(A synopsis of Bible studies given at the Philadelphia ministerial institute.)
In this study we shall consider two questions—the gospel ministry as a calling, and the “call” to individuals to devote their lives to that ministry.
The Ministry as a Calling
When Jesus was closing his ministry on earth to take up his ministry in the heavenly sanctuary, he said to his disciples, “As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” John 20:21. Thus these men were made his ministers on earth. To them was committed the work of the gospel, which he “began both to do and teach.” Acts 1:1; Heb. 2:3. This shows that the same relationship exists between the ministry and the work of the gospel that Christ sustained to that work when here. Therefore the apostle Paul said: “Now then we are ambassadors of Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” 2 Cor. 5:20.
The calling of the gospel ministry is a spiritual, sacred calling, as distinguished from the secular and professional vocations of men. The ministry is not a worldly, business affair. It is not like commerce, politics, law, medicine, etc. These are of the world, but the work of the ministry is from heaven, and pertains to the kingdom of God. It requires different qualifications and a different power than is required for the secular, professional vocations of the world. Men may practise law, medicine, and surgery with great success without even professing to be Christians. They may launch and manage vast business enterprises, and direct the affairs of a nation, without recognizing any need of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. But no man can do the work of the gospel successfully without the help of God. Any of the men who achieve such great success in the pursuits of the world would utterly fail in the work of the gospel if they relied only upon their learning, talents, and personality. The energies of the flesh are not sufficient for gospel work. They will fail entirely without the aid of the Holy Spirit.
The ministers of the gospel are to preach the gospel “with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.” 1 Peter 1:12. Their message is to win men to Christ and save them from eternal death. There is nothing else like this work among all the vocations of the world.
And further: as the gospel is the greatest thing in the world, so the work of the gospel is the greatest and most important work being carried on by men. And as the gospel ministry is appointed to do that work, it is plain that the calling of the ministry is the highest and most important of all the callings and vocations pursued by men.
The Call to the Ministry
In view of the fact that the work of the gospel is God’s work, not man’s, and that it is sacred and spiritual, requiring righteousness and spiritual power for its advancement, who may venture to enter upon it? and by what considerations and conditions may one feel clear in so doing?
While the Bible does not give a prescribed formula to guide us in this important matter, the incidents of men’s lives and experiences it contains show plainly that the Lord does call certain men from among the multitudes to his work. The call does not come in precisely the same form to all who are called, but it comes, and is, in time, accompanied by unmistakable evidence that it is from God. First, there is the direct, impressive call. This comes without any suggestion or influence from men. It lays hold of one’s conscience and holds him with an unyielding grip until he surrenders to it, and promises God to be obedient to the heavenly calling.
The call to Moses was of this direct kind. It was not the counsel of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, that caused him to feel that he must take up the work of God. Nor was it the suffering condition of Israel in Egypt that led him to leave his flock in the wilderness, and devote the remainder of his life to the great Exodus that was to take place. It was the voice of God speaking to him from the burning bush, and in this case unmistakable evidence was given to Moses on the spot that he was not being misled in the matter. Exodus 3 and 4.
The experience of Samuel is another illustration of this direct call. It was not Eli who convinced Samuel that he must devote his life to the service of God. 1 Sam. 3:7-21. Gideon received a direct, definite call, and was given assurance that the call was from a superhuman source. Judges 6:11-40. When Jeremiah was made conscious of his call to the work of the Lord, he was told that even before his birth, he had been ordained to this work. Jer. 1:5. All are familiar with the direct call that was given to Saul of Tarsus. The call given him was so impressive that he said, “Wo is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!” He often alluded to this call as most comforting and assuring, while enduring his great trials of suffering and affliction. Acts 22:12-15; 26:13-19.
Another call, less direct, but nevertheless a clear call, is that based upon the great needs of the lost. In this call it is not so much a voice that is heard saying, “Go work to-day in my vineyard,” as it is a cry of the lost, saying, “Come over, . . . and help us.” This mute appeal has laid hold of many a man, leading him to consecrate his whole life to the work of God.
