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 |