KANSAS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
THE twenty-seventh annual session of the Kansas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was held at Burlington, Kan., July 23 to August 2, 1901. At the first session forty-six delegates, representing twenty-two churches, responded to the roll call. Following the plan inaugurated at the General Conference last spring, a committee of fifteen was chosen by the Conference Committee to lay plans for the business of this session of the Conference. At a later meeting thirty more delegates, representing seventeen churches, were seated. The Treasurer’s report shows that over two thousand dollars more tithe was received last year than any previous year in the history of the work in our State. The following is a brief summary of the resolutions adopted:— I. That the officers of the Conference consist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, a Secretary and Treasurer of the Tract and Missionary department, and a State Agent, a Secretary and Treasurer of the Sabbath-school department, and a Conference Committee of seven, two of whom shall be the President and Vice-President of the Conference. 2. That the representation at our State Conferences be on the basis of one delegate for each church, and an additional delegate for every ten members thereof. Later this was changed so that all members in good standing in any Seventh-day Adventist church in the State are members of the Conference in session for the transaction of business. 3. That the Kansas Conference form a legal corporation known as the Kansas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, to which all church property may be deeded and legacies willed. 4. That a second tithe be paid from this Conference to the General Conference. 5. That the Kansas Tract Society be made a department of the Kansas Conference, but that for business purposes it retain and operate under the name of the Kansas Tract Society. 6. That the Kansas Sabbath-school Association be made a department of the Conference. 7. That the Conference Committee choose a Corresponding Secretary, whose duty it shall be to communicate with all the isolated believers in the State, quarterly, urging them to join the nearest church, endeavoring to inspire them with the importance of living in all the light of the message. 8. That we indorse the ten-cent-a-week plan, and urge that it be more fully carried out by every Sabbath-keeper. 9. That the colporteur work be continued and encouraged. 10. That we return to our former plan of taking up a collection every fourth Sabbath for the home work. 11. That we urge all our people to subscribe for the Missionary Magazine, endeavoring to place it in every Sabbath-keeping family. 12. That the name of State Agent be changed to that of State Traveling Missionary. 13. That the Conference workers spend from two to four months during the coming year canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The name of the Wilson church was changed to that of Ellsworth. The name of the Medora church was changed to Windom, and that of Yates Center was changed to Buffalo. The new church of Wellington was added to the Conference. Credentials were granted to J. W. Westphal, D. H. Oberholtzer, A. E. Johnson, R. H. Brock, R. W. Parmele, W. W. Stebbins, F. W. Hiddleson, C. A. Beeson, I. A. Crane, E. T. Russell, E. H. Curtis, J. B. Ashcraft, H. F. Ketring, A. R. Ogden, and A. O. Burrill. Licenses were granted to J. G. Hanhardt, T. Godfrey, B. W. Brown, W. A. Easley, J. F. Harder, J. A. Rippey, A. S. Bringle, C. E. Peckover, Jesse Jared, G. W. Berry, B. E. Huffman, A. R. Keller, N. P. Dixon, E. W. Vance, N. T. Sutton, Robert Bradford, and J. R. Bagby. Missionary Licenses were granted to Mary Doane, Anna Orr, T. J. Eagle, Laura Humphrey, E. M. Gwin, H. L. Shafer, Edith Cornforth, M. W. Neal, R. M. Rockey, Lizzie Sutton, P. N. Kelley, W. F. Surber, T. J. Weese, Jennie Edwards, J. C. Becker, Belle Emerson, and Mrs. A. R. Ogden. Brethren J. W. Norwood and W. D. McLay were ordained and granted credentials. The following officers for the Conference were elected: President, E. T. Russell; Vice-President, C. A. Beeson; Treasurer, T. J. Eagle. Secretary and Treasurer of the Tract and Missionary department, R. M. Rockey; State Agent, W. F. Surber. Other secretaries were chosen by the Conference Committee. Conference Committee: E. T. Russell, C. A. Beeson, T. J. Eagle, I. A. Crane, Geo. Becker, A. E. Johnson, and N. P. Dixon.