FIFTH MEETING, SEPT. 25, 9 A. M.
Prayer by Elder Israel. Minutes of two preceding meetings read and approved. The question was then raised concerning Elder Loughborough's call for help. Brother White stated that Upper Columbia is almost entirely destitute of laborers. Two have lately been taken from the northern field to California. There is an excellent field for labor in Idaho, which is within the U. C. Conference. If an experienced man were sent there to raise up churches, the cause would doubtless soon be self-supporting. In behalf of the Committee on Resolutions he then presented the following:— WHEREAS, Experience has shown that an exchange of laborers between neighboring Conferences is beneficial to the same; and, WHEREAS, The Pacific Coast Council, acting upon this principle, recommended that Eld. A. T. Jones, of the Upper Columbia Conference, and Eld. W. L. Raymond, of the North Pacific Conference, come to California with the expectation that we should send laborers to those fields, Resolved, That it is our duty to send a laborer to each of those fields. WHEREAS, There is an important field in Idaho, calling for laborers, and the Upper Columbia Conference, to which it belongs, is struggling with debts and poverty. Resolved, That we bear the expense of the laborer whom we sent to the U. C. Conference, for the time he may spend during the coming year in opening up the work in Idaho. Remarks were made to the first resolution by the chair, Elder White, and Elder Loughborough, who stated that it is in harmony with the advice of the General Conference, and that California, having received much, should be willing to aid its poorer neighbors. God has prospered this Conference, and if we are unselfish he will prosper us still more. The resolution was adopted by unanimous vote. The second resolution, after a few remarks, was not only adopted by the delegates, but the whole congregation showed their hearty acquiescence in it by a rising vote. The following additional resolutions were then read:— Resolved, That we express our gratitude to God for the good that has already been accomplished by the College in fitting laborers for the work, and that we recognize his hand in its establishment. Resolved, That in view of the scarcity of laborers, and the many calls for help in different fields, we urge ministers and churches to seek out faithful young people and encourage them to enter the College, that they may be prepared to labor efficiently in the cause. These resolutions were spoken to by several, including some who attended the College last year. These testified to the benefit that they had received from their stay there. The following items were presented by Professor Brownsberger. Thirty of those who were in the College last year are now laboring in some departments of the cause. Of this number fifteen never labored in the cause before, and their start may be attributed to the influence of the College. It was stated by several that if the school were stopped now, and never resumed again, it has more than paid for all that has been spent on it. After a most interesting discussion of the resolutions, they were adopted.