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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 25, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 21.

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Fifth Meeting

By O. A. Olsen; W. A. Spicer

THE fifth meeting of the General Conference was called to order at 9:30 A. M., May 14, O. A. Olsen in the chair.
After singing hymn No. 19, Elder S. N. Haskell led in prayer.
The minutes were read and approved. New delegates were called for, and the following brethren responded:—
C. Santee (in the place of W. T. Knox), A. S. Kellogg, E. J. Dryer, P. A. Hansen, S. D. Hartwell, Dr. S. P. S. Edwards, W. H. Edwards, A. F. Ballenger, G. M. Brown, Dr. W. A. George, C. L. Taylor (in the place of L. M. Bowen), Dr. W. H. White, J. O. Miller (in the place of D. E. Lindsey), Jacob Hofstra (in the place of S. M. Butler).
The executive committee presented a further partial report on standing committees:—
On Distribution of Labor: H. W. Cottrell, E. E. Andross, C. P. Bollman, G. A. Irwin, E. T. Russell, R. A. Underwood, Wm. Covert.
Credentials and Licenses: E. H. Gates, J. W. Westphal, O. A. Olsen, A. J. Breed, W. A. Spicer.
The report was adopted.
The Chairman then called for the report of the Australasian Union Conference, which was presented by G. A. Irwin, president of the Union, which appears in this issue.
The Chairman then called for the report of the Atlantic Union Conference, which was presented by its president, H. W. Cottrell, a brief abstract of which follows:—

The Atlantic Union Conference

The Atlantic Union has the vast population of 26,300,000. The membership of the Union is 8,516, a gain of 151, notwithstanding the revision of church lists. Actual additions have been several hundreds. The general financial condition is good, and the policy safe, for it is cash. The people gladly share the financial burdens according to their ability. During the term, over $196,000 had been received in tithes and offerings. Nearly $12,000 of the tithes have been appropriated outside of the conference, while offerings for missions have amounted to $28,601. Retail value of books sold, $73,841. The Union has seventy-two ordained ministers. Vermont supports W. A. Westworth, in Scotland, and New York, B. E. Connerly, in Porto Rico. The educational work has prospered—one academy, twenty church-schools, with 466 students. A boys' dormitory has been added to the academy during the term, the cost, ten thousand dollars, being raised by contributions. The academy corporation is planning to change its form of organization from a stock company into a strictly denominational corporation. During the term, “Object Lessons” were sold to the value of $6,723. The total received from this source has been $32,537, leaving still $22,785 on the old liability.
The Melrose Sanitarium met with serious loss by fire recently, though the consumed portion was but a shell. Efforts are being made to raise funds for rebuilding. This sanitarium corporation is also planning to reincorporate in order to connect the institution directly with the conference. The Philadelphia Sanitarium Board has secured a larger building, where they will be able to care for more patients, and those of a better-paying class. The Buffalo Sanitarium is reported self-supporting. The Atlantic Union report declared for an evangelistic policy of pressing into its unentered fields, preaching the plain old third angel's message throughout these populous Atlantic States.
Meeting adjourned.
O. A. OLSEN, Chairman, W. A. SPICER, Secretary.