Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association.
THE Seventh Annual Meeting of the above Association was convened at the Pacific Press, Oakland, on Monday, April 24, 1882, in accordance with notice published in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Having been opened by prayer, the Vice-President was empowered by vote to appoint Committees on Nomination and Resolutions—Elder J. H. Waggoner, Elder Rice, and W. A. Pratt were accordingly appointed to act in the former capacity, and Elder Waggoner, C. H. Jones, and Wm. Saunders, in the latter. The meeting then adjourned to the church, for greater convenience. On re-assembling it was found that 1,012 shares were represented by those present and 1,147 by proxies, being 414 more than was required by law. The minutes of the Sixth Annual Meeting were read and approved, the Vice-President explaining what steps had been taken about the issuing of Mortgage Bonds as authorized at said meeting. The revenue account and balance sheet for the year were then read, and after remarks by the Vice-President, C. H. Jones, and Elder Waggoner, were accepted. The Committee on Nomination handed in their report recommending, S. N. Haskell, W. C. White, J. Morrison, M. C. Israel, and C. H. Jones, as Directors for the coming year, and being balloted in form they were elected. Addresses from the President, S. N. Haskell, and Elder George I. Butler, relating to the past, present, and future of the Association were read by Elder J. H. Waggoner. C. H. Jones on the part of the Committee on Resolutions read the following, which on being put to the vote, were unanimously adopted:— WHEREAS, We recognize the hand of God in establishing the publishing work on this coast, and WHEREAS, This branch of the work has been the means of building up and establishing the truth in our midst, and bringing many souls to a knowledge of it, both at home and in foreign lands, therefore, Resolved, That we hereby express our gratitude to God for the degree of prosperity that has attended the work during the past year. Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to sustain the work both by our means and our prayers. WHEREAS, This being largely a missionary enterprise, we cannot look for large profits from the business to sustain the work, and WHEREAS, There are many that have embraced the truth of late years, who have taken no shares in the Association, therefore, Resolved, That we recommend that some person be appointed in each church and company of Sabbath-keepers on this coast, to visit all the members and set before them the nature of this work, and invite them to take shares in the Association, to the extent of their ability. WHEREAS, The evidences are thickening all around that we are fast approaching the close of the work of the Third Angel's Message, and that Jesus will soon reveal himself in the clouds of heaven, Resolved, That we deem it our duty to employ every means in our power to set a knowledge of this truth before the people, and that we recommend that special attention be paid to the circulation of our denominational books during the coming year, and that proper persons be employed to canvass the country for such works as "Thoughts on Daniel and Revelation," "History of the Sabbath," "Constitutional Amendment," and other works calculated to create an interest in the truths of the Third Angel's Message. Resolved, That we express our sorrow at the loss of our dear Brother Chapman, one of our Directors, and the great affliction brought upon his family, and that we extend to them our heartfelt sympathy in this their bereavement. Resolved, That we regret the necessity for the absence of Elder Haskell from this meeting. We feel that we greatly need his counsel and advice at this time, and trust that the providence of God will soon open the way for him to return to this Conference. Elder J. H. Waggoner was then elected Editor, Elders Andrews and Uriah Smith corresponding Editors of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, and S. N. Haskell, W. C. White, and J. H. Waggoner a Publishing Committee for the ensuing year. It was proposed, seconded, and adopted, "That the thanks of this meeting be given Elders Haskell and Butler for the addresses which they had kindly written for the occasion." The meeting was then closed by prayer.
W. K. VICKERY, Sec.