General Conference Bulletin, vol. 1
INDEX
GENERAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
| List of delegates | 49 |
| Program | 145 |
| President’s address, — O. A. Olsen | 146 |
| Committees appointed | 176 |
| Resolutions Passed | 513 |
| Distribution of Labor | 516 |
| Credentials and Licences | 520 |
| FIRST MEETING | 177 |
| Organization of Conference | 177 |
| Admission of Oklahoma and Florida Conferences | 177 |
| Cablegram from Norway | 177 |
| SECOND MEETING. | 209 |
| Committee on brigantine “Pitcairn” appointed | 210 |
| Report of Educational Secretary, W. W. Prescott, | 214,222 |
| THIRD MEETING | 238 |
| Report of District Superintendents: Dist. No. 1, I. D. Van Horn | 238 |
| Dist. No. 2, R. M. Kilgore | 240 |
| Dist. No. 3, J. N. Loughborough | 241 |
| FOURTH MEETING | 249 |
| Report of Educational Committee (1-3) | 249 |
| Report of Resolution Committee (1-10) | 249 |
| Report of District Superintendents: Dist. No. 4, J. H. Durland | 250 |
| Dist. No. 5, A. J. Breed | 251 |
| Dist. No. 6, J. H. Morrison | 252 |
| Dist. No. 7, W. C. White | 297, 512 |
| Dist. No. 8, D. A. Robinson | 254 |
| Report of Foreign Mission Secretary, | |
| F. M. Wilcox, | 257-261 |
| FIFTH MEETING | 279 |
| Gen. Conf. Association, Treasurer’s report | 280 |
| Gen. Conf. Association, Secretary’s report | 280 |
| Agents’ Reports | 282 |
| Report of Committee on Resolutions (11-13) | 283 |
| SIXTH MEETING | 291 |
| Treasurer’s report | 291,292 |
| Secretary’s report | 293,294 |
| Financial standing of the Basle Publishing House | 295 |
| Financial standing of the International Tract Society, London | 295 |
| Financial standing of the Scandinavian Publishing House | 295 |
| Financial standing of the Echo Publishing Co., Melbourne, Australia | 296 |
| Financial standing of the African Conference | 296 |
| Consideration of resolutions (1-9) | 297 |
| SEVENTH MEETING | 315 |
| Report of Committee on Education (4) | 315 |
| Report of Committee on Resolutions (14-18) 315 | |
| Consideration of Resolutions 7-12 | 316 |
| EIGHTH MEETING | 340 |
| Discussion of Resolution 11 | 340 |
| NINTH MEETING | 341 |
| Partial Report of Committee on Nominations 341 | |
| Consideration of Report of Committee on Education (1-3) | 341 |
| TENTH MEETING | 358 |
| Report of Committee on Resolutions (19-22) | 358 |
| Report of Committee on Education (5) | 358 |
| Consideration of Report of Committee on Education (1-3) | 358 |
| ELEVENTH MEETING | 371 |
| Report of Committee on Education | 371 |
| Report of Committee on brigantine “Pitcairn” | 371 |
| Report of Committee on Resolutions unnumbered | 371 |
| Consideration of Resolution 3, Committee on Education | 371 |
| Consideration of Resolution 11, Committee on Resolutions | |
| Substitute adopted | 372 |
| Consideration of Resolution 13 | 372 |
| Communication from Mrs. E. G. White | 372 |
| Election of officers | 373 |
| TWELFTH MEETING | 401 |
| Report of Committee on Finance | 401 |
| Report of Committee on Nominations | 401 |
| Adoption of Resolution 3, Committee on Education | 402 |
| Insertion of Resolution 15a in Report of Committee on Resolutions | |
| Report of Committee on Resolutions | 403 |
| Consideration of Resolutions 15-17 | 403 |
| Adoption of Resolution 18 | 404 |
| Members of Medical Missionary and Benevolent Asso. | 404 |
| THIRTEENTH MEETING | 425 |
| Committee on Distribution of Labor, 1-22 | 425 |
| Report of Committee on Education 5, 6 | 425 |
| General Conference Resolution without number, with-drawn | 427 |
| Report of Finance Committee considered | 427 |
| Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses | 427 |
| FOURTEENTH MEETING | 427 |
| Discussion and adoption of Financial Report427 | |
| Consideration of report of Nominating Committee | 427 |
| Amendment of By-laws | 428 |
| FIFTEENTH MEETING | 440 |
