Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-25

r. The second days session OF the gen
eraI conference of the Seventh Day
Baptist denomination was devoted to
the American Sabbath Tract society.
with Prof. Stephen Babcock of New
York city presiding The session open
ed with singing, scripture reading and
q prayer by Rev. Wayland d. Wilcox
Then followed an address. A Message
from the Tract Board, by Rev. Edwin
Shaw. corresponding secretary.
He opened with the words Bring
them unto me-" relating to. 1.-THE loaves
and the fishes, and said that as Sew
enth Day Baptists they should not
only bring all their talents, but all
their few talents. and that with what
the Lord left them they would be am
ply repaid, just as after the loaves ana
fishes were brought to Him there was
more left than were brought. The
Seventh Day Baptists are small peo
pIe and they should bring the little
they have in pocket and power, and
thus obey the call. Bring unto me-;
and spread the cause of the sanctlty
of the Sabbath everywhere, and Christ
will add to their little just as he gave
back of the loaves and the fishes.
OF the work of the tract board, he
said the committee had disposed of the
bank and corporation bonds, not by
reason of any stability. but because
they did not conform to the trust
funds The result of these bonds has
been placed in Plainfield, n. j., real
estate He said that in order that the
editor of the Sabbath Recorder could
be in closer touch with the people, he
was sent as representative to all con-
ferences and his observations were
given to the people, He declared that
the church and the work of the board
should be closer together, and it had
been arranged that on at least two
Sabbaths in each year that sermons be
preached in the churches in the IN
terest of the work of the Tract soci-
ety.. and that there be two special les
sons for Sabbath school observance
Aid had been asked of six pastors to
do extensive special work in the field
and they visited thirty churches as
special Representatives of the tract
board.
During the year only s536.o1 had
been expended by the committee in
charge of the publicity of literature
He said that the publication of the
book written by the late Rev. A. III.
Lewis on Spiritual Sabbatarianlsm had
proven financial loss, which showed
.ess than one-half of the issue had
been sold and less than one-half of the
cost price received
Mr. Shaw said he took no stock in
the injudicious and broadcast dfstrtbu-
ton of tracts but in the circulation
of these aids to the faith where they
were wanted. Half the tracts that had
been issued during the year had been
transferred to the African dialect ana
sent to that country. He said the
board was willing to send Sabbath lit
erature to any place where it would be
appreciated Over one thousand cop
les of a tract were sent to as many
addresses in a city where the Sabbata-
rians took lead in a successful fight
against the saloon and not a single
response same to the Tract society. He
safd that Sunday had lost its grip on
the people as religious day, and that
the society was doing its best for the
faith. 1t could only SOW the seed and
leave the harvest to God. He favored
a broa der. energetic work in Africa.
u is a wide field and where the
blacks wanted whites as their Chris
tian leaders. IL the Seventh Day Bap-
lists do not enter this field through the
now wide open door it VIII be closed
to them forever.
AT the conclusion of Rev. Mr.. Shaw's
address, Miss Althea Crandall gave
soprano solo, In Thy House There Are
Many Mansions
Treasurer Frank j. Hubbard was the
next speaker, and stated that While the
report of the treasurer in detail and
in printed form had been distributed to
the delegates, he must OF nee eSS1ty IN
his brief address make some reference
TO statistics. He said that during the
year the contributions amounted to
$4,000. from the interest fund S4,6UU,
and the receipts from the publishing
house were $4,000. while the expenses
of publication We're $500. or $4,000
more than was received in SubScIip
tons In other words, there was 500
more received from interest on be-
quests than was contributed by the
Seventh Day Bapusts of today, and
therefore our fOrefathers were paying
for that which we should pay for our
selves. He said we should care for our
swn, for these things you shall have
done and not let other work undone-
We should pay our own bills and give
to the Lord. He said the Sabbath Re-
oorder should be at least on a break
even basis, and with proper effort this
can be done.
The budget for estimated expenses
for the year to come is $11.506, and it
should be more but it is now $4,000
more than last year. This means much
larger contributions from the people.
Mr.. Hubbard said it was not right for
people in conferences to vote for eX-
penditures that will require contri-
button of two dollars each and after
wards to reduce the sum to fifty cents.
They should not let their hearts run
away with their heads, but as individ-
uals and church do their full part.
Hymn 2f3 was sung and then Prof.