spending so much money in our home fields, we send one Bible worker into the Tennessee River Conference to labor in the city of Memphis, and that we pay her way for one year.

5. We Recommend, That we pay the traveling expenses of two competent teachers to the Island of Sumatra, East Indies, to assist Elder Munson in his good work already begun, with the understanding that they are to be self-supporting after they arrive in their field.

6. We Recommend, That we help to sustain a school for the colored people in the South during the coming year, to the amount of seven hundred dollars ($700), and that we send a delegate to visit that school at least once during the year, and that said delegate make a report to this Conference at its next annual session.

7. Resolved, That five persons be chosen by the Conference Committee to form a Board of Education; that at least two members of the Conference Executive Committee, one member of the Battle Creek College faculty, and the Conference superintendent of schools shall be members of said board; that this board, in counsel and co-operation with the Conference Committee, shall have full control of the educational work in this Conference.

8. Resolved, That each intermediary school be allowed to appoint two persons to act with this Conference board on matters concerning its own local affairs.

9. Resolved, That we indorse the work that has been done among the young people of this Conference during the last year, and that we authorize the officers of the Sabbath-school Association to continue their work, and we will give them the moral support of this Conference in all their efforts.

Whereas, Prophecy is fast becoming history, and the movements in the political, social, and financial world clearly indicate that the work of proclaiming the last warning message of mercy to the world must be speedily accomplished; and,—

Whereas, Our literature is a great and important factor in our work, and a means ordained of God for disseminating the light and truth given, and is wielding an influence, the results of which eternity alone will reveal; therefore,—

10. Resolved, That we, the Michigan Conference in annual session, recommend and encourage the selection of suitable persons to engage in missionary canvassing for our large publications; such as, “The Desire of Ages,” “Daniel and Revelation,” “Great Controversy,” and “Patriarchs and Prophets;” and, further,—

11. Resolved, That each church select one or more members from their company to engage in the sale of our smaller books, papers, and other publications in their vicinity.

12. Resolved, That the Conference give five hundred dollars to Battle Creek College for last year's expenses.

The following officers were elected for the coming year: President J. D. Gowell; Secretary, J. S. Hall; Treasurer, Review and Herald Pub. Co. Executive Committee: J. D. Gowell, H. D. Day, M. J. Cornell, S. M. Butler, S. E. Wight. Trustees of Conference Association: J. D. Gowell, H. D. Day, M. J. Cornell, S. M. Butler, S. E. Wight.

The Committee on Credentials and Licenses offered the following report, which was adopted:—

For credentials: J. D. Gowell, E. H. Root, H. M. Kenyon, Wm. Ostrander, L. G. Moore, T. M. Steward, R. C. Horton, H. D. Day, S. M. Butler, J. L. Edgar, B. F. Stureman, J. C. Harris, O. Soule, L. N. Lane, W. R. Matthews, O. F. Campbell, C. N. Sanders, M. C. Guild, W. C. Hebner, S. F. Svensson, E. R. Williams, C. A. Watkins, W. H. Falconer, Conrad Weber, R. W. Munson, E. Leland.

For ordination and credentials: A. R. Sanborn, E. K. Slade.

For ministerial license: E. I. Beebe, C. G. Howell, F. J. Harris, John Irwin, Jr., C. E. Leland, W. D. Parkhurst, M. Shepherd, R. E. Harter, L. Terry, Chancey Wood, S. E. Wight, J. G. Wilson, Carl Hanson, W. E. Videto, O. F. Butcher, M. D. Warfle, C. D. Rhodes, Byron Hagle, E. A. Bristol, T. G. Lewis, J. C. Brower, Fred Brink.

Missionary license: Myrtle Bristol, Emily Campbell, Nettie Haysmer, Clara Hildreth, E. Jennie Lane, Mina Pierce, Mrs. E. R. Williams, Mrs. R. W. Munson, Belle Campbell, Minnie Burden, Mrs. M. M. Faulkner, Mina Hildreth, Clara Kiep, Minnie Lay, Lucy Tyte.

A committee, appointed to revise the church list, offered the following recommendations, which were adopted:—

We Recommend, That the following names, which appear on the list of churches, be dropped, as there are no church organizations at these places: Clare, Montrose, Midland, McBain, and Pontiac; and further,—

We Recommend, That the following-named churches, the members having died or moved away, be disbanded: Birch Run, Colon, Chippewa, Ely, Ogden Center, Webberville.

On motion the Conference adjourned sine die.

J. D. GOWELL, Pres., J. S. HALL, Sec.

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