General Conference Bulletin, vol. 5

INDEX

Addresses. (See “Sermons and Addresses.”)
To the Conference, by A. G. Daniells	17-21
To the Conference, by Mrs. E. G. White	29-33
“Unity of Effort”	58, 59
“Our Duty to Leave Battle Creek	84-88
“A Call to Repentance”	88-91
“The Work Before Us”	104-106
“The Southern Work”	202-205
Advocate of Christian Education	122, 123
Aged laborers, support of	135
Annual Statistical Report of Confers and Missions	118-121
Arkansas Conference, report concerning	61, 62
Action regarding indebtedness	217
Atlantic Coast, assistance to Conferences on	20, 217
Removal of Gen. Conf. Offices to, suggested	67, 84
Action regarding same	100-103
Atlantic Union Conference.
Report of President of, and memorial	34-36
Auditors’ Reports.
General Conference	34
Mission Board	38
Adoption of	45
Gen. Conf. Assn.	45
Material Fund, Relief of Schools	186
Australasian Union Conference, Report of President of	142, 173
Increase of territory	196
Avondale school, work of	143, 144
Indebtedness of	185
Battle Creek, evils of centralizing in	10, 85-87
Battle Creek College, removal of	31
Indebtedness of	185
Battle Creek, removal of General Conference offices from, suggested	67
Statement concerning, by A. G. Daniells	84
Remarks of Mrs. E. G. White upon	84-88
Report of committee regarding	100, 101
Consideration of report	102
Battle Creek Sanitarium (see also “Sanitarium in Battle Creek,”) relation to	58, 67
Bonding of, explained by Judge Arthur	67
Statement regarding, by Mrs. E. G. White	104-106
Remarks of J. H. Kellogg concerning work of	82, 96
Remarks of Mrs. E. G. White concerning	84-88
Bonds, investment in	104, 105
Book sales for the year 1902	118-121
Boulder Sanitarium, report concerning	47
Brazilian Conference, admission of	2
British Union Conference, report of	93
Butler, Geo. I., report of, as president of the Southern Union Conference	129-135
Canadian Publishing Association, report concerning	45
Depository for French literature	193

Canadian Union Conference, Report of President of	45, 46
Raising of funds for school in	185
Canvassing work, results of
In the Atlantic Union Conference	34, 35
In the Pacific Union Conference	49
In the Southwestern Union Conference	61
In the Australasian Union Conference	143
Statistical Report of	118-121
Southern Union Conference,need of canvassers in	134,135
Report of Publication Committee concerning	193
Cash policy in denominational work,	19, 103
Caterham (England) Sanitarium, report concerning	93
Central Union Conference, Report of President of	46, 47
Committee on foreign papers published in	193
To assist Union College in raising means	193
Transfer of territory for sale of publications	194
Christiania Publishing House, payment of indebtedness of	18
Indebtedness of, referred to	58
To furnish large Scandinavian books for America and Europe	193
“Christ’s Object Lessons.”
Results of work with, in general	19
In the Atlantic Union Conf.	35
In the Canadian Union Conf.	45
In the Central Union Conf.	46
In the Pacific Union Conf.	49
In the Southwestern Union Conference	61
In Great Britain	139
In the Australasian Union Conference	143
Report upon work, by P. T. Magan	183-186
Churches, number of	118-121
Church-schools, statistical report of	118-121
Establishment of	177
Teachers of	193
Payment of	177
Church buildings, number of	118-121
Cities, carrying forward work in	196, 217
Committees.
