General Conference Bulletin, vol. 5
GENERAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Twenty-seventh Meeting
G. A. Irwin
SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1903, 8 P. M.
G. A. Irwin in the chair. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.17
Prayer by Elder C. Santee. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.18
The following resolutions were presented to the Conference:— GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.19
Resolved, That suitable men be chosen from the field to lay before our people in the older and more prosperous conferences the needs of various struggling institutions and the missionary enterprises in the South and other needy fields. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.20
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Conference that the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association ought not to rebuild its factory in Battle Creek. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.21
Resolved, That if the stockholders should deem it advisable to wind up the business of the corporation, such action would meet with the approval of this Conference. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.22
Resolved, That we suggest that favorable consideration should be given to proposals which may look to the transfer of the “Review and Herald” and the “Youth’s Instructor” to some publishing concern organized in the Eastern states, according to the counsel of the General Conference Committee. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.23
Resolved, That we request the International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association to so arrange its constituency, and its constitution governing the same, that it may be indisputably and always a department of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.24
These resolutions were discussed and adopted. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.25
A recommendation that the proposed educational council should be held in College View, Neb., June 19-28, was referred to the General Conference Committee. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.26
Distribution of Labor
The report of the Committee on Distribution of Labor was presented. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.27
Your Committee on Distribution of Labor would respectfully submit the following report:— GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.28
We recommend,—
1. That Elder C. Santee, of Southern California: Elder S. W. Nellis, of Western Washington; Elder R. D. Quinn, of Montana; J. L. McElhaney, of Southern California; N. J. Walldorff, of California; and Elder S. M. Cobb, of Virginia, make Australasia their field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 216.29
2. That Elder H. J. Dirksen, of Manitoba, make the Northern Illinois Conference his field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.1
3. That Elder C. A. Scholl, of Chicago, go to Germany to labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.2
4. That Elder H. H. Dexter, of Maine, make Georgia his field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.3
5. That Elder F. H. Westphal, of College View, Neb., make Manitoba his field of labor, providing he can be released from the college, and is willing to go to Manitoba. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.4
6. That C. M. Christiansen, of Berrien Springs, Mich., go to Walla Walla College, College Place, Wash., to act as business manager. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.5
7. That Elder J. W. Collie, of Ontario, Canada, owing to his state of health, go to Colorado, with the view of regaining his health. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.6
8. That Elder Geo. B. Thompson, of New York, take the presidency of the Ontario Conference, which is made vacant by the removal of Elder J. W. Collie. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.7
9. That Elder S. H. Lane take the presidency of the New York Conference. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.8
10. That Elder G. E. Fifield, of the New England Conference, make Northern Illinois his field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.9
11. That Elder A. L. Miller, of Indiana, connect with the Ontario Conference. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.10
12. That Elder Henry Johnson, of Louisiana, make North Dakota his field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.11
13. That we unite with the Lake Union Conference in the request that Elder W. D. Curtis, of Southern Illinois, take up work in Indiana. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.12
14. That Elder J. M. Rees, of Missouri, make Southern California his field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.13
15. That Elder A. T. Robinson take the presidency of the Missouri Conference, made vacant by the removal of Elder Rees. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.14
16. That Elder Luther Warren, of New York City, take up work in the Northern Illinois Conference. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.15
17. That Elder Marcial Serna divide his labor between Arizona and New Mexico. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.16
18. That Elder G. E. Langdon, of the Maritime, Conference, make Greater New York his field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.17
19. That Elder N. W. Allee, of South Dakota, connect with the Tennessee River Conference. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.18
20. That we unite with the Northern Union Conference in the request that Elder Charles A. Burman take the presidency of the South Dakota Conference, made vacant by the removal of Elder N. W. Allee. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.19
21. That Elder E. A. Curtis, of Northern Illinois, make West Virginia his field of labor. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.20
H. W. Cottrell, Chairman.
W. H. Thurston, Secretary.
These recommendations were adopted, one by one, after discussion. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.21
Several other recommendations were referred to the General Conference Committee for action. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.22
Meeting adjourned. GCB April 14, 1903, page 217.23
G. A. IRWIN, Chairman.
H. E. OSBORNE, Secretary.