The time has come when these important meetings should be appointed, so as to give opportunity for the brethren and sisters to make their arrangements for attending them. We appoint as follows:—
Near Centerville, Kansas, May 29-June 2, 1873.
Washington, Iowa, June 5-9, "
Medford, Minn., “ 19-23, “
Clear Lake, Wisconsin, “ 26-30, “
The friends of the cause in the Illinois Conference are so scattered that it is not thought best by its officers to attempt to have a camp-meeting in that State. Those living near Iowa can easily attend that meeting, as it is so near the eastern line of the State, while many living near Wisconsin, can attend there. It is expected that these meetings will be seasons of general interest, and of great importance to the prosperity of the cause in these Conferences.
We expect Bro. and sister White will attend them. Eld. Butler also designs to be present. The ministering brethren who labor in each State will attend their own camp-meeting and assist in the good work. We want to see a general rally of the friends of the cause at these important meetings. All should be present punctually to commence with the meeting Thursday morning and continue through till the meeting closes. Those who fail to pursue this course suffer a great loss. Come, brethren and sisters, come up to these annual feasts and get your hearts imbued with the spirit of the work, and your minds enlightened in regard to its rapidly increasing magnitude, and your interest increased in its vast importance. Let the world to come have a share of your thoughts, and the cause of God a small portion of your time. You can't afford to stay away. Come prepared to lift in the important enterprises about to be undertaken by our people. We shall be disappointed if these meetings are not the largest gatherings that have ever been seen in the States where they are held.
GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
Wisconsin Camp-meeting Fund.
By P. S. Thurston; H. W. Decker; I. Sanborn
At the Wisconsin camp-meeting last year, we commenced to raise a camp-meeting fund to meet the running expenses of our camp-meetings. And as the apostle tells us to be diligent in every good work, and as we all acknowledge that the sustaining of our camp-meetings by our presence and by our means is a good work, therefore we recommend that the elders in every church invite every brother to pay one dollar and the sisters fifty cts. each, between now and camp meeting, and send it to the camp-meeting by one of your delegates. Do not neglect it. We hope that those who may not be connected with any church will send what they wish to give, by letter to William Kerr, Monroe, Green Co., Wis., stating that it is camp-meeting fund.
P. S. Thurston, Wis.
H. W. Decker, Conf.
I. Sanborn, Com.
Excitement over a Catholic Bishop’s Sermon.
The N. Y. Times of the 4th ult., contains a dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, stating that much excitement has been created there by the recent Lenten pastoral of the Right Rev. Dr. Gilmour, Roman Catholic Bishop of that diocese. The document is very bold and determined in tone and character, asserting the supremacy of the Church over the State, censuring the present system of public school education, which he claims is imperfect, insisting that Catholic families shall send their children to Catholic schools unless absolutely impracticable: directing that marriages shall not be contracted outside the Catholic church, and says if necessary Catholics must insist upon and demand their rights as citizens at the polls. Church property will not hereafter be controlled by trustees, but shall be transferred to the Bishop. The pastoral has elicited much comment from the press of the city, both editorially and through communications. Last Sunday evening, Rev. Mr. Toobush, a Unitarian minister, before a large audience, made the pastoral the subject of his discourse, and took strong grounds against it.
Bishop Gilmour published a letter defending and explaining the pastoral at length, and concludes with this proposition to the school board: That the Catholics shall build their own school-houses, and place them, during school hours, under the entire control of the public school board, during which time no religious instruction shall be given; but before or after school hours religious instruction shall be permitted. The teachers of said school to be Catholics, and be paid by the school board.
Vogel and Waggoner Discussion: Third Proposition Concluded
By Editor
The article of Eld. Vogel in this number concludes the examination of the third proposition under discussion between himself and Bro. Waggoner. One more proposition is to come respecting Sunday sanctity, in which Eld. V. takes the affirmative.
Thus far, neither we nor any of our correspondents have written anything with reference to the arguments adduced by the disputants in this discussion. We shall be justified in referring to the matter this week in view of the charges which Eld. V. prefers against us in his present paper. The article to which he refers on the veil of the sanctuary was written to meet the queries of some of our friends in Iowa, queries which they entertained before this discussion was commenced or thought of, but of which we were not aware till the matter was brought before us by letter the week previous to the appearance of our article. It was written wholly in reference to them. Bro. Canright’s articles on Objections to the Sabbath are written weeks in advance of their publication, and without any reference to what has appeared, or may appear, in the REVIEW. They are answers to objections which he has found from an extensive experience as a public laborer, to exist quite generally in the minds of the people. In none of them is there any allusion to Eld. V. or his position, or to the arguments used in the discussion. Eld. V.’s alleged grievances are wholly imaginary.
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