Central New England Conference
By W. B. White
The annual Central New England Conference convened at South Lancaster, Mass., October 11-17, and was attended by eighty-nine delegates, representing the thirty churches and 1,087 church-members in this field. Three new churches, with a membership of sixty, were admitted to the conference, and the president stated in his annual report that seventy persons had received the truth during the past summer, as the result of the six tent-meetings held. Since the last annual meeting of this conference, the State of New Hampshire, with fifty churches and about one hundred fifty members, has been taken from this conference, and, with the State of Vermont, now forms the Northern New England Conference. The Central New England Conference now comprises only the State of Massachusetts, and by vote its name was changed to the Massachusetts Conference. Resolutions were adopted favoring the entering of our large cities with strong bands of workers, and the conference committee was asked to give special attention to the development of this work, connecting with it, as far as possible, the medical phase of the message. Other resolutions favored the raising of their quota of the $300,000 Fund by Jan. 1, 1911; accepted the responsibility of carrying forward the “Ministry of Healing” and Harvest Ingathering campaigns; advocated strongly the extension of our church-school and home missionary work; urged the ten-cent-a-week plan; and passed many other actions touching local and general interests. Year15by year the Massachusetts Conference is growing stronger in all departments of work, and with its three million population has a wide field for missionary endeavor. Elder H. C. Hartwell was re-elected president of the conference. Sabbath afternoon, after a sermon on the ministry of Paul, Brother S. W. Walker, of Worcester, Mass., was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry, by prayer and the laying on of hands. All present felt that God approved of this step. This gathering was, in many respects, the best annual conference held in Massachusetts for many years. Unity, harmony, and love were present in a marked measure, and the workers go to their fields full of courage and confidence. W. B. WHITE.