NORTH PACIFIC SABBATH-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
THE eleventh annual session of the North Pacific Sabbath-school Association was held in connection with the camp-meeting, May 14-21, 1889. The first meeting was called Wednesday, May 16, at 9 o'clock A. M., R. D. Benham, president of the association, presiding. After singing, prayer was offered by Elder R. S. Owen. The secretary read a report of the proceedings of the association meetings held at the last annual Conference, after which the president gave a brief history of the schools in the Conference since the association was organized. The secretary then read a report for the four quarters ending March 31, 1889, also a financial statement of the association. There are forty-nine schools now belonging to the association, nineteen new schools having been organized during the year: At Eugene City, Cottage Grove, Roberts Creek, Union Ridge, Colby, La Conner, La Conner country, Woodland, West Union, Wilkeson, Willemina, Oregon City, Quilicene, Grants Pass, Silverton, Kelso, Portland, Myrtle Creek. During the past four quarters the schools have received by means of class contributions $697.89. Of this amount $80.88 has been sent to the State association as tithes and donations, $237.51 to the London Mission, and $151.27 to the Missionary Ship. Besides this, $67.34 was contributed by the camp-meeting Sabbath-school to the London Mission. Whole amount donated to the London Mission, $304.85; total amount donated to missions for the year ending March 31, 1889, $456.12.396Encouraging remarks were made by Elders Loughborough and Owen, in which the Sabbath-school work was set forth as an important branch of the work of God. The chair appointed the following committees:— On Nominations—T. H. Starbuck, George Fulton, and H. A. Baxter. On Resolutions—R. S. Owen, G. W. Davis, and J. A. Burden. On Examination of Record Books—Warren Burden and Luella H. Ward. The meeting adjourned to the call of the chair. The second and last meeting of the session was held at 5 o'clock P. M., May 20. Prayer was offered by G. W. Davis. The Nominating Committee reported the following names for officers of the association for the ensuing year:— For President, Elder W. C. Ward; Vice-President, J. A. Burden; Secretary, Mrs. Luella H. Ward; Executive Committee, G. W. Davis, J. C. Hall. These were unanimously elected. The report of the Committee on Resolutions was called for, and they submitted the following:— 1. Resolved, That we recognize the blessing of God in the prosperity that has attended the Sabbath-school work during the past year, both in the line of the organization of new schools, and in the increased interest on the part of those previously engaged in the work, and, that this blessing shall be received by us only as an incentive and an encouragement to greater consecration to the work. WHEREAS, The sole object of the Sabbath-school work should be to lead souls to Christ, and no one can lead another in a way which he himself does not know; therefore, 2. Resolved, That we again recognize and emphasize the necessity of having consecrated teachers in the Sabbath-school. 3. Resolved, That we are in perfect harmony with resolutions Nos. 4 and 5 passed by the International Sabbath-school Association, and we would respectfully call the attention of the Conference Committee to them. WHEREAS, The International Association has recommended that competent State secretaries, when secured, shall devote their entire time to the work, and since but few could do this without compensation. 4. Resolved, That we request our State secretary to keep an accurate account of the time devoted to the work, and that she present said account to the Auditing Committee of the Conference at the proper time. 5. Resolved, That we are in hearty sympathy with resolution 9 as passed by the International Association, and we pledge our support to the Sabbath-school Worker. 6. Resolved, That we recommend our schools to carry into effect resolution 14, pertaining to contributions, as passed by the International Association. WHEREAS, it has been demonstrated that holding of teachers' meetings renders Sabbath-school work more effective, 7. Resolved, That we recommend that all our schools hold some form of teachers' meeting. After a brief discussion of the resolutions, they were adopted as read. Meeting adjourned sine die. R. D. BENHAM, Pres.
MRS. LUELLA H. WARD, Sec.