The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Review and Herald Publishing Association
THE fourth annual meeting of the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association convened in the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner Fifty-first and Locust Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., at 3 P. M., Nov. 18, 1907. The by-laws of this association permit its legal meetings to be held anywhere in the United States, and this annual meeting was delayed for the biennial meetings of the Atlantic Union Conference, so as to obviate the trouble and expense of getting the members together especially for an annual meeting. The reports presented covered a period of eight months only, ending with Dec. 31, 1906. The president of the association, W. W. Prescott, made brief introductory remarks, after which the manager of the association read his annual report, supplementing it with remarks, thus bringing the actual report down nearer to date. D. W. Reavis read the report of the Department of Circulation, which, among other encouraging features, showed that the factory, with its present equipment of four cylinder presses, is actually printing more publications on present truth than was the old Battle Creek plant, with three times this number of presses. L. W. Graham, manager of the New York Branch, gave a report of that20Branch since it was started in April, 1907. A brief report from J. W. Mace, manager of the Battle Creek Branch, was also read. The treasurer's report showed the net gain of the association for the period of eight months, May 1 to Dec. 31, 1906, to be $1,495.98. The report of the auditor, E. R. Brown, was also read, and upon motion these reports were accepted. By vote, the chairman appointed the usual committees, which were as follows:— On nominations: H. H. Burkholder, H. W. Carr, G. A. Irwin, O. O. Farnsworth, W. A. Westworth. On plans: I. H. Evans, C. H. Edwards, E. R. Palmer, S. N. Curtiss, N. S. Miller, L. W. Graham, H. B. Tucker. The following resolutions were presented by the committee on plans:— “Whereas, The Lord's prospering hand has been with our denominational publishing work during the past year, both in our manufacturing plant and in the field, therefore,— “1. Resolved, That we hereby express our recognition of his manifold blessings upon the publishing work, and reconsecrate ourselves and our facilities to the work of sending the third angel's message to all the world. “2. Resolved, That Section I, Article 4, of the By-Laws be amended by striking out the word ‘Northern’ and substituting in its place the word ‘Columbia.’ “Whereas, It has been recommended that in each union and State conference a missionary secretary be employed, a portion of whose duties is to extend the circulation of our periodicals, and,— “Whereas, Life and Health and Liberty have been placed on such a basis that through their sale our people can become self-supporting missionaries; therefore,— “3. Resolved (1) That we appreciate the efforts of our conferences to extend the circulation of our periodicals and other literature; (2) that we urge our board of trustees to co-operate with the union and State conferences in greatly extending the sale of Life and Health and Liberty; (3) that to accomplish this end we suggest that agents be trained whose business it shall be to make a thorough monthly canvass in territory assigned them; (4) that competent agents be encouraged to sell these periodicals in our large cities. “Whereas, the present size of the Youth's Instructor is not such as to admit of proper and attractive make-up, and,— “Whereas, there are increased demands on its columns because of the extra matter required for the Young People's Missionary Volunteer Department, of which it is now the official organ, and,— “Whereas, the paper is not at present large enough to properly provide for all departments it ought to contain; therefore,— “4. Resolved, That the Youth's Instructor be changed from an eight to a sixteen-page paper; that the size of page be the same as the REVIEW AND HERALD; that the subscription price be $1 a year, and the uniform club rate for five or more copies to one address be sixty-five cents a year. “Whereas, the REVIEW AND HERALD is the general official organ of this denomination , through which the progress of the third angel's message in its various departments is reported, and in which plans for advance work are outlined; and,— “Whereas, we deem it absolutely necessary that every Seventh-day Adventist receive the weekly visits of this paper; therefore,— “5. Resolved, That we recommend ministers, tract society workers, and church librarians to unite in systematic efforts which shall not stop short of placing the REVIEW AND HERALD in every Sabbath-keeping home.” After full and interesting discussion of Resolutions 3, 4, and 5, the report was unanimously adopted. The following persons were elected as members of the board of directors, to serve for two years: I. H. Evans, G. B. Thompson, H. R. Salisbury, W. J. Fitzgerald. W. W. PRESCOTT, Chairman,
S. N. CURTISS, Secretary.