. society, may be members by vote of the society.
Antrons 3.— MEMBERSHIP.
oo “All persons. in regular standing i ina: Seventinday x
~ -Adventist charch, or who may be recommended by |
- the'church; who makes offerings-to the funds of the
ARTICLE, 4, —OFFICERS.
SECTION i. . The officérs of tHis Society shall be a
President, who shall be the President of the Confer-
ence; a Vice-President, Secretary; Corresponding’ Sec-
retary, Treasurer, and State Agent, who shall be
elected at the annual. -meeting of the Society,
SEC. 2. The librarians shall be elected anasally,
. by the local societies. :
" ARTICLE 5. — MANAGEMENT.
The officers of this Society, together with the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Conference, shall constitute
a Board of Couacil, who shall have the general man-
agement of the work of the Society, and shall have
power t to fill. any: vacancies in the offices thereof.
ARTICLE 6.—DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
Suction 1. President.—The duties of the President
shall be, to preside at all meetings of the Society, and
of the Board of Council; to have general oversight of
the work of the Sogiety, and with the counsel of the
Conference Committee, to direct, the colporters in
their work. . :
SEC. 2. Vice-Presidént. —It ‘shall be the duty of the
Vice-President to actin place of the President in his
absence, and to work in connection with the Presiderit.
SEC. 3i-- Secretary. —The Secretary shall keep the:
records and doctiments of the Society, . gomduct the
business correspondence, have charge’ of the pub:
lications of the Society, and fill all orders. for the
same. © -} LJ
"SEC. 4. Cortesponding * Secretary. ~The Corres-
pondifig Secretaty. shall conduct the missionary cor-
respondence with colporters, librarians, and individ-
uals; submit plans to the local societies for the |
circulating of literature, and assist by corréspondence
and otherwise in ofganizing and conducting weekly
missionary meetings, and in carrying forward other
lines of missionary work, following such general plans
as may be approved by the President and Secretary.
SEC. 5. Treasurer.—The Treasurer shall have
charge of the funds of the Society, ‘and shall render
‘an account thereof annually, or otherwise if request-
ed to do so by the President or Board of Council.
SEC. 6. State Agent.—The, duties of the State | -
Agent shall be to have charge of the subscription book
business of the Society. He shall select, appoint, and
instruct agents, and contract with them for territory
in which to work.
ARTICLE 7, — COLPORTFRS.
Colporters shall ‘be employed by the Conference;
and the dutiés of stich colporters shall be, to do gener-
al missionary work, such as visiting scdttered sabbath
keepers, and those who have become interested by
"reading ot otherwise; canvassing for periodicals, sell-
‘ing bibles, trade books and pamphlets; also to look
after the financial interests, such as Tithe, First Day
Offerings, &ec.
ARTICLE 8. —— -
"'Fuis'Séciety shall convene annually for the election
necessary.
appoint, ‘Special meeti
and place” as’: the “Boardof
: ARTICLE, 9. ]
The funds of this Soeiety shall consist of money re-
ceived from free-will offerings and sate of publications.
{ARTICLE 10.-~AMENDMEN1S.
This Constitution may be amended at any annual
Jmeeting, by a vote of two-thirds of: the: embers
| present. - A
REPORTING. r :
1, The librarians shall collect fromthe members
weekly, when practicable, and at least quarterly, the
following items of work done: —- ".
Letters written. ;
Letters received. -
Bible readings held.
Subscriptions obtained for periodicals.
Periodicals distributed.
. Pages of books, tracts, etc., distributed.
2." The librarians shall: report these items, (and
others as per new blank) quarterly to the State Cor-
- responding’ Secretary.
A summary of: “these reports shall be forwarded
quarterly by the; ‘Corresponding Secretary to the
State Secretary.
The State Seéretary Shatt render éach goiter to
the Corresponding Secretary ‘of ‘the International T.
{and M. Society, a report compiled” “ron: the’ ‘report. ‘of
the Corresponding Secretary, together? with: the follaw-
ing items to be collected from his books:
1. The retail value of all | publications furnished to
individuals, dot included in the: report of the “Coires-
ponding. Secretary. 0 vin UetEries
"2. The value of all periodicals ordered tors inissiori-
ary purposes throngh his’ ‘sdiciety. * a
3. The retail value of all sccm ‘books sold
by canvassers > during the quarther]” Ls
[a ‘DUTIES OF wu BRARIANS, oe
1,—To keep constantly: before the society, thei jmpor-
tance of the work, and to. encourage all to.give. it a
hearty support by their means, help: aborts, and. their
prayers. Ce Tie
2.—To have the oversight of the + work! done By the
society, and to 80 plan ‘that as far as poss le every
member shall have something todo,
3.—To encourage -the members to Mig spoord, of
their work; to furnish’ them with Report Blanks and
instruct them how and when toTeporty to collest their
{reports at the close of the quarter, and promptly. for-
ward a summary of the saine,on its appropriate blank,
to the Corresponding. Secretary. ;
4.—To keep a record ot all ndssionary meetings, and
to read the same at the proper time andphice.’ -
* 5,—To sée that the. meetings. ‘of the society are. reg-
ularly held and properly carried on;
(a): The weekly meeting, - ree
~ (b) The 4th sabbath meeting; at which; oY Summary
of the work done ? during ¢ the © quarter shouldbe read.
