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Appointments.
By M. C. Israel
DISTRICT No. 8 will hold its quarterly meeting in San Francisco in connection with the Church Quarterly meeting, Sabbath, April 9.
M. C. ISRAEL.
The quarterly meeting for District No 3, will be held at the church in St Helena, Sunday, April 10, at 7 P. M. A general attendance is desired as important business may come up before the meeting.
JOHN MAVITY, Director.
Petaluma District Quarterly Meeting
By T. M. Chapman
Our next District Quarterly Meeting will be held in Petaluma, Sabbath and Sunday, April 9 and 10. We earnestly hope we may have some one to preach to us, and we desire to have a general attendance of the brethren from all the churches in the district.
T. M. CHAPMAN, Director.
Oakland Tract Society Quarterly Meeting
By W. J. Bostwick
The quarterly meeting of the church Tract and Missionary Society of Oakland will be held in this city evening after the Sabbath, April 9, in connection with the quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 7, at which time a general attendance is requested.
W. J. BOSTWICK, Director.
ANNUAL MEETING.
PURSUANT to the statutes of the State of California, notice is hereby given that the regular annual meeting of the Society of the Seventh-day Adventist church, of Oakland, will be held at the house of worship, corner of Clay and Thirteenth streets, Wednesday, April 6, 1881, at 7 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of five Trustees, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. Members will bear in mind the necessity of prompt and general attendance, that the proceedings may fully comply with the legal requirements.
By order of the President,
G. A. BAKER, Secretary.
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