INDEX

GENERAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

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List of delegates 49 Program 145 President’s address, — O. A. Olsen 146 Committees appointed 176 Resolutions Passed 513 Distribution of Labor 516 Credentials and Licences 520 FIRST MEETING 177 Organization of Conference 177 Admission of Oklahoma and Florida Conferences 177 Cablegram from Norway 177 SECOND MEETING. 209 Committee on brigantine “Pitcairn” appointed 210 Report of Educational Secretary, W. W. Prescott, 214,222 THIRD MEETING 238 Report of District Superintendents: Dist. No. 1, I. D. Van Horn 238 Dist. No. 2, R. M. Kilgore 240 Dist. No. 3, J. N. Loughborough 241 FOURTH MEETING 249 Report of Educational Committee (1-3) 249 Report of Resolution Committee (1-10) 249 Report of District Superintendents: Dist. No. 4, J. H. Durland 250 Dist. No. 5, A. J. Breed 251 Dist. No. 6, J. H. Morrison 252 Dist. No. 7, W. C. White 297, 512 Dist. No. 8, D. A. Robinson 254 Report of Foreign Mission Secretary, F. M. Wilcox, 257-261 FIFTH MEETING 279 Gen. Conf. Association, Treasurer’s report 280 Gen. Conf. Association, Secretary’s report 280 Agents’ Reports 282 Report of Committee on Resolutions (11-13) 283 SIXTH MEETING 291 Treasurer’s report 291,292 Secretary’s report 293,294 Financial standing of the Basle Publishing House 295 Financial standing of the International Tract Society, London 295 Financial standing of the Scandinavian Publishing House 295 Financial standing of the Echo Publishing Co., Melbourne, Australia 296 Financial standing of the African Conference 296 Consideration of resolutions (1-9) 297 SEVENTH MEETING 315 Report of Committee on Education (4) 315 Report of Committee on Resolutions (14-18) 315 Consideration of Resolutions 7-12 316 EIGHTH MEETING 340 Discussion of Resolution 11 340 NINTH MEETING 341 Partial Report of Committee on Nominations 341 Consideration of Report of Committee on Education (1-3) 341 TENTH MEETING 358 Report of Committee on Resolutions (19-22) 358 Report of Committee on Education (5) 358 Consideration of Report of Committee on Education (1-3) 358 ELEVENTH MEETING 371 Report of Committee on Education 371 Report of Committee on brigantine “Pitcairn” 371 Report of Committee on Resolutions unnumbered 371 Consideration of Resolution 3, Committee on Education 371 Consideration of Resolution 11, Committee on Resolutions Substitute adopted 372 Consideration of Resolution 13 372 Communication from Mrs. E. G. White 372 Election of officers 373 TWELFTH MEETING 401 Report of Committee on Finance 401 Report of Committee on Nominations 401 Adoption of Resolution 3, Committee on Education 402 Insertion of Resolution 15a in Report of Committee on Resolutions Report of Committee on Resolutions 403 Consideration of Resolutions 15-17 403 Adoption of Resolution 18 404 Members of Medical Missionary and Benevolent Asso. 404 THIRTEENTH MEETING 425 Committee on Distribution of Labor, 1-22 425 Report of Committee on Education 5, 6 425 General Conference Resolution without number, with-drawn 427 Report of Finance Committee considered 427 Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses 427 FOURTEENTH MEETING 427 Discussion and adoption of Financial Report427 Consideration of report of Nominating Committee 427 Amendment of By-laws 428 FIFTEENTH MEETING 440 Religious Liberty Resolutions 440 Consideration of distribution of labor (1-22) 441 Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses 442 Report of Committee on Nominations 442 Report of Committee on distribution of labor (23-36) 442 Report of Committee on distribution of labor (37-41) 443 Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses 443 Appointment of District Superintendents 443 SIXTEENTH MEETING 463 Report of Committee on distribution of labor (42-51) 463 Recommendation 14 adopted 463 Consideration of Resolutions 23-25 (p.440) 463 Consideration of Credentials and Licenses. 463 Consideration of Nominations (p.442) 463 Consideration of distribution of labor (23-41) 464 SEVENTEENTH MEETING 485 Election of General Conference Association trustees 485 Consideration of distribution of labor (42-51, p.463) 485 Report of Committee on distribution of labor (52-61) 486 Adoption of Report of Committee on distribution of labor (52-61) 486 Report of Committee on Credentials and Licenses 486 Adoption of the same 486 Report and Adoption on distribution of labor (62-64) 487 Adjourned sine die 487 Sanitarium Improvement Company meeting 487

INTERNATIONAL TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY

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FIRST MEETING 210 Report from agents Appointing committees 211 Vice-President’s address 211 Balance sheet 236 Report of Southern Secretary 237 SECOND MEETING 443 Report of Committee on Plans of work submitted and adopted 443 Election of officers 444

INTERNATIONAL SABBATH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

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FIRST MEETING 203 Recording Secretary’s Report Appointment of committees 204 President’s address 205 Summary of report for last quarter 213 SECOND MEETING 358 Officers elected 359 Report of Committee on Plans for Work adopted 359 Financial Statement 360 Report of Corresponding Secretary 361

