DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR IN OHIO by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 15, 1879

DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR IN OHIO.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

We wish to call the attention of the brethren to the arrangement of our labor in Ohio. The State has been divided into six districts, and one of our ministers placed over each district.

Eld. H. A. St. John has Clyde, Norwalk, New Haven, Troy, Cleveland, Wakeman, and the adjoining towns.

Eld. R. A. Underwood has Peninsula, Solon, Parkman, North Bloomfield, and all in this region.

Eld. A. O. Burrill has Corsica, Bellville, Waterford, Appleton, Newark, and all that section.

Eld. E. H. Gates has Springfield, Bowersville, New Antioch, Leesburg, Sabina, and this region.

Eld. G. G. Rupert has Dunkirk, Unipolis, Mendon, Van Wert, Paulding, and all that region.

Eld. O. F. Guilford has Hamler, Liberty Centre, Gilboa, Bowling Green, and this region.

The above includes all the State. These brethren will have in their respective districts the entire oversight of the work. This will include, of course, the spiritual wants of the churches, systematic benevolence, the tract and missionary work, the Sabbath-schools, and the labors of other brethren who are in their districts. We wish the brethren to give them their hearty co-operation. As each will live in the district assigned to him, the brethren can greatly lessen their expenses by looking after their families, and donating to them any useful articles, such as food, fuel, furniture, articles of clothing, and the like. They should also, as far as possible, carry them with their teams, so as to avoid railroad expenses.

When the tents are pitched, the brethren should carry in provisions, and furnish them lumber, so as to save expense to the Conference. Every tent will, if possible, be located where there are brethren. We expect the brethren in such places to bear the whole burden of that meeting. This is but just and right, and we shall be disappointed if it is not done.

Again we earnestly appeal to every Seventh-day Adventist brother or sister in the State to faithfully set apart one-tenth of his or her income this summer, to be paid into the S. B. treasuries for the support of the ministers. This will be absolutely necessary in order to meet our greatly increased expenses.

Consider a moment that we have six tents in the field, with two ministers and a tent-master with each tent. Besides this, Bro. Reavis and myself will labor constantly with the churches, making twenty laborers in all. The best we can do, our expenses for time and all will be over a hundred dollars a week. We have risked a great deal on our confidence in the liberality of our brethren. We have not been disappointed thus far, and hope we shall not be this time.

D. M. CANRIGHT.