p. 14 | The Ohio Conference by B. G. Wilkinson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 3, 1910

The Ohio Conference

By B. G. Wilkinson

THE annual session of the Ohio Conference was one of the most interesting and the most inspiring ever held in the State. One hundred eight delegates, representing seventy-eight churches, were present. The good will, the hearty unanimity, the manifest consecration on the part of all assembled, brought near the presence of God, and bright rays of hope for the future of the work remain. The workers reported one hundred nineteen baptisms and one hundred thirty accessions to the church. The tithe for the year ($29,572) was the largest paid in the past four years; while the offerings rose to $10,983, making a total, in tithes and offerings, of $40,555.

Resolutions were enthusiastically passed, favoring the payment of the debt upon Mount Vernon College, adopting the Ohio quota of the $300,000 Fund, indorsing the sanitarium relief campaign, indorsing the Columbia Union Visitor, favoring the revival of the tract and missionary work and the medical work and the work among the foreign population. When the resolution relating to the liquidation of the Mount Vernon College debt was under discussion, the audience responded in a practical manner by contributing three hundred sixty-one dollars as an earnest of what was to follow.

One incident occurred which demonstrated the presence of God and his willingness to bless his people. A sister, who is also one of the workers of the conference, was accidentally thrown down a long flight of stairs. It was a mystery to the attending physician how the sister could have passed through so perilous an accident without receiving fatal injury. While the sufferer lay in a critical condition, prayer was offered by the assembled church. Immediately the healing power of God was felt, the patient arose from bed, and from that moment all weakness and suffering began to disappear. The next morning she was present at the devotional meeting, and testified to the unmistakable goodness of God.

The officers chosen for the ensuing

year are as follows: President, H. H. Burkholder; vice-president, R. G. Patterson; treasurer, H. D. Holton; tract society secretary, J. I. Cassel; medical missionary secretary, Dr. H. M. Jump; educational superintendent, Bessie E. Acton; educational secretary, Bessie E. Russell; religious liberty secretary, A. C. Shannon; field missionary agent, F. B. Numbers; field missionary secretary, F. H. Henderson. Credentials were granted to thirteen, ministerial licenses to eight, and missionary licenses to twelve.

Excellent reports were given, showing the growth and progress of the educational work, the unusual success of the canvassers, the live interest in the medical work, and the good results in the Sabbath-school, the Missionary Volunteer, and the Religious Liberty departments.

The laborers present from outside the conference were Elders W. A. Spicer, and A. G. Haughey of West Michigan, and the writer.

B. G. WILKINSON.