British Columbia Conference

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 27, 1913

British Columbia Conference

The twelfth annual session of the British Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the Manson church at Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Dec. 25-29, 1913. The first meeting will be held at 7:30 P. M., December 25. The ratio of representation is one delegate for the church and an additional delegate for every ten members. At this time officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may be needful. It is hoped that a full delegation will be present, as there are important matters that demand attention.

JOHN G. WALKER, President; CHAS. O. SMITH, Secretary.

British Columbia Conference Association

The annual session of the British Columbia Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the Manson church at Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, in conjunction with the annual conference announced for Dec. 25-29, 1913. The first meeting of the association will be held Friday, Dec. 26, 1913, at 11 A. M. Officers and a board of trustees for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the delegates.

JOHN G. WALKER, President; CHAS. O. SMITH, Secretary.

The Washington Foreign Mission Seminary Constituency Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary Corporation will be held in the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary chapel, at Takoma Park, Md., at 9:30 A. M., Dec. 8, 1913, to receive the annual reports, to elect trustees for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting. The members of this corporation consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (unincorporated) and the president of each local conference in the United States.

W. T. KNOX, President; M. E. KERN, Secretary.

Southeastern Union Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists

A meeting of the Southeastern Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Graysville, Tenn., at 10 A. M., Dec. 29, 1913. This meeting is called for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

O. MONTGOMERY, President; W. H. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

Atlanta Sanitarium Association of Seventh-Day Adventists

Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Atlanta Sanitarium Association of Seventh-day Adventists to be held at Graysville, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1913, at 10 A. M. This meeting is called for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

O. MONTGOMERY, President; W. H. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

Nova Scotia Legal Association

The first annual meeting of the executive board of the province of Nova Scotia, in connection with the Seventh-day Adventist Church of the Maritime Provinces, will be held at the residence of Alvin Hubley, Seabright, Nova Scotia, at 1 P. M., Monday, Dec. 8, 1913.

CHARLES COVEY, Secretary.

Business Notice

“SHILOH, THE MAN OF SORROWS,” published three years ago in the Signs, will soon be published in book form, if sufficient additional advance subscribers can be obtained to warrant it. I wish to thank those who have already sent in orders. The book will be neatly bound in cloth, 350-400 pages. Price, from $1 to $1.50. Agents wanted. Send no money, but address the author immediately. Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle, 1215 Vermont Ave., Lansing, Mich.

To Young Ministers

At the recent council of the General Conference Committee, the following recommendation was adopted:—

“That young men who are now licensed ministers but have not completed the academic course be urged to pursue studies in our training-schools or in the Fireside Correspondence School, with a view to reaching this educational standard before ordination.”

Desiring to cooperate in rendering effective this wise recommendation, the Fireside Correspondence School will be glad to correspond with young ministers who cannot at present attend our training-schools, in order to assist them in selecting those subjects that are best adapted to meet their individual needs, and that will at the same time advance them toward the completion of the academic course. Copies of the academic course and of the Correspondence School Announcement will be mailed them on request.

In this connection, I am pleased to announce that my experience in writing the first ten lessons of the public speaking course has convinced me that the subject can be satisfactorily presented in twenty lessons, instead of forty as announced in our last calendar, thus reducing the tuition from $14 to $7. The books upon which these lessons are based, Phillips's “Effective Speaking” and “Drills in Expression,” are the best I have ever used or seen. There is more to effective preaching than “swinging the arms and hollering,” that can be acquired without assistance. But to understand and apply the fundamental principles that underlie effective speaking is a more important matter, requiring earnest study. In this study I am sure I can help you, by means of the text-books, the lessons of instruction and direction, and the personal correspondence that will grow out of these. A number of persons are now pursuing these lessons, and many others ought to begin them at once. Address C. C. Lewis, Principal Fireside Correspondence School, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.