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Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”

DIED, at the residence of Bro. J. Dorcas, near Tipton, Iowa, July 8, 1877, John Robert, youngest son of Edwin E. and Catharine Mitchell, aged 2 years and 7 months. Funeral services by Eld. D. S. Fouse.

“’Tis a little grave, but oh! I have care; For world-wide hopes lie buried there. How much of life, how much of joy, Is buried with our darling boy.” J. T. Mitchell.

DIED, in Harlan, Iowa, March 10, 1877, Mrs. Eunice Truman, in the thirty-fifth year of her age. Her life was one of patient endurance through much trouble; she always trusted in God, and looked to him for help. Her sufferings during her illness of just one week were intense, but she bore them without a murmur, and died peacefully. Funeral sermon by Eld. Gilman Parker (Baptist) from Job 3:17. Mrs. H. L. Cox.

Annual Meetings.

General Conference.

The sixteenth Annual Meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Lansing, Mich., in connection with the camp-meeting which opens Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1877.

More definite appointments will be given next week.

James White, S. N. Haskell, D. M. Canright, Gen. Conf. Com.

S. D. A. P. Association.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold its eighteenth annual session on the camp-ground at Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1877, at 9 o’clock a. m., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.

James White, S. N. Haskell, M. J. Chapman, James Sawyer, C. W. Stone, U. Smith, J. H. Kellogg, Trustees.

The Health Reform Institute.

The stockholders of the Health Reform Institute will hold their eleventh annual meeting at Lansing, Mich., in connection with the camp-meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1877, at 9 o’clock a. m., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.

Stockholders who cannot attend will please see that their stock is represented by proxy if they have not already made provision of this kind.

James White, S. N. Haskell, S. Brownsberger, W. J. Fairfield, W. C. White, W. B. Sprague, D. M. Canright, Directors.

The Educational Society.

The Seventh-day Adventist Educational Society will hold its Third Annual Meeting on the camp-ground at Lansing, Mich., Monday, Sept. 24, 1877, at 9 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business that may come before the meeting.

James White, U. Smith, S. Brownsberger, J. H. Kellogg, S. N. Haskell, W. J. Fairfield, W. C. White, Trustees.

The Michigan Conference.

The Michigan Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Lansing, Mich. Delegates should be on the ground on Tuesday the 18th. Let the church officers make their reports in season; and let the S. B. treasurers make an effort to meet their pledges. We hope the friends of the cause will make an especial effort to attend this meeting, prepared to work for the Lord.

S. N. Haskell, E. H. Root, J. Fargo, Mich. Conf. Com.

Mich. T. and M. Society.

The Sixth Annual Meeting of the Michigan T. and M. Society will be held some time during the camp-meeting at Lansing, which commences Sept. 18. J. Fargo, Pres.

Vermont Camp-Meeting.

The Vermont Camp-meeting for 1877 will be held near Morrisville, Lamoille Co., Sept. 6–11, 1877.

Arrangements are made for keeping horses on hay for forty cents each, per day, during the meeting. A provision stand will be run about as last year. We shall do our best to accommodate those who come not having tents. In the line of wearing apparel, warm gloves, overshoes, etc., and bedding, be sure and bring enough. Nights and mornings may be more chilly than at any previous camp-meeting. Come prepared to resist the cold. Well furnished in this direction, there is not one-hundredth the danger of colds that many imagine. All should be on the ground Thursday morning.

Vt. Conf. Com.

Vermont State Conference.

The fifteenth annual session of the Vt. State Conference of S. D. Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Morrisville, Sept. 6–11, 1877.

We hope each church will be represented by a delegate or delegates, according to the constitution, with letters stating the numerical and financial strength, and spiritual standing of their respective churches. Let each S. B. treasurer see that all pledges are paid up to July 1, 1877. Please do not defer the payment of S. B., or means otherwise due to the Conference, on the supposition that funds are not needed. “Will a man rob God?”

We also cordially invite our brethren, sisters, and friends, from Canada, who may or may not have united with the Conference as churches, to meet with us in our annual gathering.

A. S. Hutchins, L. Bean, S. H. Peck, Vermont Conf. Com.

Vermont T. and M. Meeting.

