State Quarterly Meeting.
By Wm. Ings
THE State Quarterly Meeting will be held in connection with the general meeting at Oakland, which will commence April 22. We hope to see a general rally of our working force. We are to be favored with the labors of Elders Butler and Haskell, who are prepared to impart just the instruction pertaining to the work that is needed. These faithful men have had long experience in the message, and we need their counsel. Plans will be considered for a more vigorous prosecution of the work throughout the Conference. Cities must be entered, and missions established at all of the railroad centers, where our publications can be placed in the hands of the people. Ways must be devised by which a canvass can be made for our periodicals throughout our Conference. The sale of our publications must be pushed. Colporters must visit from house to house and introduce Bible-readings. The work of our ship mission needs considering, and in order to accomplish this, we must have the counsel and the co-operation of the brethren. Elder McClure, who is now at the Chicago Mission, will be prepared to give general instruction to the workers. The State Secretary will impart instruction to librarians and district secretaries. We also expect those present who have had experience in canvassing, and who will give instruction in that branch of the work. Thus it will be a school of instruction. Then the best of all, we expect to have the Spirit of God with us to prepare us for the duties before us. Do not let anything stand in your way to keep you from this meeting. Begin to get ready at once, and come prepared to stay till its close. THERE is truth in the following words from the Independent: “The trade union managers, who claim the right to regulate arbitrarily almost everything else relating to workingmen, simply claim the right to exercise the power of an unmitigated and abominable despotism, alike over employers and employes. The working men will, in the end, find this out; and then they will assert their own rights against these labor ‘bosses.’” AN exchange says that in Michigan no one but a total abstainer is allowed to be employed as engineer, train-dispatcher, fireman, brakeman, or other railroad servant. Any railroad violating this law is liable to a fine of $500 for each offense.