SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
By James White
At the General Conference the subject of missions to foreign lands, and to distant portions of our own country, was considered, and the following rules were adopted:— This Society shall be known as the Missionary Society of the Seventh-day Adventists. The object of this Society shall be to send the truths of the Third Angel's Message to foreign lands, and to distant parts of our own country, by means of missionaries, papers, books, tracts, &c. Any person who keeps the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus may become a member of this Society on the payment of five dollars to the Treasurer of the Society. ART. IV.—OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES.
The President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Committee of the General Conference, shall severally fill the like offices in this Society, and shall have the management of all matters pertaining to the Society; but they shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services. For the furtherance of the object of this Society, besides the initiation fees, appeals shall be made to the friends of the cause for donations according to their means, and the benevolence of their hearts. These regulations may be added to, altered, or amended, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting of the Society. JAMES WHITE, President.
URIAH SMITH, Secretary. At a preliminary meeting of the above Society, held in connection with the Annual Conference, the sum of $1003.85 was promptly subscribed in membership fees and donations, $233.10 of which was paid immediately. We now call upon the friends of the cause, east, west, north, south, to take a part in this work. Send in your donations, all the way from ten cents to one hundred dollars. We, the undersigned, hereby agree to pay the amounts set against our respective names, for the purposes and uses of the above-named Society, said amounts to be paid on or before Sept. 1, 1869. We have blank pledge papers printed for the use of our churches and brethren everywhere. Please send for them, and see that all have a chance to take stock in the glorious cause of missions. Brethren, do not let this matter rest upon your hands, but do your duty. We have almost daily applications to send publications to other lands. And we are happy to announce the arrival from Europe of a convert to the leading doctrines of the present truth, whom our European brethren send to us to instruct more perfectly and return to them prepared to help in the work. Means are wanted! Other lands are reaching out their hands to us for help. Means must and will come necessary to the accomplishment of this missionary work. Let all respond promptly, and let the good work move on.