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Earlier text: The German Union Conference

The British Union Conference

By Ole A. Olsen

The British Union Conference embraces the territory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. It has an area of 120,960 square miles, with a population of over forty-two million.

The British Union Organization

An interesting event in the history of the message in Great Britain was the General European Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which was held in London, May, 1902. At this meeting there was a larger gathering of representatives, not only from the different countries of Europe, but also from America, than at any previous gathering in Europe in connection with this work. It was indeed a missionary conference, and the work all over Europe received a new inspiration and impetus from that occasion. At this time we were favored with the presence and faithful labor of Elder Daniells, president of the General Conference.

At the annual meeting of the British Conference, in the month of August, the same year, the British field was reorganized, by dividing England into two divisions, to be known as the South England Conference and the North England Conference. Scotland, Ireland, and Wales were made three separate mission fields. The whole was united in one organization, to be known as the British Union Conference. The object and purpose of this was for the better and more rapid extension of the message in all parts of the field. The utility of this move has been fully demonstrated, as shown by the more rapid growth of the work since that time.

Survey of the Field

At the time of the reorganization, and at the end of 1902 and the beginning of 1903, the British Union had nine ministers, five licentiates, thirteen Bible workers, and forty-seven canvassers—seventy-nine in all, thirty-seven of whom were on the conference pay-roll. There were nine churches, having a membership of seven hundred and eighty-nine, with sixty-nine isolated and not organized, making a total of eight hundred and fifty-eight; twenty-six Sabbath-schools, with a membership of seven hundred and twenty-six. The tithe amounted to $12,287.75, annual offerings to $432.66, and Sabbath-school offerings to $229.93, and book sales to $41,101.87. Of institutions, we had the International Tract Society, doing a noble work in publishing the truth, and the Duncomb Hall Training College, which opened early in 1902.

Now, at the end of another two years, we are privileged to record eighteen ministers, seventeen licentiates, twenty-eight Bible workers, one hundred and ninety-five canvassers, including those who sell our papers as well as books; twenty-nine churches, with a membership of 1,080; twenty-one unorganized companies, with a membership of one hundred and ninety-six; and eighty-eight isolated Sabbath-keepers, making a total membership of 1,364; and fifty-three Sabbath-schools, with a membership of 1,419. The tithe for 1904 amounted to $15,010.25, the annual offerings to $986.09, Sabbath-school offerings to $770.31, First-day offerings to $132.24, the tithe per capita to $13.62, and offerings to missions to $1.62 per capita. Our book sales for the two years amounted to $64,618, paper sales to $64,515.68, tract sales to $1,811.48, total sales to $130,945.16. In the British Union we have five houses of worship.

Thus during the two years, there has been seen an encouraging growth in all the departments of the work, with an increase of nine ministers, twelve licentiates, fifteen Bible workers, and one hundred and sixteen canvassers, a total increase in the number of laborers of one hundred and sixty-two. There has been also an increase of twenty churches, and of five hundred and six in the total membership; twenty-seven Sabbath-schools, and in the Sabbath-school membership, 693. The increase in the tithe was $3,622.50; in the Sabbath-school offerings, $533.38; and annual offerings, $554.43.

While making note of this increase and growth, we acknowledge with gratitude our indebtedness to the General Conference for the liberal appropriation of $16,813.67, and to various State conferences, such as California, Vermont, and Wisconsin, for sending ministers and supporting them in the field; otherwise, it would not have been possible to employ and support so many laborers. In this connection I would also acknowledge the liberal gift of $12,279 for the establishment of our sanitariums. I would also mention that the results of this earnest effort are only beginning to appear. The prospect is that the near future will show more rapid progress and growth, especially in the matter of additions to the number of believers in the truth, and consequently a corresponding increase in tithes and offerings.

Our Institutions

During the biennial period, we have also witnessed the blessing of God in our institutional work. The International Tract Society has been prospered. Our facilities have been improved by exchanging worn-out presses for new and improved machines, by which more and better work can be done, and still we are not able to keep pace with the increased demands of the work.

Our Periodicals

At the present time the Present Truth has a weekly circulation of more than twenty thousand copies; the British Good Health, a monthly circulation of 50,000 in England. Besides the British edition, there are three small editions published—for India, the West Indies, and South Africa—totaling about three thousand copies. There is also our union conference organ, the Missionary Worker, whose circulation is confined to our own people. The large majority of these magazines are sold in England from house to house.