There is still another way in which the call comes to men to enter the ministry. It is the conviction that comes to men already in the ministry, and to lay members as well, that certain brethren in the church ought to give their lives to the work of the gospel. This appears to be the only evidence some men who have become able ministers have had, at the beginning of their work, that they were called to it by the Lord. Acting upon the urgent counsels of others, they gave their lives to the work and enjoyed signal success.
But in whatever way the call may come, every one who is called should give good, convincing evidence of his call. “Give full proof of thy ministry,” was Paul’s counsel to Timothy. Success in winning souls to Christ should attend the labors of all who are truly called to the work of the gospel ministry. The fruit gathered year by year from the earnest toil of the minister will be proof to others that his claim to a call to the ministry is genuine. This was the evidence Paul gave of his call. He said: “Are not ye my work in the Lord? . . . For the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.” 1 Cor. 9:1, 2.
Every gospel worker should give this proof of his call to the ministry. The church has the right to look for this evidence. The worker himself should look for it, and should never be satisfied without seeing it. He is called to save men, not merely to preach to them. The converting power of God should attend his preaching, making him a soul-winning laborer for the Master.
A. G. DANIELLS.
The Holy Spirit Our Efficiency
By R. D. QUINN
Jesus Christ himself is the one perfect manifestation in history of the complete work of the Holy Spirit in man. He was begotten of the Holy Spirit. Luke 1:35. He lived a holy and sinless life, and offered himself without spot to God, through the eternal Spirit. Heb. 9:14. Jesus Christ wrought his miracles while here on earth in the power of the Holy Spirit. He said, “I cast out devils by the power of the Spirit of God.” Matt. 12:28. It was by that same Spirit that he was raised from the dead. Rom. 8:11. Even after his resurrection, but before his ascension, he gave commandments unto his apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit; for we read in Acts 1:2: “Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen.” He said, “I can of mine own self do nothing.” Thus we see that every act of the Saviour’s life, from his advent into this world until he was taken up, was under the control of the Spirit of God.
Now all this is written of Christ, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. For “Jesus revealed no qualities and exercised no powers that men may not have through faith in him. His perfect humanity is that which all his followers may possess if they will be in subjection to God as he was.”—Desire of Ages, page 795.
Before Jesus departed out of this world, he gave to his followers the key to success in the following words: “Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me,21even so send I you.” When he had said this, he drew aside the veil, as much as to say, I will now tell you by what power I have done all these things which you have witnessed. This is it: “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” Jesus spoke as never man spoke, and his word was with power. It is written: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do ye not after their works: for they say, and do not.” Matt. 23:2, 3. But of Christ it is recorded: “The people were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.”
As far as the true form of the message was concerned, their teaching was alike, and Christ instructed the people to obey what the scribes and Pharisees said, but not to do what they did. In contradistinction to their practise, Christ began both to do and to teach. Acts 1:1. In this splendid truth lay the difference between the teaching of Christ and the popular preachers of that day. They said, but did not; whereas Christ lived in his life what he taught.
“The teaching of Christ was the expression of an inwrought conviction and experience, and those who learn of him become teachers after the divine order. The Word of God, spoken by one who is himself sanctified through it, has a life-giving power that makes it attractive to the hearers, and convicts them that it is a living reality. When one has received the truth in the love of it, he will make this manifest in the persuasion of his manner and the tones of his voice. He makes known that which he himself has heard, seen, and handled of the Word of life. . . . His testimony, from lips touched with a live coal from off the altar, is truth to the receptive heart, and works sanctification upon the character.”—Desire of Ages, page 156.
Some one has said that the best translation of the Scriptures is its translation into flesh. This is what the world beheld in Christ. “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” He could say, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The Word made flesh is the sword of the Spirit. In Christ the Spirit had a perfect sword. In 2 Sam. 23:10 we read of one of David’s mighty men smiting the Philistines “until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day.” The man and the sword were one and inseparable. Thus it should be with the witnesses of the Word.
