Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
RESOLUTIONS BEFORE ADVENTISTS

Officers of the Seventh day Adventist I, Southern New England Conference were unanimously reelected at the morning session at 1o.30 o'clock Monday at the Community house on Church street. The list was presented by, the nomina ting committee as follows:
 President Elder A. T. Robinson; sec retary and treasurer, c. H. Gerald; exec- utive committee, Elder A. T. Robinson, Elder H. c. J. Walleker, c. H. Gerald, l D. B. Parmelee, J. A. Tefft, S. S. Gerard, 1 F. F. Henry; tract society secretary and treasurer, c. H. Gerald field mission ary secretary, H. P. Cram Sabbath | school department secretary, Mrs Bessie | P. Wilcox; educational department sec | retary, Mrs. Bessie P. Wilcox; Young | Peoples Missionary volunteer department secretary, Mrs. Bessie P. Wilcox; Home Missionary secretary, Charles Durham religious liberty department secretary, Elder H. c. J. Walleker; medical depart ment secretary, to be supplied.
 Resolutions Presented.
 The following resolutions were adopt ed. pending discussion at the next con- ference session, on Tuesday morning
 Whereas, though we are living in the most serious time of 5thiS worlds his- tory, when many of our fellow men have gone down in death and destruction, Gods rich blessing has rested upon the work of this conference. in the preser- vation of the lives of our workers, in the salvation of souls and in the supper. of the cause at home and abroad by tithes and sufferings, therefore
 Resolved. That we hereby express our thanks to our Heavenly Flther for these manifold blessings and we renew the conservation of our lives. our service, and our means for the finishing of Gods work in the earth;
 We recommend, that:
 "The Southern New England confer ance acquiesce in the request of the Massachusetts conference to transfer hack the territory within their own state l boundary line, formerly held by this con- ference.
 Recognizing the large percentage of foreign speaking peoples within our bor- lers, and realizing the efficiency of the printed page in reaching this class: "(a) We recommend that our people nut forth special effort to circulate our foreign literature in the homes of these people. "Cb) That home foreign bands be or ganized in each church, giving special atention to this line of work. "(c) That where a foreign naighbor shows special interest in the faith, their names be handed in to The worker of said nationality.
 "Whereas, the circulation of our litera- -ure is a soul-saving agency, we recon- mend that in promoting our regular col oorteur work, that our women, as well | IS men, be encoura ged to devote their 1 2ntire or spare time to this impcItant 1 work
 | Resolved: That we. as conference, 1 approve and adopt as our goal for mis- l sions for 1920, fifty cents per week Ter | member. as recommended by the general
 conference. and approved by the Atlantic l Union conference.
 "Whereas the Lord has greatly bless ] d the church, in the home land, in the | efforts to obtain funds far missions and ] whereas the needs in the foreign fields l 9re continually growing, We recommend l 1ur conference in-gathering goal to be
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 We resolve to make effort to appoin,
 competent leaders in each church and | company to work particularly for the
 juniors.
 We resolve that we endeavor to com
 ply with the recommendation of the gen
 sral conference and the Atlantic UH4or
 conference to furnish two families fol l foreign fields each year
 1 We recommend that each of oul | churches set before themselves a definite
 roal in the distribution of = Presen
 Truth, Signs weekly and other mission 2ry literature.
 Fundamentals of Religious Freedom.
 We believe in civil government a. l 1ivinely ordained by God, to maintain
 justice, freedom, peace. and good vii among men. We believe that civil gov
 arnments were divinely ordained to reg
 ulate human affairs. oniy-not religion
 concerns-a mans duty toward his fel lowmen, but not a mans duty towart God
 , We are opposed to every approach
 leading to union of church and state
 and all compulsory religious obligation
 enforced under duress of civil law Therefore, We are opposed to Sunday leg
 islaton becaue it is essentially religion in it's origin and chaeflct4r. Sunday ob
 servance was ordained an1>fostercti by ta church in behalf of religious institu l ton. and does not rest on the same basi
 as the civil holidays set apart in homo
 of state institutions. The civil gov | ernment has no right to penalize labor o
 business that is perfectly legitimate i and of itself What is civilly legitimat on Monday is equally so on Sunday
 Religion only draws distinction for re f ligious reasons and therefore, %religiou s reasons cannot justify civil enactment. y | We are justified to step over at one poin
 we can step over all alon.; the line
 The civil authorities have no .rigf
 to compel people to observe even tha
 day which God has commanded, as a n his institutions rest on free will servic, | individual faith, and conscientious COT .- victions of the heart. Compulsion i .- religion is an utte~ perversion of. God e plan to regenerate and save men an V can only engender Journalism and hypoc
 risy
 d ss We therefore, protest against the tw ,e sunday bills one pending in the senat l. S. 655, and the other in the house, H. I