A LITTLE more than two weeks have passed since we pitched our tent in this place. From the first we have had good congregations, and a constantly increasing interest, though it is in the time of harvest. We do not often have less than two hundred hearers. Last evening (Sunday, the 27th), there were as many as five hundred out to hear on the change of the Sabbath. At the close of this meeting, a vote was taken, when twenty-five or thirty expressed themselves convinced that the seventh day of the week is the Bible Sabbath; but there were none to witness in favor of Sunday. Books go off quite freely, showing that the people have an interest to become informed on the different points of the present truth. The interest is becoming quite general, and what is heard at the tent is the principal topic of conversation. We have had no open opposition yet, still the ministers keep aloof from us.
We hope for some good result of the meeting here. We ask to be remembered in the prayers of those who love the cause of present truth. J. D. VAN HORN.
Quincy, Mich., July, 28, 1873.
Vernon Co., Mo.
By T. J. Butler; J. H. Cook
WE have just commenced labors at Montevallo; held one meeting, which was very liberally attended. The tent was five weeks at Clintonville; one week, were discussing the Kingdom and Sabbath questions. We were compelled to discuss, or leave the place with the impression more or less extant that we were afraid of public investigation. But from the testimonies we hear from the opposite party, they think themselves worsted in the contest. The interest at Clintonville kept up till the close of the meeting. Many were entirely convinced; but I believe only ten took a decided stand to keep all of God’s commandments. Some of them were persons who had never made any profession before. But we confidently expect to have a church there of from fifteen to twenty-five members. Four willing souls were baptized by Bro. Butler at our last meeting.
T. J. BUTLER,
J. H. COOK.
A Confession.
By D. W. Johnson
Dear Brethren: With your permission, I feel that I should like to say a few words through the REVIEW, to the brethren who are acquainted with me, and are knowing to some of the circumstances connected with my course for the past few years. For several years, I have not been in the liberty of the gospel as before. I suffered myself to be led into sin, and have taken a course which has brought reproach upon the cause of God. This I deeply regret. I know that it was the dark influence of Satan that led me on in the course that I pursued.
A departure from God's word in one respect, has prepared the way for a further digression in another direction; and in this way, Satan has led me into a delusion, and to unite with a people who were at war with the present truth. Though I have never felt at heart to go against Seventh-day Adventists, still, while I upheld and went with a people that did, I lent my influence in that direction.
About one year since, I left that people (I refer to those who are called Elijahites, or those who followed one J. T. Curry, who claimed to be a prophet, and appropriated many other of the most distinguished characters of the Bible to himself). I have since been trying to work my way back into favor with God by trying to humble myself before him, and confess my wrongs. I feel as though a portion of my time had been worse than lost. I have done no good, and have had a scattering influence, and instead of growing in grace, I lost the favor of God in a measure, and I have sometimes felt as though I was separated from God and his people. I feel my weakness, and my own inability, and utter helplessness to work for God or myself, without his help; but I would, in view of my wrongs, deeply humble myself before God, and seek forgiveness for all my sins, while Jesus pleads the merits of his blood in my behalf. I desire, as far as possible, to counteract my influence where it has been wrong, and shall labor to this end to the best of my ability.
My faith, hopes, sympathies, and interest, are fully with this people. I deeply regret that I have ever been turned aside from the present truth. I feel an earnest desire to enlist all of my energies in the right direction. And I hope, dear brethren and sisters, that I may not only obtain your forgiveness, but that I may have your prayers, that I may be kept from the deceptive power of Satan in these last days of delusions and peril.
From your erring brother,
D. W. Johnson.
Springfield, Mass., July, 1873.
Labor and Prayer: Martha and Mary Compared
LABOR is of noble birth, but prayer is the daughter of Heaven. Labor has a place near the throne, but prayer touches the golden scepter. Labor, Martha-like, is busy with much serving, but prayer sits with Mary at the feet of Jesus.
Death Cannot Erase the Influence of the Good
DEATH may remove from us the great and good, but the force of their actions still remains. The bow is broken, but the arrow has sped, and will do its office.
Appeal for Labor Among Scattered Brethren
[If any of our scattered brethren in this part of the State desire labor, address me at Lee’s Summit, Missouri, J. H. ROGERS.
My address is 122 W. Division St., Chicago, Ill. JOHN MATTESON.
Michigan Conference
Appointments.
** Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 269 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago, are invited to attend.
Michigan Conference.
This Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, Sept. 4–8, 1873. Let all the churches, and scattered brethren be well represented. Also let each S. B. Treasurer see that all pledges are paid up to Sept. 1, 1873.