Jesus Christ was in this world truly saying: “All power [and that is “all authority” in the Revised Version] is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” And when he said this, he had no place at all, no, not so much as to lay his head. He made himself of no reputation, and had no position in this world. The scribes and the Pharisees had all that, but no authority. What, then, was it that gave Christ his authority?—It was the truth that was made flesh in him, and lived in his life. Being able to read the Scriptures anywhere without condemnation, he taught as one having authority, and not as the scribes. The measure of truth that a man has, not in theory, but in his life, is the only measure of authority that he has. And when the time comes again that we find men in this world who have as much of the truth made flesh in them as Christ had in him, we may look for the same power and authority in the preaching of the everlasting gospel to the world. This is power, and this is the price of power, and the blessed truth is that we may have just as much as we are willing to live for. “And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.” Acts 5:32.
R. D. QUINN.
Gospel Workers' Department
By Arthur G. Daniells
Their divine calling, qualification, and preparation. Methods of labor, plans, etc.
Conducted by A. G. DANIELLS
If God Be for Us
By Elizabeth Meserall Redfern
ELIZABETH MESERALL REDFERN
If God be for us,
What odds can be against?
Shall love of gold our lives assail,
Shall strength of might o’er right prevail,
Shall truth her sullied garb bewail,
If God be for us?
If God be for us,
What foes can be against?
Shall love of fame our lives mislead,
Shall selfishness be all our creed,
Shall Christ’s sweet life be lost, indeed,
If God be for us?
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1911
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Northern New England ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Maine, Norridgewock ........ Sept. 1-10
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Quebec, South Stukely ........ Aug. 25 to Sept. 3
Maritime, Williamsdale Academy, Sept. 11-18
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Nebraska (local), Palmer ........ July 24-30
South Missouri, Springfield ........ Aug. 3-13
East Kansas, Fort Scott ........ Aug. 10-20
Colorado, Denver ........ Aug. 17-27
Nebraska (local), Norfolk ........ Aug. 21-27
North Missouri, Hamilton ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
West Kansas, Wichita ........ Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
St. Louis Mission Field ........ Sept. 6-13
West Colorado ........ Sept. 14-24
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
West Pennsylvania, Ford City .... Aug. 10-20
Ohio, Wooster ........ Aug. 17-27
Virginia, Richmond ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
New Jersey, Trenton ........ Sept. 7-17
Chesapeake, Dover, Del. ........ Sept. 14-24
West Virginia, Parkersburg, Sept. 28 to Oct. 8
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Indiana, Indianapolis ........ Aug. 3-13
West Michigan, Muskegon ........ Aug. 17-27
Northern Illinois ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
North Michigan, Traverse City ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Southern Illinois, Shelbyville ........ Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
East Michigan, Oxford ........ Sept. 7-17
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Nevada ........ Aug. 23 to Sept. 3
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Southern California, Long Beach ........ Aug. 7-21
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
South Carolina, Woodruff ........ July 20-30
North Carolina, High Point ........ Aug. 3-13
Georgia, Forsyth ........ Aug. 10-20
Cumberland, Lenoir City, Tenn. ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Florida, Sanford ........ Sept. 28 to Oct. 9
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Louisiana, Baton Rouge .... July 27 to Aug. 6
Alabama, Decatur ........ Aug. 3-13
Kentucky, Pleasureville ........ Aug. 17-27
Mississippi, Jackson ........ Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
Mississippi (colored), Meridian, ........ Aug. 30 to Sept. 10
Tennessee River ........ Sept. 7-17
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Texas, Dallas ........ Aug. 3-13
West Texas, Ovala ........ Aug. 10-20
New Mexico, Corona ........ Aug. 17-27
Oklahoma, Enid ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Arkansas (colored) ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Arkansas, Fort Smith ........ Sept. 7-17
South Texas, San Antonio, Oct. 26 to Nov. 5
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Saskatchewan (South), Pense ..... July 25-30
European Division
LATIN UNION CONFERENCE
France and Holland ............ July 26-30
Barcelona .................... Aug. 1-5
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE
North England ................ Aug. 3-8
Scotland ..................... Aug. 10-13
Ireland ...................... Aug. 17-29
Wales ........................ Aug. 24-27
South England ............... Aug. 31 to Sept. 5
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
News and Miscellany
Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— A train on the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburg Railroad went into a ditch at Farmersville, N. Y., July 16, and seven passengers were seriously injured.