Educational

The Duncomb Hall Training College has been greatly blessed and prospered. Beginning very small, and without a permanent location and the usual facilities and equipments so helpful to a school, we have had to move from time to time from one place to another. Still with all these drawbacks, which would seem disastrous to a school, the college has prospered, and has done most excellent work.

The membership of our school the first year was thirty; the second year brought fifty-four to attend it; last year we had fifty-six students; while our enrolment has reached ninety this present year, the students representing South England, North England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, America, India, Central Africa, Switzerland, Russia, Holland, and Natal—one student for every fifteen Adventists in Great Britain. Fifty-five of the students this year are paying all or a part of their expenses by canvassing in London. Spiritually the school has been greatly blessed. Those who had not done so before coming to the college have since given themselves to the Lord, seventeen having been baptized this year. During the past two years we have sent out thirteen into the nurses' course, eight into the ministry, two into educational

work, fifteen or twenty into the canvassing work, and eight into the publishing work. Ten of the young men in the school are doing active work on Sabbaths and Sundays, holding meetings in different parts of London. Financially the school has also been prospered, having been able to pay its own way this year.

The Good Health Association

This association was organized and incorporated in August, 1903, with its headquarters and office in London, for the purpose of carrying on sanitarium and medical missionary and health work in the United Kingdom. At the present time there are three small sanitariums in the British Union, carried on under the auspices of this organization, with an asset of $21,345.58.

The Belfast Sanitarium

was opened in Belfast, Ireland, through the generosity of the Irish friends, who raised $1,216.50, and a gift of eight hundred dollars from the General Conference in America in the fall of 1902, the formal opening taking place in January, 1903. In the beginning of our work there we ran behind in our expenses; but during the last six months of 1904 there has been some little gain. Thus far three patients and three others who were not patients have accepted the truth through coming in contact with the sanitarium and the Good Health magazine. The charity work of the institution during the past two years has probably exceeded five hundred dollars.

The Caterham Sanitarium

was formally opened in May, 1903. The institution is located at Caterham, Surrey, seventeen miles south of Westminster Bridge, London. Caterham is a little town of about nine thousand inhabitants. The cost price of the sanitarium, including legal transfer, amounted to about fifteen thousand one hundred dollars, and of this amount ten thousand dollars was contributed by the General Conference, and $1,716 for equipments was given by friends in America, and the remainder was raised in the home field.

Since then, three additional villas have been secured, two of which have been leased under a three-years' agreement, so that the present capacity is forty bedrooms for guests, besides ample room for the workers. The sanitarium is situated about four hundred and fifty feet above the level of the Thames, and is on the outskirts of the town, and still within five minutes' walk of the railway station on the Southeastern Railway. The house thus possesses all the advantages of a beautiful country situation, and at the same time is within easy reach of London, the express trains making the trip in about half an hour.

During 1903-04 about five hundred and fifty patients were treated. We know of at least eight patients who, through coming to the sanitarium, have accepted the truth and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church; and there is a large number who have accepted the principles of healthful living as taught at the institution, and are carrying them out in their homes with great benefit. Our net gain for the two years was about eight hundred dollars.

Leicester Sanitarium

This institution is located at 82 Regent Road, Leicester, in the heart of a city of about two hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants. One of the leading citizens of the place, a business man, offered us the free use of a large double-fronted house for a period of ten years, and also offered to build suitable bath rooms in connection with the place, provided we would run it on the lines of our developed sanitarium work. This offer was presented to the General Conference in April, 1903, and was unanimously accepted, the General Conference Committee generously voting an appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars to assist in establishing the institution. There was some delay in fitting up the bath rooms, so that the institution was not formally opened until Feb. 8, 1904.

We have reason to believe that good work is being done at this institution, not only in relieving the afflicted, but that a decided influence in favor of the truth is constantly exerted.

Our Needs and What Is to Be Done

What shall I say, or how can I express it better than in the oft-repeated phrase, “Arise, and finish the work”? For this men and means are needed.

