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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 29, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 22.

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PACIFIC COAST.

[Abridged from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.]

North Pacific Conference.

The first annual session of the North Pacific Conference of S. D. Adventists was held at Walla Walla, W. T., Oct. 25-29, 1877.
Thirteen delegates were present, representing eight churches and unorganized bodies of Sabbath-keepers.
A constitution was adopted, after which five churches were received into the Conference, and six unorganized bodies of Sabbath-keepers were received under its watch-care.
Eld. I. D. Van Horn was elected president; Mrs. A. P. Van Horn, secretary; and Alonzo T. Jones, treasurer.
The Conference now numbers about two hundred Sabbath-keepers, two ordained elders, and four licentiates, and the S. H. pledge is over $500.

North Pacific Tract and Missionary Society.

The first session of this society was held at Walla Walla, W. T., Oct. 28, 1877.
The Conference was divided into three missionary districts as follows: Dist. No. 1, all of Washington Territory east of the Cascade Mountains; No. 2, all of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains; No. 3, all of Washington Territory and Oregon west of the Cascade Mountains.
Eld. I. D. Van Horn was chosen president; S. Maxson, vice-president; and Mrs. A. P. Van Horn, secretary and treasurer.
The constitution published in REVIEW Supplement of Oct. 11, was adopted by a unanimous vote. A resolution was passed to raise by subscription a permanent Conference T. and M. fund of $300, to be paid on or before Jan. 1, 1878. It was also resolved to circulate 1000 copies of the Family Health Annual.