The sixth annual meeting of the Vt. T. and M. Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Morrisville, Sept. 6–11, 1877.

A. S. Hutchins, Pres.

Northern N. Y. Camp-Meeting.

This meeting will be held at Jefferson Park, one and a half miles from Carthage, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 11–17, 1877.

Jefferson Park is located on the Utica and Black River R. R., one and one-half miles from Carthage toward Watertown. All trains stop at the ground. Those coming from the central and eastern part of the State will take this road at Utica, and reach the ground without change. Those coming from west of Syracuse can, if they prefer, take the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg R. R. (Syracuse Northern Division) at Syracuse for Watertown, where they will change for Carthage. Those coming from the north on the R., W. and O. R. R. will change for Carthage at Philadelphia. The R., W. and O. R. R. will sell camp-meeting tickets at reduced rates from stations south of Watertown, to Watertown, and return and from stations north of Philadelphia to Philadelphia, and return. The Utica and Black River R. R. will sell camp-meeting tickets from all stations to Jefferson Park, and return.

Straw and provisions will be furnished on the ground, as usual, and arrangements will be made for those who wish their teams cared for during the meeting. We invite all to come, even those who are not provided with tents, as arrangements will be made to accommodate such. Bring plenty of bedding and extra clothing, so as to be protected against the cold, damp weather we are liable to have so late in the season.

Conf. Com.

N. Y. and Pa. State Conference.

The fifteenth annual session of the N. Y. and Pa. State Conference of S. D. Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Carthage, Sept. 11–17, 1877.

Every church in the Conference should be represented, if possible by delegate, or by letter in case they cannot send delegates. Let every church clerk see that the delegate is furnished with the proper church and financial reports, the blanks for which have been furnished by the secretary of the Conference. Let all church clerks also bring or send their S. B. books and records for examination by the Conference.

There have been quite a number of new churches organized during the past year. Especially let these churches represent themselves by delegate if possible. We hope all S. B. treasurers will see that every dollar of S. B. due from their respective churches to July 1 is sent to the Conference treasurer before this session of Conference, as it will be needed.

B. L. Whitney, Asa M. Green, A. H. Hall, N. Y. & Pa. Conference Committee.

Indiana Camp-Meeting Success and Lessons Learned

By Joseph Harvey Waggoner

Camp-Meetings.

The camp-meeting in Indiana was a decided success. The brethren and sisters of all the churches were mostly there, the outside attendance was large, and the interest manifested to hear was good. The ground was large and well arranged. Some defects in preparation will no doubt be remedied in the future.

The labor for the unconverted was satisfactory in its results. Quite a number of young people, and some older ones, took a good stand for the truth of God. Fifteen were baptized. At a meeting in a small tent appointed specially for those just starting, thirteen young people attended and every one joined in prayer.

At the closing meeting, Bro. A. W. Bartlett was ordained to the ministry. The Lord’s blessing was there.

I have been impressed this year that the camp-meetings might be more profitable if a few points were generally guarded. Preparations should always be early made to lodge ministers coming from abroad. The Conferences cannot afford to call ministers from a distance and have them spend their time in seeking or preparing lodgings. Their time can be more profitably spent. I speak for others as well as myself, for I am not alone in meeting with this difficulty.

Another serious mistake is in not being prepared to commence meetings at the time appointed. Although considerable work had been done in Indiana, the work stood at the commencement of the Sabbath just where it should have stood on Wednesday evening to have the full benefit of the meeting, except the book-stand, which was made Sunday morning during a meeting. All who have observed know that the brethren do not generally enter heartily into the meetings till their work is done. To many, there is only a two days’ meeting when the work is so delayed.

In Ohio, the sickness and almost unavoidable absence of the energetic president delayed the preparations, and this is liable to be so in any case where both the president and his brethren have not learned that he cannot do everything. There can never be more than the appearance of strength where all the labor is gathered into the hands of one, and all the rest have no burden resting on them. Some mothers find it easier to do all the work than to instruct their daughters, but the daughters grow up weak and inefficient. I do not speak this specially for Ohio, for the difficulty in this respect is found to be greater in some other places.