| Religious Liberty Resolutions | 440 |
| Consideration of distribution of labor (1-22) | 441 |
| Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses | 442 |
| Report of Committee on Nominations | 442 |
| Report of Committee on distribution of labor (23-36) | 442 |
| Report of Committee on distribution of labor (37-41) | 443 |
| Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses | 443 |
| Appointment of District Superintendents | 443 |
| SIXTEENTH MEETING | 463 |
| Report of Committee on distribution of labor (42-51) | 463 |
| Recommendation 14 adopted | 463 |
| Consideration of Resolutions 23-25 (p.440) | 463 |
| Consideration of Credentials and Licenses. | 463 |
| Consideration of Nominations (p.442) | 463 |
| Consideration of distribution of labor (23-41) | 464 |
| SEVENTEENTH MEETING | 485 |
| Election of General Conference Association trustees | 485 |
| Consideration of distribution of labor (42-51, p.463) | 485 |
| Report of Committee on distribution of labor (52-61) | 486 |
| Adoption of Report of Committee on distribution of labor (52-61) | 486 |
| Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses | 486 |
| Adoption of the same | 486 |
| Report and Adoption on distribution of labor (62-64) | 487 |
| Adjourned sine die | 487 |
| Sanitarium Improvement Company meeting | 487 |
INTERNATIONAL TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY
| FIRST MEETING | 210 |
| Report from agents Appointing committees | 211 |
| Vice-President’s address | 211 |
| Balance sheet | 236 |
| Report of Southern Secretary | 237 |
| SECOND MEETING | 443 |
| Report of Committee on Plans of work submitted and adopted | 443 |
| Election of officers | 444 |
INTERNATIONAL SABBATH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
| FIRST MEETING | 203 |
| Recording Secretary’s Report Appointment of committees | 204 |
| President’s address | 205 |
| Summary of report for last quarter | 213 |
| SECOND MEETING | 358 |
| Officers elected | 359 |
| Report of Committee on Plans for Work adopted | 359 |
| Financial Statement | 360 |
| Report of Corresponding Secretary | 361 |
HEALTH REFORM INSTITUTE
| FIRST MEETING | 275 |
| Report of Treasurer | 275 |
| Report of charity cases | 276 |
| Appointment of committees | 276 |
| SECOND MEETING | 322 |
| Adoption of resolutions | 322 |
| Report of Superintendent | 353 |
| THIRD MEETING | 357 |
| Nomination and election of board | 357 |
COUNCILS
GENERAL CONFERENCE COUNCIL
| President’s opening address, O. A. Olsen | 6 | |
| A Glance at the Work, O. A. Olsen | 35 | |
| Education, | W. W. Prescott | 69 |
| Canvassing work | 72 | |
| The Missionary Paper, O. A. Olsen | 92 | |
| Medical Missionary Work, O. A. Olsen | 104 | |
| Work of the Foreign Mission Board, O. A. Olsen | 122 | |
| Education, W. W. Prescott | 154 | |
| Efficiency in Carrying Forward the Work, O. A. Olsen | 185 | |
| SABBATH-SCHOOL COUNCIL. | ||
| Qualifications of Officers, M. H. Brown | 242 | |
| Review Exercises, I. H. Evans | 290 | |
| Election of Officers, A. E. Place | 312 | |
| Camp-meeting Sabbath-schools, Mrs. V. J. Farnsworth | 368 | |
| Teachers’ Meetings, L. T. Nicola | 386 | |
| Sabbath-school Conventions, Mrs. L. Flora Plummer | 459 | |
| Donations to Missions, F. M. Wilcox | 400 |
TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY COUNCILS
| Meetings | 283,304,423 |
STATE AGENTS’ CONVENTION
| FIRST AND SECOND MEETINGS. | 15 |
| Prospects and Progress of Canvassing Work, F. L. Mead | 33 |
| THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH MEETINGS | 46,47 |
| Canvassing Work in Dist. No. 1, I. D. Van Horn | 60 |
| Canvassing Work in District No. 3, J. N. Loughborough | 74 |
| EIGHTH MEETING. | 79 |
| TENTH, TWELFTH, AND THIRTEENTH MEETINGS | 106,107 |
| Canvassing in District No. 5, A. J. Breed | 119 |
