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TO CHURCH OFFICERS IN MICHIGAN

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Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, January 1, 1880

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 1

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TO CHURCH OFFICERS IN MICHIGAN.

We wish to call the attention of the elders and church officers in Michigan to the special duties which should be looked after in particular at the quarterly meeting, Jan. 3 and 4.
1. Every Sabbath-keeper in your vicinity should pledge to pay his tithe (Lev. 27: 30-33; Matt. 23: 23) for 1880 into the treasury, to be forwarded to the State treasurer, for the support of the ministry. Any away from home or the church should report to the S. B. treasurer, sending his pledge.
2. As some in this Conference have not adopted the plan recommended by the General Conference for the support of the T. and M. work, we will call your attention to the following resolution, passed at the last Michigan T. and M. meeting: “Resolved, That we, as ministers of the Michigan Conference, and directors of the T. and M. Society, will put forth a persistent effort to get all our people in this Conference to pay a tithe into the Conference treasury, and a sum equal to one-third of the tithe into the T. and M. fund.”
To our scattered brethren and sisters who are not members of our churches, we would say, that we think you should pay your tithes and add a sum equal to one-third of the tithe for the tract and missionary work, and forward the same to the State treasurer, H. W. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Mich. By this act upon your part we shall be very much encouraged to send you ministerial help; but the best of it all is, you will be doing your duty.
MICHIGAN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.