While the territory covered by the British Union Conference may not comprise so large an area or so dense a population as some fields, yet its needs are numerous and urgent. We have millions of people who have never yet heard the message. The work that remains to be done is exceedingly great, and the laborers are very few. It should be remembered that in past years Great Britain has been foremost in sending missionaries to heathen lands and to the islands of the sea. Such missionaries as Carey, Moffatt, Mackay, Livingstone, Morrison, Martyn, Burns, Marshman, Heber, Marsden, Williams, and others too numerous to mention, have gone from this kingdom to all parts of the world as light-bearers.

We are also indebted to England for the first translation of the Scriptures into the English language, and to the British and Foreign Bible Society, and other similar societies, which have since published and distributed millions of copies of the Scriptures in a multitude of languages in all parts of the world. The British field is in possession of tremendous resources of men and means for use in this closing work. And just now is the time when they should be developed and brought into service. Laborers must be multiplied, and it seems to us that at this conference facilities must be provided for spreading the truth to all parts of the British empire. We feel very grateful for all that has been done, and for the interest manifested in advancing the work in this important field. Without the assistance given, we should be far behind what we are; and we earnestly ask that due consideration be given to this important field.

Just now is the time for a decided forward movement in the British Union, and the effect and result of this will be a mighty inspiration that will reach to the utmost bounds of the vast British empire, and hasten the day of the finished work.

O. A. OLSEN, President.

FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE LONDON TRAINING-SCHOOL

Obedience to Duty

“God calls us to duty, and the only right answer is obedience. Undertake the duty, and, step by step, God will provide the disposition. We can at least obey. Ideal obedience includes the whole will and the whole heart. If we can not begin with that, we can begin with what we have. It is better to obey blunderingly than not to obey at all.”

Life Through Death

By John Ruskin

ALL through life I see a cross Where sons of God yield up their breath; There is no gain except by loss: There is no life except by death. — John Ruskin.

Scandinavian Union Conference

By P. A. HANSEN

The Scandinavian Union Conference consists of the organized conferences of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and the mission fields of Finland, Iceland, and Greenland. The population is about thirteen million. This union conference was perfected at our last meeting, held at Jonkoping, Sweden, June 20-24, 1904. We have 72 organized churches, divided as follows: Sweden, 30; Norway, 22; Denmark, 19; Finland, 1. The total membership is 2,416,—Sweden, 809; Norway, 708; Denmark, 716; Finland, 64; Iceland, 12. Number baptized during the year, 288.

Educational Work

The Scandinavian Union has three missionary schools. That at Nyhyttan, Sweden, has an enrolment of thirty-three. The larger number of these are not of Sabbath-keeping parents, but some have been converted as the result of instruction, and are now engaged in the work of the Lord. This school is located out in the woods, far from any large city, on a farm bought for the purpose, containing about five hundred acres, mostly timber land. At Friedenstrand, Frederikshavn, Denmark, is a school with twenty-four pupils. It will be remembered that a building was erected here for a high school some years ago, with the idea of providing a union school. But after three years of experience, this plan was abandoned, leaving a heavy debt. Sweden and Norway drew back from the enterprise, and then it was that our Danish brethren found that it takes more than a building to make a school. When the plan was laid to redeem our schools from debt by the sale of "Christ's Object Lessons," we hoped that it might bring relief to Friedenstrand. We were disappointed, however. Then the Skodsborg Sanatorium began using the building for sanitarium purposes, tiding over the situation for a time. Recently, after careful consideration, the Danish Conference purchased the building, and in January, 1905, the General Conference Association deeded the property over. That conference is now carrying on school and sanitarium work there.

The conference has paid all the indebtedness, except about four thousand dollars remaining on a first mortgage. We rejoice at this, and new courage has been stimulated throughout the union. We have learned the lesson that the tyrant, King Debt, has wrought great evil to the message, and we are now proceeding strictly on the basis of paying cash as we go. We are having four thousand copies of "Christ's Object Lessons" printed for sale in behalf of our educational work. Our hope centers in the training of workers, so much needed in the field. These steps bring new energy and life to our souls. We pray that this spirit may possess hearts in every department of our work in all the world.

In Bergen, Norway, we have a mission school with twenty-four pupils. A school was also held in Christiania during the past winter. From the three last mentioned schools, sixty-four workers have gone out in the canvassing and other departments of the work.