| Relation of Ministers to Canvassing Work, D. A. Robinson | 168 |
| FOURTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH MEETINGS | 202 |
| State Agents’ Work, A. F. Harrison | 228 |
| TWENTY-FIRST MEETING | 235 |
| Institutes and Schools, C. M. Everest | 262 |
| Objections Answered, J. R. Calkins | 263 |
| Answering Questions, E. R. Palmer | 270 |
| TWENTY-FOURTH, TWENTY-FIFTH, AND TWENTY-SIXTH MEETINGS | 275 |
| Canvassing in Great Britian, N. Z. Town | 314 |
| Canvassers’ Schools and Institutes, G. A. Wheeler | 390 |
| Canvassers’ Legitimate Work, Z. Sherrig | 410,438 |
| Spending Sabbath and Sunday among Strangers | 415 |
| Relation to Books, H. C. Wilcox | 420 |
| Last Meeting | 421 |
| Work in Argentina, E. W. Snyder | 461 |
S. D. A. MEDICAL MISSIONARY AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
| FIRST MEETING | 320 |
| Report of President | 320 |
| Report of Chicago Medical Mission | 321 |
| Report of Guadalajara Medical Mission | 321 |
| Appointment of committees | 357 |
| SECOND MEETING | 374 |
| Resolutions adopted | 375 |
| Relief Report, Miss Eliza Burleigh | 375 |
| Report of Visiting Committee, Mrs. E. H. Whitney | 391 |
| THIRD MEETING | 422 |
| Constitution amended | 422 |
| Resolution 2 returned | 422 |
| Resolutions Nine and Ten withdrawn | 422 |
| Trustees elected | 422 |
| SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY: | |
| FIRST MEETING | 221 |
| Report of Treasurer | 221 |
| Report of President | 221 |
| Report of Principal of Preparatory Department | 221,244 |
| Appointment of committees | 244 |
| SECOND MEETING | 401 |
| Resolutions | 401 |
| Election of Baord | 401 |
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ASSOCIATION
| FIRST MEETING | 333 |
| Treasurer’s report | 333 |
| Committees appointed | 334 |
| President’s address | 334 |
| SECOND MEETING | 462 |
| Change of Constitution | 462 |
| Officers elected | 462 |
| Resolution to publish | 462 |
| SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. | |
| FIRST MEETING | 276 |
| Report of treasurer | 276 |
| President’s address | 277 |
| Report of Atlanta Branch | 278 |
| Report of Toronto Branch | 278 |
| Directors to stockholders | 279 |
| Appointment of committees | 279 |
| SECOND MEETING | 423 |
| Resolutions presented and adopted | 423 |
| Board elected | 424 |
| Report of directors to stockholders and resolutions. | 424 |
MISCELLANEOUS
| Opening address, O. A. Olsen | 2 |
| Our Work and Experiences in Central Europe, H. P. Holser, | 61,76 |
| Central America, F. J. Hutchins | 95 |
| Mexico, D. T. Jones | 133 |
| Work among the Colored People, H. S. Shaw | 143 |
| The Close of the Institute | 175 |
| Tahiti and Other Islands, A. J. Read. | 178 |
| The Message in Turkey, H. P. Holser | 271 |
| Home Missionary Correspondence, Mrs. E. A. Ellis | 305 |
| Correspondence in Other Fields, Miss Jennie Thayer | 307 |
| Communication from Mrs. E. G. White | 337 |
| Visit to the Sanitarium | 342 |
| Combination of Periodicals, Mrs. E. G. White 372 | |
| The Women of Japan, Mrs. J. A. Brunson | 412 |
| Japan, John A. Brunson | 430 |
| Voyage of the “Pitcairn,” J. E. Graham | 450 |
| Great Britain, D. A. Robinson | 453 |
| Letters from Norfolk and Lord Howe’s Islands | 455 |
| Mission Work among the Jews, Dr. E. S. Niles | 464 |
| The Closing Meeting | 488 |
| Sabbath Services | 16,81,208,209,322,323,444,457,458 |
| John the Beloved | 489 |
| Instructions with Reference to Meeting Opponents, Mrs. E. G. White | 501 |
| The Present Issue, A. T. Jones | 502 |
| Closing Remarks, O. A. Olsen | 511 |
| Proceedings of General Conference Committee. 517 | |
| Decisions of Committee Relating to General Conference Bulletin | 527 |
| Proceedings of Foreign Mission Board | 519 |
| Officers of VArious General Organizations | 519 |
| Organizations | 519 |
| Workers’ Directory | 521 |