something
over
thirteen
hundred
copies.
In
the
last
few
months
more
than
one
hundred
thousand
of
the
small
tracts
issued
by
the
General
Conference
have
been
distributed.
We
are
glad
that
something
has
been
done,
but
in
view
of
the
vast
popula-
tion,
and
our
responsibility
to
bring
to
them
the
light
God
has
given
us,
not
a
tithe
of
what
should
have
been
done
to
extend
the
light
has
been
ac-
complished.
“
CHRIST'S
OBJECT
LESSONS.”
The
book
sales
mentioned
above
do
not
include
our
sales
of
“
Object
Lessons,”
which
up
to
April
30
were
four
thousand,
nine
hundred
and
twenty-three.
We
have
paid
to
the
South
Lancas-
ter
Academy
$4,716.03
on
“
Object
Lessons
7’
sales.
There
is
about
seven
hundred
dollars
outstanding
in
the
State
on
these
books.
Some
of
our
brethren
have
done
nobly
in
the
sale
of
this
book.
Had
all
taken
hold
of
the
work
heartily,
it
would
have
all
been
done
long
ago.
Our
ministers
and
conference
laborers
have
set
a
good
example,
and
have
sold
as
a
rule,
several
times
their
quota
of
the
books.
Why
should
this
heaven-ap-
pointed
work
drag
so
heavily?
Why
should
we
run
with
the
shackles
of
debt
upon
our
feet,
when
we
might
be
freed
so
easily
if
all
would
arise
and
do
their
duty
?
Six
tents
were
in
the
field
last
sea-
son.
We
have
planned
for
eight
the
present
summer.
Most
of
these
will
have
only
one
minister
with
each
tent.
Last
fall
we
held
twenty-four
gen-
eral
meetings,
lasting
five
days
each,
in
various
parts
of
the
State.
These
meetings
were
usually
well
attended,
and
were
a
source
of
encouragement
to
our
churches
and
scattered
Sab-
bath-keepers.
These
meetings
have
constituted
the
largest
share
of
minis-
terial
help
the
churches
have
received
during
the
year,
except
where
our
ministers
are
located
in
large
cities,
and
have
pastoral
charge
of
the
churches
there.
ATLANTIC
UNION
JGLEANER
We
have
eleven
ministers,
three
Bible
workers,
and
eighteen
‘can-
vassers.
We
have
paid
out
during
the
year
to
the
general
work
outside
of
the
conference,
$6,009.46.
We
have
paid
out
for
labor
and
expenses
in
the
con-
ference
$14,573.39,
making
a
total
of
$20,632.85.
This
shows
that
nearly
one-third
of
the
means
raised
in
the
conference
during
the
year
has
been
used
In
the
general
work.
During
the
three
years
preceding
the
present,
the
tithe
in
the
confer
ence
had
made
a
steady
increase
of
something
over
two
thousand
dollars
annually,
each
year
over
the
year
pre-
ceding.
We
hoped
that
this
steady
increase
of
the
tithe
would
continue,
and
had
planned
our
work
accord-
ingly.
The
great
coal
strike
of
1902,
which
proved
to
be
a
national
calamity,
was
felt
more
in
Pennsylvania
than
else-
where,
and
as
a
consequence,
instead
of
the
tithe
having
increased
two
thousand
dollars
over
last
year,
we
come
five
hundred
dollars
short
of
the
amount
received
last
year.
This
will
make
our
tithe
about
two
thou-
sand
five
hundred
dollars
less
than
we
had
expected
to
use
in
prosecuting
the
work
during
the
present
season.
This
will
necessitate
economy
by
all
our
laborers
in
the
work,
and
an
ear-
nest
effort
on
the
part
of
all
the
churches
to
increase
the
tithe,
or
we
shall
be
greatly
crippled
In
carrying
out
our
present
plans.
We
are
glad
to
report
that
the
large
debt
of
something
like
thirty
thousand
dollars,
which
was
laid
upon
the
tract
society
years
ago,
is
now
less
than
fifteen
thousand.
This
debt
has
been
a
great
burden
and
hindrance
to
the
work
in
the
State.
We
are
con-
stantly
called
upon
to
meet
these
ob-
ligations.
We
have
found
it
a
difficult
problem
to
give
credit
to
our
canvass-
ers
and
others
without
loss
to
the
society.
We
must
ask
all
our
can-
vassers
and
churches
to
be
prompt
in
meeting
their
obligations.
This
is
(5)
301
essential
for
the
good
of
the
society,
as
well
as
the
good
of
the
individuals
concerned.
If
the
conference
man-
agement
is
such
as
to
continually
de-
crease
the
old
debt,
and
push
the
work
aggressively,
in
a
few
years
the
society
may
sing
the
song
of
jubilee.
We
ought
to
have
fifty
reliable
mis-
sionary
canvassers,
men
and
women,
bearing
the
torch
of
divine
light
to
all
classes.
Our
prayers,
sympathy,
in-
fluence,
and
encouragement,
as
far
as
we
are
able,
should
be
given
to
these
honorable
messengers
of
Christ.
Our
former
secretary
and
treasurer
of
the
conference,
W.
M.
Lee,
and
his
wife,
who
have
borne
important
responsibilities
in
the
conference
for
years
have
been
called
away
to
other
fields
of
labor.
Their
faithful
work
among
us
will
be
missed,
but
our
loss
will
be
gain
to
that
part
of
the
field
to
which
they
have
been
called,
The
conference
committee
called
Brother
V.
H.
Cook
to
the
office
at
Williams-
port
to
take
up
the
work
with
Brother
Hartman
which
W.
M.
Lee
had
been
doing.
:
Sister
Lee
has
continued
her
work
as
secretary
of
the
Sabbath-school
to
the
present
time.
The
work
of
the
Philadelphia
Sani-
tariun
has
been
gaining
advantage
and
influence.
Its
usefulness
is
greatly
hindered
for
lack
of
proper
room
and
facilities
to
do
the
work
that
should
be
done.
Doctors
Wilkins
and
Bradford
will
speak
in
its
behalf
during
the
conference.
CHURCH
SCHOOLS.
We
have
had
only
two
church
schools
during
the
past
year.
This
is
a
subject
that
should
demand
the
con-
sideration
of
our
churches;
and,
wherever
schools
can
be
maintained
in
a
creditable
manner,
our
children
should
be
educated
in
our
own
schools.
Where
this
can
not
be
done,
I
cer-
tainly
would
recommend
our
people
to
send
their
children
to
the
public
schools
rather
than
to
allow
them
to
grow
up
in
ignorance.
In
every
case
the
home
should
be