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NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA SABBATH-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 2, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 1.

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NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA SABBATH-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

By B. L. Whitney; Isadore L. Green

In connection with the New York and Pennsylvania Conference at Rome, N. Y., a session of the State Sabbath-school Association was held.
The first meeting was called Nov. 18, at 12:30 P. M., by the president, Eld. B. L. Whitney. The secretary, Mrs. E. E. Walsworth, being absent, Isadore L. Green was chosen secretary pro tem.
The chair, being empowered by the Association, appointed H. E. Robinson, E. C. Hoxie, and S. N. Wright the committee to nominate officers for the next year.
Voted, That the Association be divided according to the division of the Conference, and that the committee be empowered to nominate officers for both Associations.
It was also voted that two members be added to the committee. Accordingly, Frank Peabody and D. C. Phillips were added.
The Committee on Nominations submitted the following names for the consideration of the Association:—
New York Conference: President, M. H. Brown; Vice-president, J. Q. Foy; Secretary and Treasurer, E. E. Walsworth; Executive Committee, R. F. Cottrell and W. E. Stillman.
Pennsylvania Conference: President, Barber Oviatt; Vice-president, D. B. Welch; Secretary and Treasurer, Anna M. Oyer; Executive Committee, Wm. B. Knapp, C. D. Tubbs.
This report was adopted, and the officers elected.
The general report was as follows:—
No. of Sabbath-schools, 22 " " members, 704 " " scholars under 10 years of age, 105 " " " over ten and under twenty, 187 " " " twenty, 337 " failing to report age, 35
This report is incomplete, as some of the schools sent no report.
Interesting remarks were made by Eld. Loughborough, setting forth the interests of the Sabbath-school, and the benefits of a State organization. He recommended the use of the Lesson Sheets printed at the REVIEW Office.
It was voted that the recommendation made by Eld. L. be adopted.
Two meetings were held, the last one Nov. 19, at 10:30 A. M. The Association then adjourned.
B. L. WHITNEY, Pres.
ISADORE L. GREEN, Sec. pro tem.