Who Should Come? by H. A. St. John

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 23, 1875

Who Should Come?

By H. A. St. John

Who should come to our State quarterly meetings of the Tract and Missionary Society? This is a question, it seems to me, worthy of serious consideration by the army of Tract and Missionary members. These meetings are attended with some expense, and this is not confined wholly to those that come. They should be councils of solemnity and importance. If it would be right for me to be so presumptuous, I would here humbly offer two or three suggestions in answer to the question, Who should come?

1. If at all practicable, every director should come. If he is a minister (which may occasionally be the case), and should, at the time, be engaged in a series of meetings, we would say, Hold on to your meetings by all means; you are clearly excused. In case any director cannot come, let him represent himself by letter, containing words of encouragement, counsel &c., if he has them, and also clear statements of business that he may think necessary to be considered. He should see to it, also, that his district is fully reported.

2. District secretaries should come if they can, reasonably, bringing their book of record with them. If they do not come, they should have their district report all ready and send it to the State secretary before the meetings.

3. Those whose hearts burn within them to labor in some way in the Master's vineyard will be heartily welcome.

4. Nobody of Christian deportment is excluded. H. A. St. JOHN.