— July 17 a cyclone swept through and virtually destroyed Richardsonmere village, Md., causing the loss of a large amount of property in buildings and crops.
— At Dubois, Pa., July 16, twenty-one miners were killed in an explosion in a coal- and coke-mine. The deadly after-damp was responsible for most of the deaths.
— More than forty persons were killed, and a large number injured, in a head-on collision between two work-trains not far from Morelia Michoacan, Mexico, July 17. The collision occurred in the Zuincho Canyon. Meager reports do not fix the cause of the accident.
— Serious forest fires have been raging in Canadian territory, north of Toronto. More than 100 deaths have resulted from the conflagration, as well as large loss of property with consequent suffering. Serious forest fires have also existed in northern Michigan and in northern New England.
— Among the recent notable achievements in aviation was the aerial journey of Harry Atwood from Boston to Washington. July 14 he descended on the White House lawn, and received from President Taft the medal presented by the Aero Club of Washington in commemoration of his achievements.
— Much anxiety has been occasioned during the last few days by the invasion of cholera into the port of New York City. Several deaths are reported in the city. Both the federal and the State authorities are employing stringent measures to stamp out the disease, and assurance is felt of no great danger from the outbreak. All emigrant-carrying vessels will be subject to a quarantine of ten days until the danger is passed.
— Southern Europe, especially Italian territory, has become contaminated with cholera during the last four weeks. Much concern is felt in the United States over the emigration from that country. Austria has declared a quarantine against Italy. The situation is causing considerable concern throughout Europe, and all governments recognize the necessity of taking stringent measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
Kansas Conference Association
By L. W. Terry; E. Harris
THE annual session of the Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held at Fort Scott, Kan., in connection with the camp-meeting of the East Kansas Conference, Aug. 10-20, 1911, to elect officers for the ensuing year.
L. W. TERRY, President;
E. HARRIS, Secretary.
Maritime Conference
By J. O. Miller; O. M. Russell
The ninth annual session of the Maritime Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at the Williamsdale (Nova Scotia) Academy, beginning September 12, and continuing till Sept. 17, 1911. At this meeting the election of the conference officers will take place, as well as such other business as may come before the conference assembled at this time.
J. O. MILLER, President;
O. M. RUSSELL, Secretary.
Texas Conference Association
By W. A. McCutchen; C. E. Smith
The annual meeting of the Texas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Dallas, Tex., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 3-13, 1911. The first meeting of the said association, a legal corporation of the State of Texas, will be held at 9 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1911. Association officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association.
W. A. McCutchen, President;
C. E. Smith, Secretary.
North Missouri Conference Association
By A. R. Ogden; Jas. Cochran
We hereby give notice that the annual meeting of the North Missouri Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation of the State of Missouri, will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting and conference on the camp-ground at Hamilton, Mo., August 24 to September 3. The first meeting is called at 9 A. M., Monday, Aug. 28, 1911. Association officers will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association.
A. R. OGDEN, President;
JAS. COCHRAN, Secretary.
The Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists
By O. MONTGOMERY; W. A. YOUNG
THE first meeting of the regular annual session of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp-ground in Indianapolis, Ind., Monday, Aug. 7, 1911, at 10 A. M., in connection with the Indiana camp-meeting. At this meeting, members of the board of directors will be elected to fill the places of those whose terms of office expire, and such other business will be transacted as may come before the association. The legal voters of this association are the regularly appointed delegates from the different churches of the Indiana Conference, the members of the executive committee, and such other persons as are employed by the Indiana Conference.
O. MONTGOMERY, President;
W. A. YOUNG, Secretary.
The Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association
By O. MONTGOMERY; H. SANDERS
NOTICE is hereby given that the first meeting of the regular annual session of the Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be called at 10 A. M., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1911, in connection with the camp-meeting at Indianapolis, Ind. At this meeting, members of the board of directors will be elected to fill the places of those whose terms of office expire, and such other business will be transacted as may come before the association. The legal voters of this association are the regularly appointed delegates from the different churches to the Indiana Conference, the members of the executive committee, and such other persons as are employed by the Indiana Conference.