E. H. Root, Mich.
S. H. King, Conf.
D. H. Lamson, Com.
Tract and Missionary Society.
The Mich. T. and M. Society will hold its next annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, Sept. 4–8.
E. H. Root, Pres.
The Health Reform Institute.
The stock-holders of the Health Reform Institute will hold their seventh annual meeting at Battle Creek, Mich., in connection with the camp-meeting, Friday, Sept. 5, 1873, at 9 A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting. Stock-holders who cannot attend will please see that their stock is represented by proxy; neglect of this may defeat the object of the meeting.
James White,
Ira Abbey,
William Ings,
Harmon Lindsay,
E. B. Gaskill,
M. S. Merriam,
C. W. Comings, Directors.
The next quarterly meeting of District No. 10, Mich. T. and M. Society, will be held at St. Charles, August 16 and 17, 1873. Also the quarterly meeting of the churches of Saginaw Co. Special invitation for all to attend.
John McGregor, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Sand Prairie church, Wis., August 30, 31, 1873. The brethren visiting the churches are expected.
Thos. Demmon, Clerk.
There will be a quarterly meeting of the Tract and Missionary Society of Dist. No. 4 at Bro. Bramhall’s, in Springport, on August 23, 24. A special request is made for some messenger to attend. By request.
E. P. Giles, Agt.
There will be a quarterly meeting for the churches, and T. and M. Society, in Dist. No. 9, at Ithaca, Sabbath and first-day, Aug. 9, 10. Bro. S. H. King will meet with the brethren there. A general attendance is expected.
E. H. Root.
I will meet with the church in Oceana Co., Mich., near Greenwood Station, Aug. 9, 10.
John Byington.
Quarterly meeting of the Hook’s Point church will be held at the school-house in Hook’s Point, Hamilton Co., Iowa, August 30 and 31. We earnestly invite Bro. Nicola, or any other S. D. Adventist minister to meet with us. We hope to see the friends from Batch Grove in attendance at this meeting.
W. B. Everhart.
The Tract and Missionary Society of Dist. No. 8, of Michigan will be held at Bushnell, August 17, 1873. A general attendance and reports are expected at this meeting.
J. Fargo, Director.
The quarterly meeting for the District will be held August 16, in connection with the T. and M. meeting. Bro. Hutchins is requested to meet the churches at this meeting. There will be an opportunity for baptism if any desire.
Conference Committee.
Quarterly Meetings.
Greenvale, Ill., August 16, 17, at the Chelsea meeting-house. Rockton, 23, 24. We hope all the friends of the cause, within a reasonable distance of these meetings, will attend. There will be a Tract and Missionary meeting held at each of the above places. There will also be opportunity for baptism. Meeting to commence with the Sabbath.
R. F. Andrews.
California Camp-Meeting
The California State Camp-meeting will be held from September 17 to 23, one mile east of Yountville Station, on the Napa Valley Railroad; nine miles north of Napa, and six miles south of St. Helena. It is desired that all the tents be on the ground Monday evening, the 15th, and those designing, as far as possible, to arrive Tuesday evening, the 16th, as suggested in the Review. We expect Bro. and sister White, and Bro. D. M. Canright to join us in the camp-meeting. Come, brethren and sisters, to this camp-meeting. Bring your friends with you that you think may be benefited. Come, praying that the meeting may be a signal blessing to the cause in our midst. Teams will meet trains each way to convey passengers to and from the camp ground free of charge.
J. N. Loughborough, Cal.
Jackson Ferguson, Conf.
John Judson, Com.
California Conference.
The first session of the California State Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, Sept. 17 to 23, at Yountville. At the session of our State meeting, we, by vote, resolved ourselves into a State Conference. According to the State Constitution circulated among you, you will see that each church of twenty members or less is entitled to one delegate, and one delegate for every additional fifteen members. Thus, twenty members, or less, will entitle you to one delegate; thirty-five members, two delegates; fifty members, to three, &c. Blanks will be sent to each church clerk in due time, with proper instructions how to fill them for the Conference. Let each church immediately elect their delegates, that all may be ready in due season.
Cal. Conf. Committee.
The next quarterly meeting for the churches of Burlington and Newton will be held at Burlington, August 9 and 10. A general attendance of all is expected. A minister will attend to preach the word.
Hickman Miller.
Vermont T. & M. Society.
The next annual meeting of the Vermont T. & M. Society will be held in connection with the Vermont Camp-meeting at Wolcott, Vt., Aug. 14–18, 1873. Officers for the year will be appointed; important changes in the constitution of the Society, and other matters of interest will be considered; and it will be expected that agents and other officers shall be prepared to present the reports required.
