NEW AND REVISED BLANKS by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 28, 1879

NEW AND REVISED BLANKS.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

A number of leading brethren have lately taken all the blanks used in our Conference societies and carefully revised the old ones, adapting them to the present necessities of the cause; they have also gotten up some new ones to meet the growing wants of the cause. The president of the Conference should look these over and provide his secretary and different officers throughout the Conference with a full assortment of these blanks. They are as follows:—

1. Tract and Missionary Member’s Report. This blank is designed for the individual members of the society, on which to make their quarterly report to the librarian. It has been revised. There should be a good stock of these in the hands of each librarian.

2. Tract and Missionary Librarian’s Report. This is designed for the librarian, on which to make his quarterly report to the district. It has also been revised. Each librarian should have quite a number of these.

3. Sabbath-school Secretary’s Report. This has been used but a short time, and is now revised in good shape. Every secretary should use one of these at the end of each quarter in reporting the doings of his school to the State secretary.

4. Church Quarterly Reports. This also is a new blank lately gotten up for the use of the church clerk, on which he is to make out at the end of the quarter a full report of the standing and work of his church, and forward it to the president of the Conference. There are great advantages to be derived from using this blank. It enables the president to see readily each quarter what every church in the Conference is doing.

5. Quarterly Report of Tithes Paid to the Church. This also is a new blank. It is for the use of the treasurer, on which to report to the minister having charge of his district an exact statement of what every member has paid into the treasury during the quarter, and also how much he has sent to the State treasurer. By means of this the minister can tell exactly what every member in his district has done during the quarter, and who are neglecting their duty. Then he forwards these, after the district meeting, to the president, and he, at a glance, can tell what every man in the whole State is doing financially. He also compares them with the treasurer’s book, to see if the accounts are kept right.

6. Annual Report of the Church to the Conference. This is a new blank prepared for the purpose of giving a full statement of the church, Sabbath-school, and missionary society, and the tithes during the entire year. It is prepared by the clerk and sent to the Conference.

7. Letters of Commendation. These are letters sent by the clerk of one church to the clerk of another church, when a member is to move from one church to another.

8. Letters of Introduction. These are given to members wishing to be absent for a time from the church, but who do not wish to join elsewhere. All traveling brethren should have them.

9. Credentials for Delegates to the State Conference. Every church should have them to furnish its delegates to the annual meetings.

10. State Conference Report to the General Conference. This is a new blank adapted to the present workings of the church.

11. Credentials for Delegates to the General Conference.

12. Preachers’ Licenses. A blank to be filled out and given to the licentiates.

13. Certificates of Ordination. A blank to be filled out and given to each minister at his ordination by the officiating elders.

14. Ministers’ Credentials. These are to be filled out by the executive committee, and given to each minister annually on the renewal of his credentials.

15. Vigilant Missionary Weekly Reports. The name indicates what these are for.

It is the duty of each president to see that his Conference is duly and promptly furnished with all these blanks. Brethren, do your duty.

D. M. CANRIGHT.