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THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE COUNCIL,

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 20, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 34.

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THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE COUNCIL,

By Arthur G. Daniells; W. H. Edwards

Abstract of Minutes.

THIS council was called for the purpose of more fully organizing the Lake Union Conference, and laying plans for advancing the cause in this part of the field.
There were present nearly all the members of the committee, and several of the officers of the State Conferences, giving an attendance of about twenty-five. The work in hand received the earnest, continuous attention of the brethren. Brotherly love and Christian unity prevailed in all the deliberations.
The following is a brief outline of the proceedings of the council:—

RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED.

1. That I. H. Evans be elected a member of the Conference Committee in the place of W. C. Sisley, who has gone to England.
2. That the resignation of E. P. Boggs, as canvassing agent, be accepted, and that F. L. Moody be elected to fill the vacancy.
3. That the State Conferences be advised to so change the article in their constitutions relating to delegates as to make all members of churches in the Conference, present at any meeting of the Conference, members of the Conference in session for the transaction of business.
4. That W. D. Curtis, R. T. Dowsett, and D. E. Lindsey be appointed a committee on blanks and blank books for use in churches, Sabbath-schools, and tract societies; also blanks for State Conference reports to the Union Conference; and that sufficient time be given them to perfect their work.
5. We recommend that in each State Conference the Sabbath-school and tract society be departments of the Conference.
6. That all missionary money received by the treasurers of the State Conferences be sent direct to the Missionary Treasurer of the General Conference, without passing through the office of the Lake Union Conference.
7. That the State Conferences pay the salaries and travelling expenses of Sabbath-school and church-school secretaries from the tithe fund.
8. We suggest to the State Conferences that they may retain enough of the Sabbath-school donations to meet the incidental expenses of the department, and that the remainder be sent to the Mission Board.
9. We recommend to the State Conferences the granting of missionary credentials to accredited church-school teachers.
10. We recommend that at the opening session of each State Conference fifteen or more persons, representing as far as possible all parts of the Conference and all phases of the work, be chosen by the Conference to act as an advisory council while the Conference is in session, and to appoint the standing committees which shall report directly to the Conference.
11. We recommend the purchase of a tent forty by sixty feet, for use in the Lake Union Conference.
12. That Elder F. D. Starr, of Ontario, be invited to labor in the Michigan Conference.
13. That the first session of the Lake Union Conference be held in the city of Indianapolis, Ind., in the month of May, 1902.
14. That we recommend Prof. F. W. Field to the Mission Board for Japan.
15. That Prof. H. R. Salisbury be requested to act as Field Secretary of the Sabbath-school and Educational department of the Lake Union Conference, and that he spend as much time in the field as his duties in connection with the Emmanuel Missionary College will allow.
16. That the State Sabbath-school Secretary report in duplicate to the Lake Union and the General Conference Sabbath-school Secretaries.
17. That we favor holding canvassers' institutes and conventions at the seasons of the year that will least interfere with the canvassing interests.
18. That our true and tried canvassers be granted a paper of recognition from the Conferences as canvassing evangelists.
19. That Elder W. H. Thurston be elected Vice-President and Business Agent of the Lake Union Conference.
20. That R. B. Craig make Wisconsin his field of labor.
21. That E. S. Butz be appointed State Canvassing Agent of Illinois.
22. That, beginning with the month of October or November and on to February, the Conferences place as many of their laborers as possible in the field for the sale of “Christ's Object Lessons.”
23. That the Lake Union Conference supply a French laborer for Ontario, the same to be supported by the Union Conference.
24. That the Medical Board be requested to supply a doctor to take the place of Professor Field in the Mt. Vernon Academy, to receive his support from the academy.
25. That Prof. E. A. Sutherland be paid by the Lake Union Conference for the present, and until other arrangements may be made.
26. That the State Conference officers send the funds designed for the Lake Union Conference to the Treasurer of the same, beginning with July 1, 1901.
27. That church schools cover, ordinarily, six years of work, and that industrial schools cover four years of work; but that in special cases, in either church or industrial schools, more advanced work may be done, if, in the judgment of the managers and faculty, it appears that such should be the case.
28. That suitable persons be chosen to formulate a typical course of study for the use of church-school teachers, and that the same be published by the Lake Union Conference.
A. G. DANIELLS, Chairman.
W. H. EDWARDS, Sec.