A. C. Bourdeau, Pres.
Meeting of Tract and Missionary Society of Dist. No. 3, Mich., will be held at Hillsdale, Mich., August 9 and 10. We hope to have a full report from all members of this district at this meeting. Bro. E. H. Root is expected to meet with us.
Stephen D. Salisbury, Director.
New England Conference.
This Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at South Lancaster, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1873. Delegates should be on the ground at the latest by Wednesday morning. The Conference is appointed one day in advance of the camp-meeting in order to get the business out of the way of the religious services of the meeting as much as possible. Let all the churches and scattered brethren be well represented. It is expected that each church will send delegates according to the constitution. Also let each S. B. Treasurer see that all pledges are paid up to July, 1873. The Conference Secretary will furnish each S. B. Treasurer with a blank to fill out.
S. N. Haskell, N. E. Conf.
H. B. Stratton, Conf. Com.
A. W. Smith, Com.
The Lord willing, I will meet with the churches in Iowa, as follows:—
Monroe, August 9, 10.
Decatur City, 16, 17.
Siam, Taylor Co., 23, 24.
Afton, 30, 31.
Adel, September 6, 7.
H. Nicola.
The Fall Term of School.
No doubt many are waiting to learn the time this will commence, and to ascertain in regard to board, tuition, and the prospects of the school generally. To answer the inquiries of such we will say that our Fall Term will probably commence Monday, Sept. 15, 1873. We regret that it cannot begin two weeks earlier, but the camp-meeting coming at Battle Creek, Sept. 4-8, makes it out of the question. Many who would want to attend the school would want to be at the meeting. The school could not well be in progress at the same time. So the time above stated will be as early as we can fix it. Probably this term will be held in the meeting house. The new Office building now being erected will be ready for the winter term, and then we hope to have accommodations more according to our wants, till we can put up buildings suitable for the purpose. Until then we must do as well as we can.
We expect Bro. Sidney Brownsberger, a graduate of the State University of Michigan, and a successful teacher, will be connected with our school this fall. There will be opportunity for the study of the languages, and other higher branches. Board can be obtained at from $2.50 to $3.00 per week. Rooms from 50 cts. to $1.00, for those who wish to board themselves, which probably would be the cheapest. We do not urge any to come from abroad, the circumstances, on account of our lack of proper buildings, are not as favorable as they will be hereafter. Yet we have no doubt there are very many among us who would receive great benefit from attending.
Probably our theological lectures will not be connected with the fall term.
We shall try to make our school of a high moral tone, thorough in its system of instruction, and one where the influence surrounding pupils will be salutary. For these objects we shall labor to the best of our ability with the means at our command.
Gen. Conf. Com.
The Eastern Camp-Meetings.
We give the time of these meetings, and their order, as follows:—
New York, Kirkville, August 7-11.
Vermont, Wolcott, " 14-18.
New England, So. Lancaster, " 21-25.
Maine, Pishon's Ferry, Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.
Michigan, Sept. 4-8.
Ohio, " 11-15.
Indiana, " 18-22.
Camp-Meeting in Michigan.
By George I. Butler
The readers of the REVIEW will notice the appointment this week of the place for this meeting at Battle Creek. It is doubtless as central as any place, and as the ground used last year was a pleasant one, and the lumber and stands are already there, and it will require very little expense to fix up the ground, the State Committee thought best to appoint it here.
And as the next annual meeting of the Health Institute is to be held in connection with this meeting, it will doubtless be easier to get enough stockholders together here to hold a legal meeting than at any other place. Last year we came very near not having a sufficient number of stockholders present to hold a legal meeting. The law requires that a majority of the stock shall be represented. All stockholders, then, in other States as well as in Michigan, who cannot be present, should make out proxies, so that their stock may be represented. If they have made out their proxies to parties who they know cannot be present, they can now make them to others. The law requires that meetings of the stockholders be held annually. Let all, then, interested in the Institute see that their stock is represented.
This will be an important meeting for the cause in the State of Michigan. There will be considerable business to be attended to. It is important, therefore, that all be upon the ground in season to commence with the meeting Thursday morning. Every tent should be up Wednesday night, and all should remain through Monday. Our farewell meeting, Tuesday morning, is generally one of great interest. During Sunday, when the crowd comes, the minds of all are liable to be led away from the important object of the meeting, and Monday is one of the most important days of all. Come, brethren, at the beginning, and stop till the close. Come to work in the cause of present truth. Come to humble your hearts and chasten your souls, that the Lord may meet with us. Bring your children and your unconverted friends, and let us make this one of the best meetings we have ever enjoyed.
CERTIFICATE OF PROXY.
