Manuscripts and Memories of Minneapolis

NO BUSINESS TO-DAY

The Seventh Day Adventists Did Considerable MMM 578.5

Business Yesterday but MMM 578.6

Will Rest To-Day, Their Sabbath. MMM 578.7

Those of the Adventists who are encamped along the Lake street front, hustled out of their tents at an early hour yesterday morning, and with the wind whistling a delightful melody around their frail abodes, viewed the weather indications with considerable apprehension. Thus far they surely have had some reason to grumble at the manner in which the weather clerk has served them, but Adventists, as a general rule, are easily satisfied with this old world and philosophically take things as they come. The regular session again began at an unhallowed hour in the morning, and with short intermissions continued all the day and evening. At the morning session the question of a missionary ship came up again, and despite the fact there were not sufficient funds to warrant such an outlay it was voted to endorse the action of the committee who had made the purchase of a small vessel. The vessel will be used in distributing liturature [sic] and doing other missionary work among the islands of the Pacific ocean. The reports of the Southern missionaries consumed the rest of the morning session. At the afternoon session the first meeting of the International Tract society was held. Elder Haskell, the founder of the society, presided. In his annual address he reviewed the work of the past year, and illustrated it by means of a series of charts and maps showing the relative progress in each country. The steamship lines carry the literature free of charge to all points of the world. The secretary, Mrs. M. L. Huntley of Oakland, presented her report, which was quite voluminous, and covered much the same ground as the president’s address. In the distribution of literature the secretary said the past year goes far ahead of any previous year. The different state society reports were also embodied in this report. In the evening there was preaching by Elder Van Horn. MMM 578.8