O. MONTGOMERY, President;
H. E. SANDERS, Secretary.
South Missouri Conference Association
By D. U. Hale; E. R. Allen
THE third annual session of the South Missouri Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting in Springfield, Mo., Aug. 3-13, 1911, for the election of officers, and the transaction of any other business that should properly come before this body. The first business session will be held Monday, August 7, at 9 A. M. The constituency to transact business is composed of the delegates of the South Missouri Conference.
D. U. HALE, President;
E. R. ALLEN, Secretary.
Indiana Conference
By O. MONTGOMERY; A. N. ANDERSON
The thirty-eighth annual session of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, on the grounds of the Winona Technical Institute, Indianapolis, Ind. The first meeting will be called at 10 A. M., Aug. 4, 1911. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization and one additional delegate for each fifteen members. The purpose of this meeting is for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. A full delegation is requested from all our churches.
O. MONTGOMERY, President;
A. N. ANDERSON, Secretary.
North Missouri Conference and Camp-Meeting
By A. R. Ogden
THE third annual conference and camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists of North Missouri will be held at Hamilton, Mo., Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1911. Conference officers will be elected, workers chosen for the coming year, plans laid for the further development of the work in the conference, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the conference. Each church should be fully represented by its duly elected delegates. The meeting will begin Thursday evening, August 24. The first meeting of the conference will be called Friday, August 25, at 9 A. M. The meeting will be held in the city park of Hamilton. Good shade and water, with free tent rent to all who attend, should bring a large gathering.
A. R. OGDEN, President.
Northern Illinois Camp-Meeting
By Wm. Covert
WE are favored with the free use of the city park at Aurora for our annual gathering. This park is situated at the terminal of the Fifth Avenue street-car line, and is about two miles from the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy station in the southeastern part of the city. The place is well adapted for our purpose, and the time, August 24 to September 3, is ideal for our people in this conference. Let there be a general rally from all the churches. We do not expect that everybody will come from every church, but we should like to see at least five hundred of our brethren and sisters encamped on the grounds. Arrange your business affairs so that you can attend the meetings, come at the beginning, and stay until the conclusion.
If God's people in ancient times needed three meetings annually to keep them alive in Christian experience, we certainly need to attend one general meeting a year. Nearly every church in the conference is directly connected by transportation lines with Aurora, and this makes it favorable for all.
Family tents will be pitched upon the grounds for campers, and we would like to correspond with those who wish to rent tents. The tents are in excellent condition, and most of them are 12 x 14 feet, with five-foot wall. Where they are in first-class condition, the price will be three dollars for the meeting. If the tents are not the very best, the price will be made to suit. We prefer not to furnish lumber for floors, but will provide it if those desiring it will pay what it costs us. We may be able to rent some lumber and return it. Send orders for tents to the conference office, 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Wm. COVERT.
West Michigan Conference
By S. E. Wight; E. L. Richmond
The first meeting of the tenth annual session of the West Michigan Conference will be held at 9 A. M., Aug. 18, 1911, on the camp-ground at Muskegon, Mich. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and one for each twenty-five members. This conference will be an important one, and it is hoped that every church will send a delegation.
S. E. WIGHT, President; E. L. RICHMOND, Secretary.
Kentucky Conference Association
By B. W. Brown; J. J. Graf
THE regular annual meeting of the constituency of the Kentucky Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Pleasureville, Ky., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 17-27, 1911. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1911. This meeting will be for the election of officers, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.
B. W. BROWN, President;
J. J. GRAF, Secretary.
Alabama Conference Association
By E. G. Hayes; W. S. Cruzan
The Alabama Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists (a body corporate under the laws of Alabama) will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at Decatur, Ala., August 3-13. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, Aug. 14, 1911. This meeting will be for the election of trustees for the association, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.