A fact in the management of the Illinois camp-meeting is worthy of mention. The brethren chartered a car at Freeport and another at Gilman and run them down to Clinton on Wednesday. The great body of believers gathered on those lines to avail themselves of the cheap fare, and of course were on the ground in good season. These cars will run back to those points on Tuesday morning, so the brethren will not be scattering off on Monday. And the fare is reduced below excursion rates. This may be the true method to adopt where many believers live on the line of a road.

Clinton is a new field, the truth not having been preached near it. There seems to be a spirit of inquiry, and a large attendance is expected. The ground is rather small, and would hardly accommodate so many thousands as were present in Indiana and Ohio.

Of these three meetings, Indiana alone was privileged with the labors of sister White. Her testimony there was well received, all agreeing that her discourse on Monday afternoon well repaid them for all the trouble of coming to the meeting.

J. H. Waggoner.

Camp-Ground, Clinton, Ill., Aug. 24.

CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1877.

MAINE, Richmond,	Aug. 29 to Sept. 4.
VERMONT, Morrisville,	Sept. 6–11.
NEW YORK, Carthage,	" 11–17.
MICHIGAN, Lansing,	" 18—.

Spiritual Slate Writing.

By Uriah Smith

It has been suggested that the article on “Spiritual Slate Writing,” given in REVIEW of Aug. 2, 1877, may mislead some to suppose that we favor spiritualism, as it was not accompanied with comments. With any who have had any acquaintance with our views, no idea could prevail that we favor that great delusion; and in this particular instance, the article appearing in the Watch Tower Department, the motto of which is, “Can ye not discern the signs of the times?” we think will indicate with sufficient clearness to those who are thoughtful enough to be benefited, that it was not given to indicate that we indorse that ism, but only as a sign of the times. U. S.

Courage in Spreading the Third Angel's Message

By Wm. Ings.

Courage.

Surely the Lord is hearing the prayers, and blessing the efforts of his people. The result is seen in the numbers being added to the ranks. While reading the reports of labor in the last number of the REVIEW, a count was made of two hundred and sixty-four conversions to the Sabbath, this being the report for one week only; while scores of others, all over the world, are taking their stand by reading.

Evidences are thickening all around us that the Lord by his Spirit is everywhere impressing hearts with the importance of the third angel's message; and as the angels of Heaven are hurrying through the earth, preparing minds for the reception of the truth, I feel for one like taking courage, and doubling my diligence in sowing the seeds of truth, so ably prepared by the veterans in the cause. The ground is ready for the precious seed. People are hungry for the bread of life. Calls for more reading come from across the Atlantic, where a few copies of the SIGNS have been sent, which gives us an assurance that our labor is not lost. The same petition comes from the South, and, in fact, from every direction where missionary work has been done.

What a field of usefulness this message opens before us, and what a privilege to work for our Heavenly Father; and while we labor to bring the truth before others, we are watering our own souls and preparing ourselves for the heavenly mansions.

Again, I say, Let us take courage, and by precept and example labor on cheerfully till the Master comes. Wm. Ings.

Vermont Camp-Meeting.

By A. S. Hutchins

THOUGH Bro. Bean can make no tents, please come to the camp-meeting. Let not this stand in your way. We will do all we can to satisfy the considerate and appreciating. Come, and remain on the ground to all the meetings, and be spiritually and physically strengthened.

A. S. HUTCHINS.

Tent Wanted for Michigan Camp-Meeting

Will any one who has a tent 16x24 which can be rented for the Michigan Camp-meeting, or who knows of such a tent, notify H. J. Stover, Leslie, Mich.?

The Injury Ungrateful Men Do to the Wretched

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are wretched.

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

QUARTERLY meeting of Dist. No. 3, N. Y. and Penn. Tract and Missionary Society, will be held at Mannsville, New York, Sabbath and first day, Sept. 8 and 9. We hope every member will report at once, and not forget the one-third. M. H. Brown, Director.

MEETING of the Jackson church at Springport, Mich., Sept. 1. E. P. Giles.

Sept. 8 and 9, I will hold a general meeting at Loyal for the Sabbath-keepers in Clark and Wood Counties, Wis. There will be an opportunity for baptism. H. W. Decker.

Business Department.

“Not slothful in Business. Rom. 12:11, 12.”

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