To enable the brethren everywhere to carry out the above suggestions, we append the following:
I—— ——, of the town of ——, in the State of ——, owning — shares in the Health Reform Institute of Battle Creek, Mich., being desirous of voting in the meetings of the Institute, hereby empower —— ——, of the town of ——, in the State of ——, to cast my vote on any question that may come before any meeting of the stockholders, which I am not able to attend, until this proxy shall be revoked by some document issued to another person. Witness my hand and seal this — day of ——, in the year of our Lord, 1873. Signed, ———————. Dated —— ——, 1873.
This writing should be acknowledged before any justice of the peace, if the stockholder is not a member of the church, or certified by the elder or clerk of any church to which such member belongs, or by any S. D. Adventist minister in good standing. Then inclose the proxy to the one you desire to cast your vote, when you have thus made your proxy.
I suggest that those persons who have come to Battle Creek from the different Conferences, to represent the cause, would be good men to act as proxies. Bro. Benn Auten and Wm. Ings are here from Iowa, Bro. Chas. W. Comings from New England, Brn. Lindsay, Abbey, and Gaskill from New York. We trust our brethren will see to it that we are not hindered from holding a legal meeting for lack of shares being represented.
GEO. I. BUTLER.
The Payment of Pledges.
By Geo. I. Butler
It may be proper to say to those who have made pledges to the Association in the past, but have not paid them, that money is now needed. The impression has prevailed that the Association was prospering so well that there was no especial need of funds, and some of those who had pledged themselves in its behalf have delayed to pay up. To all such we would say that the erection of the new building, this season, makes it necessary to expend quite a large sum. The friends of the Institution therefore are requested to pay up their pledges, that there may be no embarrassment on this account.
Geo. I. Butler, Pres. Gen. Conf.
Announcement of Book Form Wagner-Vogel Debate
By Editor
In answer to many inquiries, we say that a limited number of copies of the debate between Elds. Wagner and Vogel will be furnished in book form, of which definite notice will probably be given next week.
Maine Camp-Meeting.
THERE can be no reduction of fare obtained on the railroads to our camp-meeting. Ample provisions will be made for horse keeping at reasonable prices. A boarding tent will be on the ground as usual, where refreshments can be obtained.
Those coming by railroad will purchase tickets to Pishon's Ferry. Ministers will please call for clergymen's tickets, as they can come on the Maine Central or the Portland and Kennebec and other branch railroads, for half fare.
We hope to see all on the ground this year on time. Let none excuse themselves from coming, for we all need the instruction, benefit, and encouragement that can be derived from such a meeting. When we are favored with the labors of our able ministers from the West, none should remain away who can possibly attend. Make the meeting a special subject of prayer, let all wrongs be made right, and let the work commence now, so when we come up to the camp-meeting, we can be prepared to take hold of the work of God in earnest, and work for the salvation of others. We want to see the best camp-meeting ever held in Maine. Come, brethren and sisters, make the effort, and God will bless.
CAMP-MEETING COMMITTEE.
Camp-Meetings in Ohio and Indiana.
We request the officers of each State Conference, in the above-mentioned States, to forward to the REVIEW Office the place where their camp-meeting will be held, as soon as convenient, for publication, and the appointment of their State Conference.
GEN. CONF. COM.
Especial Notice.
By New England Camp-Meeting Com.
Those coming to the N. E. Camp-meeting over the Vermont Central, via Boston, Fitchburg, and Clinton R. R., and all branches on the B. F. and C. R. R., will be furnished with free return tickets on the ground; also, it is expected, over the Cheshire R. R.
But those coming from Providence via Worcester and Boston, must call for camp-meeting tickets at the following places, or else they will have to pay full fare in return, Providence, Worcester Junction, Worcester, Ayres Junction (formerly Groton Junction), Boston, Nashua, and Lawrence. At these last-mentioned places, tickets must be furnished.
New England Camp-Meeting Com.
Tents for the New-England Camp-meeting
By S. N. Haskell
Tents.
Those wishing to attend the New-England Camp-meeting will find it to their comfort to have family tents as far as consistent. Tents can be rented at reasonable rates of James Martin & Son, No. 114 Commercial St., Boston. Will those wishing to rent, write immediately, stating the size they wish, to H. B. Stratton, 65 Dorchester St., South Boston, or to myself at South Lancaster, Mass., and the tents will be furnished on the ground. Let none stay away for want of tents. Bring your bed-ticks and bedding. Tents also can be purchased at reasonable rates.
Below is his price list on the ground.
For Tents 9½x9½............................$4.00.
“ “ 9½x12............................5.00.
“ “ 12x12............................6.00.
S. N. Haskell.
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Book Fund.
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