Medical Work

Last, but not least in our institutional work, we call your attention to the Skodsborg Sanatorium, near Copenhagen, Denmark, which is reaching out its arms of influence and help throughout northern Europe. I need not speak at length of the great and good work this institution is doing, or of the earnest spirit prevailing in it. Thousands of sufferers have been relieved, and bear witness of God's love to suffering mankind. The institution has had the patronage of many of the higher classes, as bishops and ministers of the state church, and even members of the royal family have patronized it. Our beloved and highly respected King Christian IX, with his family, visited the institution in 1903, and manifested great interest in its work.

We have a large force of young people in training in this institution every year. The number of helpers averages from fifty to seventy-five in Skodsborg, and with those at Friedenstrand, about one hundred young people are engaged in this branch of the work.

I would add here that the same spirit of winning the victory over debt that has taken possession of the conference, has taken hold of the sanitarium work, and before I left the country, steps were taken to put the sanitarium on a cash basis, for we realize that in this there is victory.

We would respectfully ask the General Conference to remember the pledge given for the Skodsborg Sanatorium work at the time when the delegation of our beloved union conference brethren visited the European field three years ago. It was agreed that to supply the needs we should ask the believers in America to give two dollars for each dollar that Denmark raised. The same year, Denmark gathered in nearly two thousand dollars, which means that between three thousand dollars and four thousand dollars is needed from this side. If we could get this, it would enable us to relieve our present embarrassed situation. For the benefit of the cause, as well as for keeping good the assurances of the General Conference, we beg that steps be taken before this assembly is over, to provide some means of raising this amount. We shall not cease to work for freedom from debt in our union conference until we are out of debt. We believe the Lord is tarrying until he has redeemed the last mortgage of the world, through his chosen people. Surely the outpouring of the latter rain awaits this deliverance.

It is well known to the majority of you that Scandinavia is one of the oldest missions. Much seed has been sown, but we have not seen as much fruit as we desire, but we cling to the promise that “the last shall be first.”

We have treatment rooms in the old city of Rander, the influence of which is reaching the higher classes, as well as helping many of the poor and afflicted.

In the city of Orebro, Sweden, we have a health home, under the management of Brother Kahlstrom, which has been the means of quenching some of the sparks of persecution. Many will remember that it was at Orebro where the children preached the first angel's message. It was here also that Brother Rosquist was imprisoned for proclaiming the third angel's message.

About June 15 treatment rooms will be opened at Nyhyttan, in connection with the industrial school. We have also treatment rooms in the old city of Gotteborg, Sweden. Norway has treatment rooms at two places. One is located in the old building belonging to the publishing house. So we are not only helping the people, but placing two hundred kroners rent in the hands of the publishing association each year. The other is located at Hammer, and is self-supporting. Many interesting cures have taken place there during the last three or four years. For the Lord's blessing in this work we feel grateful.

Publishing Work

We would not neglect to mention the successful work done by our health journal, Sundhedsbladet. Through energetic efforts, the list has been raised from three thousand to ten thousand.

Our publishing house at Christiania, Norway, is turning out a large amount of literature on the last message, and, under the management of our faithful brethren, is prospering as well as could be expected under the circumstances.

It is a well-known fact that literature in any language can be best prepared in the motherland. Therefore, we would earnestly request that some plans be laid during this conference by which our brethren in America may co-operate with us in preparing literature for the Scandinavian people. Our hearts were greatly stirred as we passed among nearly four thousand immigrants in Castle Gardens, who were eagerly receiving reading-matter from the hands of a noble lady missionary. I am sure that our Redeemer wants us to share in this work without delay. We ought to have a missionary there with literature for the people of every nation who come to America.

Instead of criticizing, against which the spirit of prophecy warned us years ago in Scandinavia, we have joined together in seeking God, and he has blessed us. We are anxious to place ourselves where he can fulfil his good pleasure through us. We see a rift in the dark cloud which has hung over Scandinavia for years, and streams of blessing are being poured out. Some of these blessings have come to us in the form of money. I could talk for hours about some of the experiences we have had in practising economy. My brethren, our Father is rich; and as soon as we are prepared to use the means in the fear and wisdom of God, the money is ready for us.

There is a great change in the financial condition in Scandinavia for the better. Our brethren are looking toward the foreign fields, as Finland and Iceland. We are also planning to open a mission in Greenland. Steps have been taken to print tracts for the Lapps in the northern part of Finland and in northern Norway. We are also planning to open a ship mission in Oresund, as soon as we can. Vessels pass through this port to every part of the world.