Committee of Counsel, appointment of	2
Report of. on committees for the session	37
Committee on Delegations, appointment of	37
On Institutions, suggested appointment of	21
Appointment of	37, 104
Partial report of	67
Consideration of report	73
Amendment of report	81
Acceptance of, by Committee	97
Consideration and adoption of report	97-100
Report re Battle Creek College property	216
On Nominations, appointment of	37
Amended report of	195
On Plans and Constitution, appointment of	37, 62
Report of re assistance for foreign fields	62
Report of. re removal of General Conference headquas	67
Report of. re Mission Board and the Gen. Conf. Assn.	100
Report of. re finances for work in poor Conferences, and also for the Southern field	102, 196
Consideration of	129
Report of. re Gen. Conf. Assn. the Southwestern Union Conf., and the account of Keene Academy	135
Adoption of, report	187, 188
Report of. re support of aged laborers, and dependent widows and orphans of deceased laborers	135
Adoption of report	187, 188
Report of. re Constitution of the General Conference	145
Consideration of report	147-173
On Credentials and Licenses, appointment of	37
On Distribution of labor, appointment of	37
Report of	217
Publishing Committee, appointment of	37
Report of	193
On Finance, appointment of	37, 104
On Education, appointment of	37
Report of	177
Committee on Institutions, standing committee, appointment of	99, 216
Comparative statement of tithes and donations for sixteen years	220
Conferences, local and Union, admission of	1, 2
Statistical report of, for year 1902	118-121
Constitution of the General Conference, as proposed	145
Consideration of	146-173
As amended and adopted	218
Corrections. re appointment of Committee on Daily Program	28
Re statement made by Mrs. E. G. White	67, 176
Re remarks of A. T. Jones	176
Re remarks of W. C. White	176
Of minutes	176, 186
Re West Virginia Conference	220
Delegates present at opening meeting	1, 3
Complete list of	17
Additional	45
Denominational ownership of institutions	67, 73,81,97-100,216
Dependent Widows and Orphans, support of	135, 188, 189
Depositories, establishment of	194
Distribution of Labor, committee on appointment of	37
Report of	217
Donations to Missions, from Sabbath-schools	123, 220
To Haskell Memorial Home, from Sabbath-schools	123, 220
East Caribbean Conf., admission of	2
Education, committee on, appointment of	37
Report of. re Sabbath-school Work	123
Report of, re educational questions	177
Educational Department, report of Secretary of	109-112
Educational council, proposed, holding of	216
Educational Questions, consideration of	109-115, 177-183
Educational Institutions, removal of indebtedness of	19
Establishment of, in Canadian Union Conference	46
Establishment of in Northern Union Conference	47
Work of, in the Pacific Union Conference	49, 115
Educational work in Great Britain	139, 185
In Europe	140
In the Australasian Union Conference	143
Finance Committee. appointment of	37, 104
Financial policy	19, 103
Financial reports:
Gen. Conf. Treasurer	33, 34
Adoption of	45
Gen. Conf. Assn. Treasurer	37
Adoption of	45
Mission Board	37
Adoption of	45
Southern Missionary Society	199
“Material Fund.”	186
Financial statements:
Canadian Union Conference	46
Southern Union Conference	130
Northern Union Conference	46
Central Union Conference	47
Southwestern Union Conference	61
Pacific Union Conference	50
Australasian Union Conference	142
Foreign fields, financial assistance for	10
Study of needs of	20
Sending of workers to	20
Recommendations of Gen. Conf. Con., re assistance for	21
Assistance for, to be rendered by all Conferences
(Report of Committee regarding)	62
Laborers in. supported by different Conferences	72
Appropriations to, for year 1902	118-121
Foreign Mission Board, legal trustees of	195
Foreign papers, publication of	46, 193
General Conference, improvement of financial condition of	19
Report of Treasurer of	33
Acceptance of	45
General Conference Officers, for the biennial term	195
General Conference Committee, recommendations of, re financial policy	19, 20, 103
To choose Committee on foreign papers	193
To have charge of the missionary operations of the Gen. Conf.	195
Election of, for biennial term	195
General Conference Association, Financial condition of	19
Report of Treasurer of	37
Reconsideration of apportionment ofindebtedness of Southwestern Union Conference to, asked	62
Amount to be paid to by the Southwestern Union Conf.	135, 187
Reduction of the number of members of, suggested	100, 103
Nomination of members of, for biennial term	195
General Conference headquarters, removal of, from Battle Creek	67, 100-103
German East Africa, opening of	127, 135, 196
German paper, publication of	46, 193
German publications	193
Germans, the work among, in America	193
German Union Conference, report of	94
Graysville School, referred to	130, 131, 184
Remarks of Mrs. E. G. White concerning	203
Graysville Sanitarium	131
