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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 23, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 18.

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INDIANA S. S. ASSOCIATION.

By J. M. Rees; Viola Shrock

The second annual session of the Indiana Sabbath-school Association was held on the camp-ground at Rochester, Ind.
Nineteen churches were represented by twenty-one delegates. By vote the ministers were invited to act as delegates from their respective fields of labor. The minutes of the organization of the association were read and accepted, also the secretary’s annual report.
W. C. White made some encouraging remarks setting forth the progress of the work during the past year. The Chair having been authorized to do so, announced the following committees: On nominations, J. S. Shrock, J. L. Lock, Noah Carahoof; on resolutions, W. C. White, J. P. Henderson, Baily Shilling.
The nominating committee presented the following report: For president, J. M. Rees; secretary, Viola Shrock; executive committee, J. M. Rees, Wm. Covert, S. H. Lane. These candidates were separately elected.
The committee on resolutions reported as follows:—
Resolved, That we urge all our people to avail themselves of the advantages of our Sabbath-schools, and to encourage those not of our faith to attend.
Resolved, That we recommend the officers and teachers of each Sabbath-school to hold a teachers’ meeting on the fourth Sabbath of each month.
Resolved, That we express our approbation of the plan of penny contributions, and recommend all our Sabbath-schools to adopt it fully.
Resolved, That we recommend each Sabbath-school to pay a tithe of this contribution to the State Association, and the State Association to pay a tithe of its receipts to the General Association.
Resolved, That we request the officers of our association to visit the schools and as often as practicable to hold Sabbath-school institutes for the instruction of teachers and officers.
Resolved, That each school should have a complete set of record books, keep a careful record, and report quarterly to the State secretary.
The report was accepted, and the resolutions were put to vote singly, and unanimously adopted.
Remarks were made by Bro. W. C. White on the importance of fully carrying out the resolutions just adopted, and on the interests of the S. S. work in general.
Adjourned sine die.
J. M. REES, Pres.
VIOLA SHROCK, Sec.