Before leaving Scandinavia, I had the privilege of visiting most of the churches in Norway and Denmark. They are all of good courage. I am sure their prayers are ascending for the blessing of God upon this gathering. We are thankful to God's people in America for their great sacrifices in sending the light of present truth to us. We will do our part to pass it on to our neighboring countries.

P. A. HANSEN, President.

Thirtieth Meeting

By O. A. Olsen; W. A. Spicer

THE thirtieth meeting was called for a brief session at 5 P. M., May 28, O. A. Olsen in the chair, the regular afternoon hour having been occupied by Sister White. In closing her remarks, she spoke of the work among the colored people in the South, and an offering of one hundred and twenty-eight dollars for the Southern Missionary Society was made by the congregation. J. E. White also spoke of the society’s work.

At the opening of the conference, W. D. Curtis led in prayer.

The report for the British Union Conference, not quite finished at the last adjournment, was completed.

The chair then called upon P. A. Hansen, to present the report of the Scandinavian Union Conference, which occupied the meeting to the time of adjournment.

Adjourned.

O. A. OLSEN, Chairman, W. A. SPICER, Secretary.

Thirty-First Meeting

The thirty-first meeting was called at 10 A. M., May 29, the earlier hour being given to association meetings.

H. W. Cottrell was in the chair.

A partial report from the committee on the distribution of labor was presented, and, as amended, adopted, as follows:—

Distribution of Labor

Your committee on distribution of labor would respectfully submit the following partial report:—

We recommend,—

1. That Elder L. A. Hoopes make Australia his field of labor.

2. That D. C. Babcock and wife, of British Guiana, make the Gold Coast, West Africa, their field of labor.

3. That Elder F. H. Conway and wife, of Oklahoma, labor in the Canadian Northwest, the Oklahoma Conference to continue his present salary for one year.

4. That Elder J. J. Westrup and wife, of Oregon, make Inland China their field of labor.

5. That Dr. Law Keen and wife, of California, make China their field of labor.

6. That Elder W. A. Colcord hold himself in readiness to assist in the religious liberty work in England as occasion may demand.

7. That Elder C. McReynolds take the presidency of the Wisconsin Conference, made vacant by the action of the Lake Union Conference Committee in calling Elder Covert to take the presidency of the Northern Illinois Conference.

8. That Elder A. J. Haysmer make Alabama his field of labor.

9. That Iowa send two Bible workers to England, and provide their support while in that field.

10. That Elder Clarence Santee take the presidency of the Texas Conference.

11. That Elder F. M. Burg, of western Oregon, make Great Britain his field of labor, under the support of his home conference while there, or until the Mission Board or the local field shall assume such support.

12. That Dr. Emma Perrine labor in Japan, under pay of the Iowa Conference.

13. That Elder W. W. Steward, of the Upper Columbia Conference, labor in Georgia, under pay of his home conference until recalled, or other arrangements shall be made.

14. That Elder S. G. Huntington spend some time in southern California, doing manual labor with a view of regaining his health.

15. That Brother J. S. James, of West Virginia, take the position of general field missionary secretary, under the direction of the executive committee of the Northern Union Conference.

16. That the Oklahoma Conference send Brother Bernard Voth to labor in Greater New York, under the direction of the executive committee of that conference, and that Oklahoma support him there.

17. That Elder W. A. Westworth make the Southern New England Conference his field of labor.

18. That Amanda Van Scoy labor in China, under pay of the Nebraska Conference while there, or until other arrangements shall be made by the Mission Board.

19. That Brother A. J. Kennedy, of Ohio, join Dr. Miller in China, and labor there under pay of the Ohio Conference.

20. That George Casebeer labor in South America, under pay of the Upper Columbia Conference, the Mission Board paying transportation of himself and wife.

21. That Brother John Isaac make the old Northern Illinois Conference his field of labor.

22. That Brother C. J. Herrmann, of Wisconsin, labor in New Jersey under pay of the Wisconsin Conference until other satisfactory arrangements shall be made for his support, or until he shall be transferred to some other field.