E. G. HAYES, President;
W. S. CRUZAN, Secretary.
West Michigan Conference Association
By S. E. Wight; E. L. Richmond
THE first meeting of the ninth annual session of the West Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation of the State of Michigan, will be held in the pavilion on the camp-ground in Muskegon, Mich., at 10 A. M., Aug. 18, 1911. The delegates to the conference (unincorporated) are delegates to this association. This meeting is called for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such business as may be required at that time.
S. E. WIGHT, President;
E. L. RICHMOND, Secretary.
West Kansas Conference
By N. T. Sutton; E. Harris
THE first annual session of the West Kansas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Wichita, Kan., Aug. 31 to Sept. 10, 1911, for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the conference. The first meeting of the session will be held September 1, at 10 A. M. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and one additional delegate for each fifteen members or major part thereof.
N. T. SUTTON, President;
E. HARRIS, Secretary.
West Kansas Conference Association
By N. T. Sutton; E. Harris
THE West Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association (a corporation of the State of Kansas) will hold its first annual meeting in connection with the annual camp-meeting at Wichita, Kans., Aug. 31 to Sept. 10, 1911. The first meeting of the association will be held Monday, Sept. 4, at 11 A. M. The purpose of this meeting is to elect officers and a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly pertain to the association. All duly accredited delegates to the annual conference of Seventh-day Adventists of West Kansas are entitled to participate in the business of this association.
N. T. SUTTON, President;
E. HARRIS, Secretary.
Maine Conference and Camp-Meeting
By J. F. Piper
THE forty-fourth session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the camp-meeting will be held this year in the meeting-house at Norridgewock, Maine, September 1-10.
Delegates should be elected in suitable time; and the conference secretary, Mrs. W. O. Howe, 1377 Washington Ave., should be notified. Rooms will be secured in the village to accommodate those who desire, and some tents will be pitched for those who prefer the camp. The prices of rooms will be about the same as tents have been rented for heretofore. As the date is late in the season, the evenings and mornings will probably be cool. We believe that rooms will be more pleasant than tents. The dining-tent will be conducted by the conference on the cafeteria plan, which is the same plan followed last year. Bedding should be brought, especially sheets and pillow-cases.
J. F. PIPER, President.
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Southern Illinois Conference
By E. A. Bristol; Edith McClellan
THE first meeting of the ninth annual session of the Southern Illinois Conference will be held on the camp-ground at Shelbyville, Ill., at 9 A. M., Sept. 1, 1911. Each church in Southern Illinois is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and one for each full ten members.
E. A. Bristol, President;
Edith McClellan, Secretary.
South Missouri Conference
By D. U. Hale; E. R. Allen
The fourth annual session of the South Missouri Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Springfield, Mo., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 3-13, 1911, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and such other business as should be attended to by this conference. The first business session will be held August 4, at 9 A. M. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and one additional delegate for each fifteen members, or major part thereof.
D. U. HALE, President;
E. R. ALLEN, Secretary.
Ohio Conference Association Meeting
By H. H. Burkholder; R. G. Patterson
THE annual meeting of the Ohio Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Wayne County fair-ground at Wooster, Ohio, in connection with the annual conference, Aug. 17-27, 1911. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Monday, Aug. 21, 1911, at 9:30 A. M.
H. H. BURKHOLDER, President,
R. G. PATTERSON, Secretary.
Southern Illinois Conference Association
By E. A. Bristol; R. B. Craig
THE Southern Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation of Illinois, will hold its annual meeting at Shelbyville, Ill., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 31 to Sept. 10, 1911. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Friday, Sept. 1, 1911. A board of trustees will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before this meeting. All accredited delegates to the Southern Illinois Conference are delegates to this association.
E. A. BRISTOL, President;
R. B. CRAIG, Secretary.
Virginia Conference
By Stewart Kime; A. M. Neff
THE twenty-eighth annual session of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting in Richmond, Aug. 24 to Sept. 3, 1911, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first business meeting will be called at 9 A. M., August 25. Each church in this conference is entitled to one delegate for the organization and one additional delegate for each ten members. A full delegation is desired at the first meeting.
