p. 192 | Review and Herald, Vol. 59, No. 12. (3/21/1882)

OUR APPROACHING QUARTERLY MEETINGS.

By S. B. Whitney

As the time is nearing for these meetings of our tract society, I wish to say a few words relative to them.

1. All our members should feel it a duty and privilege to attend the meetings of the local societies; not as spectators, but as interested workers, feeling that the interest of the meeting depends upon their presence and efforts. If we are interested in the work, we shall be interested in the meeting; and if we are interested in the meeting, it will be easy to make the meeting interesting. The presence of some one from abroad will help to promote this interest. There is an object that should receive special attention at these meetings, and that is the circulation of our periodicals, especially the REVIEW, among our people; and I hope those appointed to attend these meetings, in connection with the librarian, will labor to secure all the subscribers possible, and obtain the names of those they cannot induce to subscribe.

2. The district meetings should not be neglected, but should be held in every district, unless there is good reason for omitting them. There may be some who cannot attend the general meeting who could attend a district meeting, and all need the benefit of such association. I hope the directors will faithfully attend to this matter.

3. But let none stay away from the general meeting who can possibly come. We want to make this the most interesting and profitable meeting of the kind we have ever held, and if all do their duty it may be so. I would indorse the earnest, stirring appeals from God's servants in other parts of the field, and ask all to read and receive them. Let us not stop to inquire, “What shall this man do?” but realize our individual responsibility in view of the awfully solemn and important work committed to us. I am extremely anxious that the report for this quarter should be complete, and show marked improvement in the direction of missionary zeal and efforts.

With reference to the time and place of the general meeting, I would suggest the fourth Sabbath in April, at Sioux Falls, but wish to hear from all interested, so that it may be held when and where it will accommodate the greatest number. Address, Bridgewater, McCook Co.

S. B. WHITNEY, Pres. Dak. T. and M. S.

To Church Clerks in Missouri.

By George I. Butler

The State Secretary complains that he can get no reports from five or six of the churches in the Conference. He has recently sent blanks to all the churches. He sees no way to account for this neglect to report, at all complimentary to the clerks in question. We hope you will do your duty better, and not force us to name the delinquent churches. If we should, you would be ashamed, and possibly angry. Don't force us to such extreme measures. Do your duty cheerfully.

GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. Mo. Conf.

WHERE IS MY HEART?

By R. F. Cottrell

Have I a treasure in Heaven? My heart is with my treasure. Where is my heart? Are my affections on things above? or are the things of earth first and foremost in my mind? Am I planning how I may work for God and my fellow-men? Is the advancement of the cause of God in the world my leading object? or is my mind absorbed in plans to accumulate worldly wealth? If I will examine my waking thoughts, I may discover their tendency. Am I so pressed with worldly business and thoughts of other things, that I have no time for this careful and prayerful examination? Alas! then, where is my heart?

Am I more anxious to increase my possessions than to use what I have in the cause of God? Do I earnestly desire a part in the work of God? Is it my meat to do the will of God, and help in the cause of human salvation?

Let us be sure, my brethren, in regard to where our interest is. The chaff will surely be sifted from the wheat and blown away. God knows where our affections are, if we do not. We may set them on things above. We may have a part in the work of the Lord in the closing message of the gospel. Let us make this the great and all-important object. Let us be more anxious to use our talents, of influence, of ability, of means, in the cause of truth, while we have the opportunity, than we are to increase our worldly wealth. Brother, sister, where is your heart?

R. F. Cottrell.

Cholera Expected in 1883

—Cholera of a violent type has already made its appearance at Allahabad, Hindostan, where the pilgrims usually gather; and it is at this sacred spot that the plague usually starts in its periodical marches around the world. We may expect it in the United States in 1883, according to the seventeen-year theory.—Inter-Ocean.

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HON. E. S. LACEY, Representative in Congress from Michigan, ordering a quantity of the “Diagram of Parliamentary Rules” published at our Office, says:—

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“Smith’s Diagram of Parliamentary Rules is an admirably ingenious simplification of the confusing matter of parliamentary practice. By a very simple arrangement, motions of all kinds, in the order of their precedence, are placed in the columns, printed in large type, and their relation to every possible rule is indicated by connecting lines. The diagram is accompanied by a key, which, in explaining itself, clears up the subject as well, and gives concise hints and directions for the conduct of deliberative assemblies. Mr. Uriah Smith has put more of the essence of parliamentary practice into small space and lucid order than we find in any other manual. (Battle Creek, Mich., REVIEW AND HERALD Publishing Association.)”

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