23. That Elder Wm. Cubley, of Texas, take the presidency of the Mississippi Conference.

24. That Elder H. J. Farman make North Carolina his field of labor.

25. That Elder G. E. Langdon make northern California his field of labor.

26. That Elder John Holbrook make Great Britain his field of labor.

27. That Sister E. E. Prescott be accepted as a self-supporting worker in India.

28. That Jacob Hofstra, of West Michigan, make Holland his field of labor, the West Michigan Conference to provide six hundred dollars to apply on expenses and salary.

L. A. Hoopes suggested that fifteen years ago a report like this was much discussed, and there was considerable romance about it. Now these transfers to distant fields are more common. For his own part, he felt it a responsibility for the conference to send him and his family to Australasia for such service as he could render; but while he had no desire to leave this field, as he thought of the growing work in Australia and the vast field of fifty millions in darkness to be reached from Australasia, he felt a deep burden to help where he might do something for them.

W. J. Stone stated that Indiana had hoped to send a man to Africa, and they invited the Mission Board to look over their workers, or to select some other worker, and let Indiana help to sustain him in Africa.

The report was voted upon and adopted.

A. G. Daniells stated that Indiana has made a splendid offer, and he—

Moved, That this General Conference gratefully accept the offer of the Indiana Conference to support a laborer in South Africa, and that the Mission Board take immediate steps to secure the laborer.

At this juncture the following letter from the Central Union Conference Committee was presented:—

TAKOMA PARK STATION, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 28, 1905.

At a recent meeting of the Central Union Conference Committee the question of rendering assistance to some of the home field work was considered. While the members of the committee felt to appreciate the needs of these fields, yet they felt that the appeals that come from the many millions in far-away lands where there are so few laborers with scarcely any foothold at all, were appealing more loudly for the assistance that our conference could render than some of these home fields where there are many laborers and a large constituency.

The Central Union Conference having some few hundred dollars of tithe funds on hand, voted to appropriate five hundred dollars for the Japan Mission field, and five hundred dollars for the Chinese Mission. It was further voted to support a proper missionary worker in the Philippines.

After this vote was taken, there was a general expression by all members of the committee present that the right step had been taken. The blessing of God rested upon the move. All felt glad that we were so situated that we could render this kind of assistance. The committee has in mind a person that they would like to recommend for your favorable consideration for the work in the Philippines. That, of course, would be a matter for your consideration, as we do not wish to bind the Mission Board to any iron-clad rule. Our sincere desire is that the blessing of God may continue to attend this movement. The support of this worker in the Philippines is one of indefinite duration, realizing, as we do, that this is an important step, and that large amounts will yet be expended before the mission is put on anything like a paying basis. The committee therefore made the recommendation that they did.

We feel that in taking this step we have linked with the institutional work in our union conference—namely, the college, the intermediate schools, the sanitariums, and the publishing work—a new tie, a new inspiration for all connected with these institutions to rally to the support of the work in the needy fields in the regions beyond.

Yours for the committee, (Signed) L. A. HOOPES, Secretary C. U. C.

A. G. Daniells did not wish to make all the motions, but he felt he must again submit a motion in recognition of the liberal spirit toward the great fields manifested by the conferences. He thanked God for this—the resources are flowing out toward the needy fields, State lines are vanishing, and there is a determination to put our strength where it is most needed. He therefore—

Moved, That this General Conference express its gratitude for this spirit of cooperation and liberality manifested by local and union conferences, of which this expression from the Central Union is another evidence, to reach out into the great fields where millions are perishing without a knowledge of Christ and this truth.

E. T. Russell spoke of the great pleasure the Central Union Committee had felt in this action. After they decided to turn these funds into dark fields, a feeling came over all that could hardly be described. The influence of the Spirit of God filled the tent, and all realized that God had accepted the gift, and approved of the offering. They felt for the ten millions of the Philippines, and desired this offer to be a permanent blessing to this field.

The motion was put, and adopted by a rising vote.

The following resolution was reported from the committee on plans, and adopted:—

Whereas, There is a pressing need for carefully kept vital statistics of the denomination; therefore,—

69. Resolved, That we approve of the plan of the Medical Missionary Council, for the collection of such statistics, and earnestly recommend that our ministering brethren cooperate with this plan by filling out and returning the required blanks when they send in obituary notices.

A further resolution on “Christ’s Object Lessons” was presented, and action deferred to a later meeting.

The meeting adjourned.

H. W. COTTRELL, Chairman, W. A. SPICER, Secretary.

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