p. 118 | Duties of Directors by Stephen Nelson Haskell

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Feb 11, 1875

Duties of Directors.

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

In defining the duties of the directors our Constitution reads: "He shall order all his books through the president." The query often arises, Why not each district or director order his books direct from the Office? Why through the president of his Conference Tract Society? The answer we give is, that union and harmony may exist throughout your Conference Tract Society. The president and State Tract Society secretary are supposed to understand better what would be for the general interest of the Tract Society than any one director. And if each director manages his own district independent of other parts of the Conference, we might as well have as many independent Tract Societies as districts. Then so far as a general system is concerned it would be out of the question. No movement of general interest, such as putting books in libraries, sending Review on trial, &c., could be successfully carried out. The financial strength of a Conference Tract Society could not be known. And in a short time a Tract Society would become inefficient by its lacking the only element of strength—union of action.—Stephen Nelson Haskell, in the True Missionary.