IOWA, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
The thirty-eighth annual session of the Iowa Seventh-day Adventist Conference convened on the camp-ground at Des Moines, Iowa, from May 31 to June 9, 1901. Thirteen meetings were held. The delegates elected a committee of twenty, which, with the Conference Committee, prepared and brought business matters before the Conference, also appointed sub-committees to have charge of different lines of work and bring in reports of the same. Ninety-two churches were represented. Recommendations were passed planning for the advancement of each branch of the work. The Sabbath-school Association was made a department of the Conference. A. Helen Wilcox was elected Secretary of this department. Four churches were added to the Conference, making the present number of churches one hundred and five. During the year $26,172.94 was received as tithe. Ministerial credentials were granted to twenty-eight, eight of whom—F. L. Moody, Henry Johnson, W. M. Adams, U. P. Long, W. E. Frederick, T. H. Jeys, C. T. Adams, C. A. Hansen—were ordained at this meeting. Eighteen received ministerial license, twenty-five missionary license. At the eleventh meeting the Nominating Committee brought in their report, which read as follows: For President, L. F. Starr; Vice-President, L. F. Trubey. Conference Committee: L. F. Starr, L. F. Trubey, C. A. Washburn, N. C. Bergersen, E. G. Olsen, J. H. Kraft, B. E. Fullmer. Conference Secretary, Mrs. Flora V. Dorcas; Conference Treasurer, J. W. Dorcas; Missionary Secretary, Jessie V. Bosworth; State Agent, Thomas H. Jeys; Assistant Missionary Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. Larson; Corresponding Secretary, Della Wallace. These names were considered separately, and favorably acted upon. Each department of the work was carefully considered. The business sessions were characterized by unusual quiet and earnestness: there seemed to be a letting go of preconceived opinions, and a settled confidence that One who was able was leading, and would continue to do so.