NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By C. W. FLAIZ
The Northern Union Conference
The second session of the Northern Union Conference will convene at Milbank, S. D., Feb. 17-22, 1904. Recently the church, which has been established there for a number of years, seems to have made a special impression upon the people of the community in favor of the truths we hold, and it is believed that good will result from holding the meeting at this place. The railroad connections are fairly good. The South Dakota Conference Committee will do what they can to provide comfortable lodging. Board will be provided at cost. If each person who expects to attend will notify Elder C. A. Burman, at Aberdeen, S. D., it will greatly facilitate the work of the locating committee. Each conference of the union is entitled to one delegate at large, and an additional delegate for each one hundred of its church membership. The importance of this meeting is emphasized by the fact that we have never had the opportunity of coming together and thoroughly organizing our work and outlining our policy. Our organization was effected at the time when the N. W. U. C. was holding its second session. The fact that almost every hour of the day was taken up with consideration of affairs pertaining to the N. W. U. C., and the further fact that the organization of the Northern Union Conference was only23provisional, contingent upon circumstances over which that gathering had no control, rendered it impossible to give due attention to the details of the work undertaken by the Northern Union organization. It is the opinion of the executive committee that workers of every class, so far as is consistent, should attend this meeting. This will make them familiar with every detail of the union conference organization. It will bring the workers of various conferences together, permitting them to become acquainted, and will unify the work in the field as nothing else could do. While it is to be a business meeting, it is hoped that it will be an intensely spiritual one. It should be a meeting in which we shall dedicate ourselves anew to the proclamation of the message. Bible study, the reading of recent Testimonies bearing on our work, devotional exercises, and the consideration of the general interests of the cause will each receive due attention.