Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-25
Seventh-Day Bap1ists In Westerly
Second Day Of Conference Devoted American Sabbath
Tract Society With Interesting Speakers Fat Mems
Associations 35th Annual Clambake the Usual Sue
cess-Coroner Kingsley Conducting Inquest.

Neal Annas sang for solo, Come In
to Me.
s The Sabbath Keepers Opportunity
was the subject of Rev. L. c. RAN
doIph's address, which was quite
#denominati ton. He referred to the de-
cline of Sunday, and this has directed
attention to the real Lords Day. He
advocated loyalty to our own, for the
denomination was only what 1t accom-
-plished, not by sectarianism, but ser
vice to the world. and the making OF
history in the present day. and unity
among ourselves. He said the Seventh
Day BaptiSts We're a small people, VINO
knew each other and that the confer
ence was a sort of family reunion.
Religion was a hardship, a sacrifice.
and that We should thank God and
love each other and be as one. He re-
ferred to the Seventh Day sheep that
were not within the field, but who
were true to the light they saw. Rev
Mf Randolph declared the denomina-
tons were not proselytes, but were
ready to welcome all who could distin- ?
guish the true light It is not so i'm
portant that God be with us, but that
we be with God.
There is now a feeling of alarm. al
most despair, of the keeping of Sun
day properly but what have they got
val sanctity, no sanction of general
history, no emphasis of the Jews. He
said we do not observe Sabbath as
reward, but to serve a Kinf.
Thursday afternoons session opened
with singing, followed with an address
on The Joint Committee, by Rev. Clay
ton A. Burdick, pastor of the local
church. The other speaker at the aft
erfloon session was Congressman
George H. Utter, also of Westerly,
whose subject was What Ought Such a
People to Be? Between the addresses
there was a we'll rendered violin solo
by Miss Charlotte Maxson. An open
pdrliment was feature of the Ses-
sion, the subject being What Ought
Such a People to Do? led by Rev. The
odore L. Gardner.
The report of the trustees of Seventh
Day Baptist memorial fund was pre-
scented and accepted. 1t showed the
amount of the endowment fund to be
s470,e6466, an increase during the year
of S6,523. The gross earnings were
SOC, 93S.12. and the expense of handling
the fund s1,055.04.
1t was voted to refer the report Of
tie tract committee of the general con-
ference.
The committee on publication of the
historical volume reported that about
half of the number Of printed copies
had been disposed of and that the bal
ance, when sold, would pay the in
debtedness. The committee stated that
money had been borrowed on the ~er-
sonal notes of members of the COM
mittee. It was voted that the indebt-
edness be assumed by the general con-
ference and the committee, on request,
was discharged.
1t was voted to send the greetings of
the conference by telegraph to Brother
Ira J. Ordway in Chicago and Rev. ].
G. Burdick in Alfred, N. Y.
The committee on nomina lions sub
mitted list of committees for the va
rious societies. connected with the con-
ference, who will meet Friday morn
ing for consideration of the interests
of these societies and to report to gen.
eral conference.