The San Francisco call., 1904-06-02
CHURCH PEOPLE.
MEET IN TENTS
California Conference Of
Seventh Day Adyentists
Begins Annual Session
EIGHTY DELEGATES &C
Reports of the officers
Show Healthy State of
the Denominations Affairs
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.
O1Ao Caotar Street June l.

Berkeley OII1Ce San dHCiSNO Ne1iif
Pas Center Street, June l.
|. Bushrod Park has been turned into a
city of tents. and the next twelve days
the white roofs of a hundred canvas
houses will cover the delegates to the
annual meeting of the California Con-
ference of the Seventh Day Adventists
More than eighty delegates gathered at
the first meeting this morning. and in a
day or two the whole 107 delegates sent
by their respective churches viii an
swer the rollcall. 1t is estimated that
250 people will be present throughout
the session, many Of whom have come
from distant parts of California and
Nevada.
The conference got down to business
bright and early this morning. DR.. A.
F. Jones, its president, called the dele
gates to order, and reports Of officers
were at once entertained. The report OF
J. D. Rice, secretary Of the conference.
covering the period from April, 1903, to
December 1, 1903, showed a healthy
condition of affairs: 1t revealed that
S33 800 had been collected in tithes,.
against $50, 1856 for the same period the
year before The general receipts were
SIS, 459 and the disbursements sTS,SI5-
A J. s. Bourdeau, secretary treasurer
of the California Tract Society, rem
dered a report showing that the income
in his department had. been Sl2,4S6,
against $40, 356 for last ye6r. Out OF the
earnings of the concern 1888 had been
spent in printing and spreading tracts
to the number of 1.11410S pages. and
$4,000 copies Of the Signs of the Times.
OF the church school work, the educa-
tional institution of the conferences j.
S. Osborne, the superintendent, report
ed that. it had prospered wonderfully.
The total enrolment is now 720. and
within the year twenty new schools,
with twenty-six new teachers, have
been added.
Mrs. Carrie r. King, secretary of. the
Sunday-school department reported
that the membership of the Sunday
schools now is 1886. These members
contributed $3756 to the cause, of which
1857 was devoted TO paying expenses.
OF the surplus $1756 went to home mis-
sions and $173 to orphans.
The reports of four missionary super
intendents were all encouraging, these
having been submitted by the Rev.
trict, the Rev D. T. Zero of the San
Jose district, the Rev. c. NJ. Gardner of
the Fresno district and Professor E. j.
Hibbard of the San Francisco district.
The following committees we're ap-
pointed to arrange for the details of
the convention:
Omnibus committee-C. H Jones. George W
Mills William Saunders, H p Gray E E
Otterbeck w H Brown. ]. D. Rice. Joseph
Greenwood f. f. Pariin, a. J. Osborne. c.
NJ. Gardner. NJ c. Wilcox. ]. o. Corliss; NJ
Z. Cady. B. F. Richards. A. Brorsen. T. J:
Kellogg, A. j. Bourdeau. H. E Colby, J. Z
Ireland G. W. Rhine, A. T. Jones c. f.
Leland. d, T. Zero. NJ. c. Israel. A j.
Sanderson and J. A. Burden. e.
Nominations-C. Fl. Jones Reuben Gray.
A J. Sanderson. b. F. Richards. A. j. Jones,
L. NJ Bowen George W Mills
]. Evass NJ c. Wilcox n E. Cady. A. s
kellogg D. T Zero.
Credentials and licenses. o. Corlss. NJ
c. Israeli c. NJ. Gardner.
Business sessions of the conference
will be held daily. and twice a day re-
ligious meetings will carry the people
to the big congregation tent. Among
the prominent men who will speak are
DR.. A. T. Jones. ]. o. Corliss. of Eng
land: the Rev. William A. Spicer, Sec
retary of the foreign missions board;
Professor NJ. E. Cady. educational sec
retary of the Pacific Union Conference;
the Rev NJ C. Wilcox. editor of the
Signs of the Times, and DR.. T. j.
Evans, superintendent of the ST. Helena
Sanitarium.