Sa
THE MINNESOTA WORKER.
eo) The quarterly business meeting, when a report
should be presented of the work during the quarter;
"also a financial statement showing the standing of the
society with the State Society at the close of the pre-
vious quarter, money received and paid out since that
time, the amount due the society from individuals,
amount of cash on hand, with the present indebted-
ness to the State.
6.—To keep the accounts of the society, to properly |
balance the books at the close of every quarter, and to
file all bills, statements, and receipts in the order of
their dates.
7.—To impress upon the members the importance of
taking our papers and reading them; to secure clubs
of papers for missionary work, as well as supplies of
tracts and other literature; to order publications for
"the society and for individuals.
8—To collect the following Funds: Weekly and 4th
Sabbath Donations, First Day Offerings, Pledges to
General Relief fund. Alsotoreceive and forward Per-
iodical Dues and Pledges to any Fund or Enterprise.
A. E. E.
+ THE SABBATH SCHOOL. :
ORGANIZATION OF THE ASHLEY UNION
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
ON. Margh 31st 1895, the friends of the Sunday
Schoo! met at the school house. Eld. W. B. Hill
acting as chairman. Mr. Oscar Johnson, Miss Ella
Hill, and Miss Etta Carpenter were appointed as a
nominating committee to powinale officers for the
school.
They reported Mrs. Dell Wood for Superintend-
"ent and Chorister. Mrs. M. J. Mc Cracken for
~ Asst. Superintendent, and Miss Etta Carpenter for
Secretary, al’ of whom were duly elected.
The following classes were organized,
Co } A. Crass.
Oscar Johnson, Arthur Love, H. Lohf,
Etta Carpenter and Stella Love.
Teacher, Mrs. D. Love.
: B. Crass,
A. Carpenter, Minor Mec Cracken, Lynn Mc Crack-
en, Arving Carpenter and Chester Love. :
: Teacher, Mrs. Cal. Parker.
C. OvLass
Clarissa Love, Willie Parker, Fay Wood, Harold
Wood, Ray Parker, and Gurden Carpenter.
Teacher, Mrs. W. J. Mc Cracken,
A greater enrollment is expected as soon as the
organization of the Sunday School is known.
e NOTES FROM THE FIELD. eo
[T is some time since I reported to the WoRKER
but 1 can say that T am still alive and enjoy good
health, and my courage in the work of God and * His-
message grows brighter day by day, as I see the
work advance, The work of God is pushingits way
to every corner of the earth,and every community of
our own land seems to be more or less stirred by its
influence. On the other hand,the enemy is not sleep-
ing: he is ‘preparing souls for destruction, and lays
his snares for those who have not fully given up to
him. His wrath is especially kindled against those
who keep the commandments of God and have the
faith of Jesus.
I stopped in Chicago a few days on my way from
Battle Creek. We bad a few meetings with the
brethren there, besides visiting the Medical Mission
and other places of interest in the city.
Since coming back to Minnesota, I stayed in
Minneapolis a few days in council with the Conf.
Com. about the work and especially arranging for
our Camp Meeting. 1 also held a few meetings with
our Scandinavian brethren in St Paul and
Minneapolis,
1 came to Artichoke March, 21, have had one
and two meetings every day. Two families have
lately commenced keeping the Sabbath, and one came
out fromthe Baptists. This stirred them up and
their minister preached a few times on Adventism,
setting us forth in a very unchristian way. Many of
his own members were disgusted with the whole af-
fair. The effect was that many have attended our
meetings, and as the duties and privileges of the
Christian have been set forth, the Spirit of God has
put the words home to many hearts. We hope to
see some of them take their stand on the truth. The
brethren have been encouraged and have said that
they never knew such glorious things were in the
word of God.
I expect to leave here tomorrow for Litchfield.
Artichoke, April, 2, 1895.
JouN HoFrFMax.
PRINCETON, MINN.
IT have been here a little over two months.
The Lord has blessed the feeble effort put forth
in showing the loving kindness of our Heavenly
Father. Have held meetings in a school house
and have held Bible-readings in families: At first
I had a very hard position considering my inex-
perience. oe
Three revival ministers had "the use of the
school house when I came. A brother asked for
me the privilege of speaking one night, but. was
refused. The congregation suggested that we
hold the meetings together. For fear of losing