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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Oct 20, 1904

The Swedish Meeting

By E. Ahren

E. AHREN

The twenty-third annual meeting of the Swedish Conference was held in Jonkoping, June 21-27, 1904. About one hundred of our people were present. There are thirty churches in the conference, with seven hundred and forty-one members, and in addition to these there are about seventy Sabbath-keepers now ready for baptism. During the past year forty-four have been baptized. We have had seven ordained ministers, two licentiates, three Bible workers, and about twenty-eight canvassers in the field. One ordained minister, Elder Leonard Karlsson, has died. He was one of the first workers in this field.

Our tithe for the year was 63,350 kroner; our book sales, 36,350 kroner. Ten were baptized during the camp-meeting. The outside attendance, especially on Sunday, was good.

The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: —

“1. That the school question be referred to the executive committee of the conference, and the committee of the association Sanningens Harold, and that these committees, together, carefully consider in what way and when such changes may be effected in the Nyhyttan school as would be for the furtherance of the school work, and that said school be continued, we doing all we can to sustain it until these two committees are prepared to present such plans as the conference would unanimously accept.

“2. That steps be taken for the advancement of the health work by the education of nurses, publication of literature, and establishment of health homes as fast as means can be procured for this work.

“3. That an energetic effort be made to revive the tract and missionary work by the circulation of papers and tracts by church-members in general as well as by conference workers, and that this work be reported to the secretary of the Tract and Missionary Department.

“4. That each church establish a

poor fund for the benefit of the poor in the church, and that the conference start a poor fund for the assistance of such church-members as can not be properly aided from the local church.

“5. That our church-members be urged to greater faithfulness in the support of the First-day offerings.

“6. That, as the printed edition of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ has not yet been sold, steps be taken by which this book may be sold as soon as possible.

“7. That, regretting the loss the conference has sustained by the death of one of its old and faithful workers, Elder L. Karlsson, we express our deep sympathy for his wife and children in their bereavement.”

Credentials were granted to O. Johnson, J. M. Erickson, E. Ahren, K. A. Farnstrom, F. R. Oberg, A. J. Settergren; licenses to B. J. Karlsson, Birger Andersson; missionary credentials to A. Lundgren, Mathilda Olsson, Anna Forsen, Ole Nelsson, Peter Hedstrom.

The following-named officers were elected for the coming year: President, O. Johnson; Vice-President, K. A. Farnstrom; Conference and Missionary Secretary, J. R. Lindqvist; Sabbath-school Secretary, Ellen Niemann; Canvassing Agent, E. Lind; Auditors, E. Lind, A. J. Settergren; Suppliants, C. Hallberg, K. Palmer; Executive Committee, O. Johnson, K. A. Farnstrom, J. R. Lindqvist, C. Kahlstrom, B. J. Karlsson; members of the association Sallskapet Sanningens Harold, appointed in a meeting of the society: President, O. Johnson; Vice-President, K. A. Farnstrom; Secretary, E. Ahren; Treasurer, E. Lind; Auditors, Jens Olsen (Copenhagen), J. Bergstrom (Nyhyttan); Suppliants, A. Christensen (Christiania), B. O. Olsson (Arnas); Executive Committee, O. Johnson, K. A. Farnstrom, E. Ahren, E. Lind, B. J. Karlsson, J. M. Erikson, J. R. Lindqvist.

We had indeed a good meeting in Jonkoping, and we hope by the grace and help of the Lord that we shall experience more of his blessing, and have still more success in the work this year than we have ever had before.