The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-03
ACCEPTED las MINISTER'S.
AdVendsts Show Increase in Al
Branches of Work

Branches of Work.
Rain or shine, cold or warm, wet or
dry, there is no cessation of proceed
1ngs at the Adventist encampment at
Merriam Park. The rain which began
to fall Tuesday about midday and con-
unued all the rest of the day and all
night did not have any noticeable eff
rect on the programme. Those who had
the misfortune to occupy a leaky tent
were glad when the ringing of the ris-
ing bell at $3.50 a. m. ushered in the
activities of the new day. The service
and worship of the devotional meetings
at o'clock were as full of warmth,
earnestness and zeal as they could pos
s1bly have been had the skies been
clear instead of dark and lowering
Some one. has. truly said, "With eVery-
thing in nature God has connected some
divine TRUTH and so in the falling
rain, and the ensuing vegetation may
be seen an illustration of the effect Of
Gods word, when it is received into
the heart. The forenoon was occupied
by the usual German, Scandinavian.
youths and childrens' meetings, until
8 o'clock, when the Minnesota Tract
and Missionary society convened in
the first meeting of the present session,
with the president, Elder c. W. Flaiz,
Of Medford, in the chair. Mr. L. B.
Losey, the recording secretary and
treasurer, presented his report, which
showed that a very prosperous year
work had been done. Mrs A. E. Ellis.
Of Dodge Center, the corresponding Sec
rotary, read a very interesting report,
revealing some of the missionary work
done by the society during the year
The society is composed of about sixty
local societies in different parts of the
state. A like organization, composed
of local societies, exists in each of their
conferences throughout the world, and
these are united in an international
society, with headquarters at Oakland.
Cal.
The work of the members Of the So
ciety is the distribution of religious
and temperance literature and minis
tering to the needy in both temporal
and spiritual things at home and
in foreign lands The zeal, earnest
ness and thoroughness with which they
do this work is well illustrated in a re-
cent utterance from one of their re-
Hgious opponents to the effect that
fifty thousand Seventh Day Adventists
distribute more millions of pages of
literature than fifty million Sunday
observers circulate thousands of pages
The usual committees were appointed
by the chair, and the meeting adj
journed. At IL o'clock Elder Laugh
borough continued his narration of the
ment. These talks by one who was
there are full Of thrilling interest to
ALL and afford an excellent opportun-
ity for all who are so disposed to learn
the facts in the case concerning this
great movement, which is misunder-
stood and misrepresented by so many.
At o'clock Elder Jones gave one
of his characteristic talks on the privi-
leges Of a genuine Christian experience.
showing from the Scriptures, that the
Savior is liable to save to the utter
most and "keeps US from falling"
and that it is possible, through him, to
live without shining, ''now in this
present evil world Elder o. j. Stone,
late of Chicago, addressed the Scandi-
At o'clock the Germans were ad-
dressed in their tent by Elder A. J.
Vath, late of South Dakota. Youths
and children's meetings were also con-
Quoted at the same hour in their re-
spective tents.
At 8 o'clock the second session of
the conference convened in the pavi1-
ion The treasurer's report showed
that over $4,000 had been received in
tithes during the past year, this people,
early in INSTRUMENTATION existence,
having adopted the Bible plan of sup
porting the ministry, which has proved
successful to the extent that the church
fairs festivals, suppers and entertain
ments, to which iother churches resort
to raise means for the prosecution of
their work are entirely unknown among
them. The report Of the committee
on licenses and credentials was call
ed for, read andR accepted. 1t granted
credentials tor item ministers and recon-
mended four more for ordination; licen-
ses were granted to ten persons, and
missionary license to ten more, seven
of whom were ladies. The report Of the
nominating committee was also re-
ceived and adopted. The officers for
the ensuing year are as follows: For
president, Elder c. w. F'laiz, of Med
ford; for vice president, Elder Fred
Johnson, of Duluth; for secretary,
Elder D. P Curtis, of Wasioja: for
treasurer, E. M. Everest, Of Grow
Wing.