Great Britain, remarks upon, by E. J. Waggoner	137
Haskell Memorial Home, donations to	123, 220
Headquarters of the General Conference, removal of	67, 100-103
Healdsburg College, report concerning	49
Indebtedness of	184
Hunstville school, financial assistance to	102
Work of, referred to	130, 132
Indebtedness of	184
Relation to	200
Remarks of Mrs. E. G. White concerning	203
Institutes, educational, holding of	177, 216
Institutions, denominational, ownership of	67, 97-100
Institutions, committee on, appointment of	37, 104
Partial report of	67
Consideration of	73
Amendment of report	81
Acceptance by Committee	97
Consideration and adoption of report	97-100
Report of, re Battle Creek College property	216
Appointment of standing Committee on	216
Intermediate schools, establishment of	177
Jamaican Conference, admission of	2
Keene Academy, report concerning	61
Amount to be paid to the Gen. Conf. Assn., by district	135
Consideration of	187
Indebtedness of	184
Keene Sanitarium	61
Louisiana, transfer of, to the Southwestern Union Conference, suggested	62
“Material Fund” for“Christ’s Object Lessons,” report upon	185
Medical Missionary work, to be encouraged	31
Consideration of	60
In the Pacific Union Conference	49
In the Southern Union Conference	196
Membership of churches for year 1902	118-121
Memorials:
From the Atlantic Union Conference Executive Committee	36
From the Southwestern Union Conference	62
Referred to the Committee on Plans and Constitution	100
Final disposition of same	217
From Virginia	217
Mexico, the work in	62, 195
Remarks upon. by Geo. M. Brown	215
Minority report of Committee on Constitution	146

Minutes, official. of session	17
Mission Board. work of, during biennial period	20
Relationship of, to work in the home field	20
Report of Treasurer of	37
Adoption of	45
Donation of, to Canadian Union Conference	45
Discontinuance of, suggested	100, 103
Final action concerning	195
Legal Trustees of	195
Missions, offerings to	19
Statistical report of, for year 1902	118-121, 220
Offerings to. from the Sabbath-schools	123, 220
Missionary enterprises, support of	19, 118-121, 220
Mount Vernon Academy, indebtedness of	184
Nashville Publishing House, resolutions concerning	135, 186
Assistance to be rendered	203
“Nashville as a Center,” by Mrs. E. G. White	202
New conferences, admission of	2
New York Branch of the Pacific Press	194
New York City, location of the Gen. Conf. headquarters in, suggested	100-103
Importance of work in	102-104
Nominations. Committee on, appointment of	37
Amended report of	195
Northern Union Conference, report of President of	47
Obituary	18
Offerings to missions	19
For the year 1902	118-121
Organization, general consideration of subject of	145-164
Pacific Press Publishing Co., New York Branch of, transfer of	194
Pacific Medical Missionary and Benevolent Assn., work of	49
Pacific Union Conference, report of President of	48-50
Publication Committee, appointment of	37
Report of	193
Publishing Work in the Australasian Union Conference	143
Publishing Houses, rates of, to Union Conferences	194
A Call to	203
Publishing work, general advisory committee for North America	194
Relief of Schools, report concerning	183-186
Removal of the General Conference offices, suggested	67, 84
Action regarding same	100-103
Reports:
Financial, General Conference	33, 34
Adoption of	45
General Conference Association	37
Adoption of	45
Mission Board	37
Adoption of	45
Relief of Schools	185
Southern Missionary Society	200
Statistical	118-121, 220
Of Union Conferences:
See (“Union Conferences, reports of.”)
Report of Secretary of Educational
Department of the Gen. Conf.	109-112
Report of Corresponding Secretary of the S. S. Dept. of the Gen. Conf.	116-123
Report, Statistical, of Conferences and Missions, for year 1902	118-121
Report of Southern MIssionary Society, by J. E. White	199
Reorganization of Gen. Conf., as brought about during biennial period	18
Review and Herald Publishing House, removal of, to the Atlantic Coast	85
Definite recommendation	194
Recommendations concerning the paper, and transfer of interests	216
Donation of, to Canadian Union Conference	45
Donation of, to Southern Union Conference	131
River Plate Conference, admission of	2
Sabbath school work, consideration of	72, 196
Recommendations concerning, introduction of	123
Consideration and adoption of	124, 125, 196, 197
Sabbath-school Department, report of Cor. Sec., of	116-123
Location of	125
Sabbath-schools, statistical report regarding	118-121
Comparative report of membership and contributions for 16 years	220
Sabbath keepers, number of, 1902	118-121
Sanitarium in Battle Creek, bonding of, explained by Judge Arthur	67
Erection of in Battle Creek	58, 67
Work of, remarks by Mrs. E. G. White concerning	86, 87
Bonding of, statement regarding,by Mrs.E.G. White	104-106
Remarks of J. H. Kellogg concerning work of	82, 96
Sanitariums, erection of large, to be discouraged	31, 105
Establishment of, in Canadian Union Conference	46