HEALTH REFORM INSTITUTE

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FIRST MEETING 275 Report of Treasurer 275 Report of charity cases 276 Appointment of committees 276 SECOND MEETING 322 Adoption of resolutions 322 Report of Superintendent 353 THIRD MEETING 357 Nomination and election of board 357

COUNCILS

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GENERAL CONFERENCE COUNCIL

President’s opening address, O. A. Olsen 6 A Glance at the Work, O. A. Olsen 35 Education, W. W. Prescott 69 Canvassing work 72 The Missionary Paper, O. A. Olsen 92 Medical Missionary Work, O. A. Olsen 104 Work of the Foreign Mission Board, O. A. Olsen 122 Education, W. W. Prescott 154 Efficiency in Carrying Forward the Work, O. A. Olsen 185 SABBATH-SCHOOL COUNCIL. Qualifications of Officers, M. H. Brown 242 Review Exercises, I. H. Evans 290 Election of Officers, A. E. Place 312 Camp-meeting Sabbath-schools, Mrs. V. J. Farnsworth 368 Teachers’ Meetings, L. T. Nicola 386 Sabbath-school Conventions, Mrs. L. Flora Plummer 459 Donations to Missions, F. M. Wilcox 400

TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY COUNCILS

Meetings 283,304,423

STATE AGENTS’ CONVENTION

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FIRST AND SECOND MEETINGS. 15 Prospects and Progress of Canvassing Work, F. L. Mead 33 THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH MEETINGS 46,47 Canvassing Work in Dist. No. 1, I. D. Van Horn 60 Canvassing Work in District No. 3, J. N. Loughborough 74 EIGHTH MEETING. 79 TENTH, TWELFTH, AND THIRTEENTH MEETINGS 106,107 Canvassing in District No. 5, A. J. Breed 119 Relation of Ministers to Canvassing Work, D. A. Robinson 168 FOURTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH MEETINGS 202 State Agents’ Work, A. F. Harrison 228 TWENTY-FIRST MEETING 235 Institutes and Schools, C. M. Everest 262 Objections Answered, J. R. Calkins 263 Answering Questions, E. R. Palmer 270 TWENTY-FOURTH, TWENTY-FIFTH, AND TWENTY-SIXTH MEETINGS 275 Canvassing in Great Britian, N. Z. Town 314 Canvassers’ Schools and Institutes, G. A. Wheeler 390 Canvassers’ Legitimate Work, Z. Sherrig 410,438 Spending Sabbath and Sunday among Strangers 415 Relation to Books, H. C. Wilcox 420 Last Meeting 421 Work in Argentina, E. W. Snyder 461

S. D. A. MEDICAL MISSIONARY AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

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FIRST MEETING 320 Report of President 320 Report of Chicago Medical Mission 321 Report of Guadalajara Medical Mission 321 Appointment of committees 357 SECOND MEETING 374 Resolutions adopted 375 Relief Report, Miss Eliza Burleigh 375 Report of Visiting Committee, Mrs. E. H. Whitney 391 THIRD MEETING 422 Constitution amended 422 Resolution 2 returned 422 Resolutions Nine and Ten withdrawn 422 Trustees elected 422 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY: FIRST MEETING 221 Report of Treasurer 221 Report of President 221 Report of Principal of Preparatory Department 221,244 Appointment of committees 244 SECOND MEETING 401 Resolutions 401 Election of Baord 401

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ASSOCIATION

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FIRST MEETING 333 Treasurer’s report 333 Committees appointed 334 President’s address 334 SECOND MEETING 462 Change of Constitution 462 Officers elected 462 Resolution to publish 462 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. FIRST MEETING 276 Report of treasurer 276 President’s address 277

Report of Atlanta Branch 278 Report of Toronto Branch 278 Directors to stockholders 279 Appointment of committees 279 SECOND MEETING 423 Resolutions presented and adopted 423 Board elected 424 Report of directors to stockholders and resolutions. 424

MISCELLANEOUS

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Opening address, O. A. Olsen 2 Our Work and Experiences in Central Europe, H. P. Holser, 61,76 Central America, F. J. Hutchins 95 Mexico, D. T. Jones 133 Work among the Colored People, H. S. Shaw 143 The Close of the Institute 175 Tahiti and Other Islands, A. J. Read. 178 The Message in Turkey, H. P. Holser 271 Home Missionary Correspondence, Mrs. E. A. Ellis 305 Correspondence in Other Fields, Miss Jennie Thayer 307 Communication from Mrs. E. G. White 337 Visit to the Sanitarium 342 Combination of Periodicals, Mrs. E. G. White 372 The Women of Japan, Mrs. J. A. Brunson 412 Japan, John A. Brunson 430 Voyage of the “Pitcairn,” J. E. Graham 450 Great Britain, D. A. Robinson 453 Letters from Norfolk and Lord Howe’s Islands 455 Mission Work among the Jews, Dr. E. S. Niles 464 The Closing Meeting 488 Sabbath Services 16,81,208,209,322,323,444,457,458 John the Beloved 489 Instructions with Reference to Meeting Opponents, Mrs. E. G. White 501 The Present Issue, A. T. Jones 502 Closing Remarks, O. A. Olsen 511 Proceedings of General Conference Committee. 517 Decisions of Committee Relating to General Conference Bulletin 527 Proceedings of Foreign Mission Board 519 Officers of VArious General Organizations 519 Organizations 519 Workers’ Directory 521