Work of, in the Central Union Conference	47
Work of, in the Pacific Union Conference	49
Work of, in the Southwestern Union Conference	61
Proper place for establishment of	87, 88, 203
Establishment of, in England	93
In the Southern field	131, 196,203
Establishment of, in the Australasian Union Conference	143
“A Call to Our Sanitariums”	203
Scandinavian Union Conference, report of	92
Scandinavians, the work among, in America	193
Schools, relief of, report concerning	183-186
Teachers of	193
Support of	177
Sermons and Addresses
“The Time and the Work,” by W. W. Prescott	3-7
“Lessons from the Sending out of the Spies,” by Mrs. E. G. White	7-11
“The Song of Victor,” by G. A. Irwin	11-15
The President’s address, by A. G. Daniells	17-21
“Our Time, Our Work and Opening Providences,” by A. G. Daniells	22-25
“God’s Hand in the Work,” by L. R. Conradi	25-28, 38, 39
“Lessons from Josiah’s Reign,” by Mrs. E. G. White	29-33
“What It Means To Be a Church-Member,” by A. T. Jones	40-44
“The Gospel Message for To-day,” W. W. Prescott	50-55
“How to Receive God’s Blessing,” by Mrs. E. G. White	55, 56
“A Prayer for Pardon and Help,” by Mrs. E. G. White	56, 57
“Unity of Effort,” by Mrs. E. G. White	58, 59
“The Gospel of the Kingdom,” by E. J. Waggoner	68-72
“Our Duty to Leave Battle Creek,” by Mrs. E. G. White	84-88
“A Call to Repentance,” by Mrs. E. G. White	88-91
“The Work before Us,” by Mrs. E. G. White	104-106
“Conditions Necessary to the Finishing of the Work, by A. G. Daniells	106-108
“Can Our Greatest Curses Become Our Grandest Blessings?” by D. Paulson	125-127
“Experiences in Europe: Opening German East Africa,” by L. R. Conradi	127, 128, 135-137
Great Britain,” by E. J. Waggoner	137-140
“In the South Pacific Islands,” by E. H. Gates	141, 142
“Study of Education,” by E. J. Waggoner	175, 176, 198, 199
“The Southern Work,” by Mrs. E. G. White	202-205
“Christian Education,” by T. A. Jones	205-213
“An Educational Health Campaign,” by S.P.S. Edwards	213-215
Skodsborg Sanitarium	93
Smith, Uriah, memorial services for	192
Southern field, to be worked	10, 31, 104, 105, 199-205
Assistance for	20
Appropriations to, during eight years	20
Financial assistance for	102, 135, 216
Sabbath-school lessons to be adapted for	123
Resolutions respecting, by C. P. Bollman	135
Adoption of	186, 187
Resolutions respecting financial assistance for	196
Establishment of Sanitariums in	196, 203
Southern Missionary Society, work of	132, 133, 184, 196
Report regarding, by J. E. White	199-202
Southern Union Conference, report of President of	129-135
Southern Medical Missionary Association, financial assistance for	102, 196
Southern Publishing Association, report concerning	130, 133
Resolutions respecting	135
Adoption of	186, 187
South Lancaster Academy, report concerning	35
Indebtedness of	184
South Pacific Islands, remarks upon, by F. H. Gates	141
Southwestern Union Conference, report of President of	61, 62
Memorial from	62, 217
Financial assistance for	102
Amount to be paid by, for Keene Academy	135, 187
“Southwestern Union Record,” circulation of	61
South African Union Conference, organization of	2
Spanish literature, publication of	62, 193
Standing Committees to be appointed:
On Institutions	99, 216
On Publishing Work	194
Statistical report of Conf. and Missions for 1902	118-121
Of Union Conferences	220
Swedish paper, publication of	46, 193
Sydney Sanitarium	143, 175
Ten-cent-a week plan	21, 62
Tithe, appropriation of to foreign fields	21
Report of committee regarding	62
Faithful payment of	104
Statistical report of, for Conferences and Missions for 1902	118-121
To be used for support of aged laborers, or their widows and orphans	135, 188
Comparative statement of, for sixteen years	220
Transportation Agents for the General Conference, for the biennial term	195
Treasurers’ Reports, General Conference	33, 34
General Conference Association	37
Mission Board	37
“Material Fund,”	185
Southern Missionary Society	200
Union College, report concerning	46
Indebtedness of	46, 184
To assist Central Union Conference in raising means	193
Union Conferences, number organized, territory of specified, and admission of	1, 2
To establish book depositories	194
Reports of-
Atlantic Union	34-36
Canadian Union	45-46
Southern Union	129-135
Northern Union	47
Central Union	46
Southwestern Union	61
Pacific Union	48-50
Australasian Union	142, 173
European General Conference	62, 92-95
Comparative report of statistics of	220
Wahroonga Sanitarium	143, 175
Walla Walla College, report concerning	49
Indebtedness of	184
Widows and Orphans of laborers, support of	135, 188, 189
Workers, death of, during biennial term	18
Number of, sent to foreign
fields during biennial term	20
To be encouraged to enter foreign fields	21
Statistical report of, for 1902	118-121
Credentials and licenses to	216
Yearly Statistical report of Conferences and missions	118-121
Young people’s work, report of	122
Development of	196

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