A meeting for the purpose of organizing a Sabbath-school Association was called Aug. 30, 1878, at 5:30 P. M. Prayer by Bro. C. W. Stone. H. A. St. John was chosen chairman, and A. A. Hutchins secretary.
All brethren present in good standing were considered active members of the Association.
The Constitution recently published in REVIEW was unanimously adopted.
The chair was empowered to appoint a committee on nominations, and accordingly the following were appointed as such committee: G. G. Rupert, Wm. Dymond, and S. Simonds.
Remarks were made by Eld. D. M. Canright upon the general workings of the Association, after which the meeting was adjourned to call of chair.
SECOND SESSION.
The second session convened Sept. 2, at 6:45 P. M. After the usual opening exercises, the minutes of the previous session were read and approved.
The Committee on Nominations reported the following persons for officers the coming year, who were elected as a body:—
Secretary, E. H. Gates; Committee, O. Mears, H. H. Van Camp; Directors, Dist. No. 1, Eli Glascock; No. 2, E. C. Penn; No. 3, Wm. Chinnock; No. 4, O. F. Guilford; No. 5, J. J. Boardman; No. 6, A. A. Bigelow. The Association voted that the president of the Conference should be the president of the Association.
Adjourned sine die.
H. A. St. John, Pres.
A. A. Hutchins, Sec.
Obituary Notices.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died, in Newfane, N. Y., Aug. 19, of a complication of diseases, Bro. Ambrose Best, in his forty-sixth year. Bro. B. embraced the truth during the tent-meetings, in which he was deeply interested and which he attended as long as his health would permit. About the last time he was with us was on the Sabbath, when he gave an excellent testimony. His closing experience was satisfactory, and we laid him away in hope. He leaves a wife and one child.
A large concourse of people listened to a discourse from Job 14:14. S. B. Whitney.
Matilda Divelbiss, wife of Jonas Divelbiss, attended Sabbath meeting Aug. 31, and was found dead in her bed Sunday morning, Sept. 1, 1878. She had been failing in health for some time, and she had expressed a conviction that she would soon be called away and a willingness to go. She was nearly twenty-six years old, and had been a member of the Rock Creek, Kan., church over two years. Funeral discourse by the writer from James 4:14. Smith Sharp.
Sr. Hester A. Harper died at Monticello, Minn., Aug. 1, 1878, aged 33 years. She embraced the truth two years ago next winter, and has since lived a consistent Christian life. She leaves a husband and three children to mourn their loss. The little church of believers also miss her much; but we laid her away in the blessed hope. Remarks by the writer from Rev. 14:13. W. B. Hill.
Died, at Morris, Grundy Co., Ill., Sept. 1, 1878, Chester, infant son of James and Hattie Stephens, aged 6 months and 12 days. In this affliction we would be glad to hear from our friends. May we prepare to meet the dear ones who have fallen asleep. Hattie Stephens.
Died of croup, near Kingsville, Johnson Co., Mo., Aug. 25, 1878, Mamie, daughter of Bro. and Sr. Leech, aged 2 years, 7 months, and 26 days. We laid her away in hope of meeting her in the first resurrection. A. E. Flowers.
Mrs. Caroline D. Fairchild died at her home in Tustin, Mich., on Friday, Aug. 16, 1878, after a painful illness of several weeks’ duration. Her last hours, like her life, were crowned with Christian triumph. A husband and daughter are left to mourn her loss. Fifteen years ago she united with the Seventh-day Adventists, and she has ever been found a faithful, earnest, zealous Christian worker. None can realize how great her loss in the religious and the social circle and in the family relations, as those who knew her best. She was a kind and affectionate wife and mother, a devoted Christian laborer, a faithful friend in health and in the hours of sickness and of sorrow. Dr. A. W. Miller.
APPOINTMENTS
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
General T. and M. Society.
The first annual session of the General Tract and Missionary Society of S. D. Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday Oct. 8, 1878, at 5 P. M., in connection with the camp-meeting to be held Oct. 2, 1878. The election of officers and other business will be attended to. S. N. Haskell, Pres.
General Conference.
The seventeenth Annual Meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 10:30 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting which opens Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1878.
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 nineteenth annual session on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday Oct. 8, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting, to be held there beginning Oct. 2, 1878, for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.
James White,
W. C. White,
M. J. Chapman,
H. W. Kellogg,
F. H. Sisley,
U. Smith,
J. H. Kellogg,
Trustees.
The Health Reform Institute.
The stockholders of the Health Reform Institute will hold their twelfth annual meeting at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting beginning Oct. 2, 1878, 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. Brownsberger,
W. J. Fairfield,
W. C. White,
J. H. Kellogg,
W. C. Sisley,
O. B. Jones,
Directors.
The Educational Society.
The Seventh-day Adventist Educational Society will hold its fourth Annual Meeting on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, Oct. 7, 1878, 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,
A. B. Oyen,
W. C. Sisley,
W. C. White,
Trustees.
The General Sabbath-School Association.
The first annual session of the General Sabbath-School Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting which commences Oct. 2, 1878, for the purpose of electing officers and doing other business.
D. M. Canright,
S. N. Haskell,
W. C. White,
Executive Committee.
The Michigan Conference.
The Michigan Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, Mich. Delegates should be on the ground on Wednesday, the 2d. First session will be held that day at 5 P. M. 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.
E. H. Root,
J. Fargo,
Wm. Potter,
Mich. Conf. Com.
Mich. T. and M. Society.
The seventh Annual Meeting of the Michigan T. and M. Society will be held Thursday, Oct. 3, 1878, at 5 P. M., at Battle Creek, Mich. J. Fargo, Pres.
Michigan Sabbath-school Association.
The first annual session of the Michigan Sabbath-school Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, Oct. 7, 1878, at 2:30 P. M., in connection with the camp-meeting beginning Oct. 2, 1878. The purpose of the meeting will be to ascertain the present condition and wants of the Sabbath-schools in our State, to devise ways and means of improving them, to elect officers, and to transact any other necessary business.
All the schools in the State should report immediately to the State secretary, Miss Lottie Loughborough, Battle Creek, Mich., who will send blanks for that purpose.
If you cannot fill every part of the blank, report what you can, and be prompt.
G. H. Bell,
J. Fargo,
W. C. White,
Executive Committee.
Iowa and Nebraska Conference.
The fourteenth annual session of the Iowa and Nebraska Conference will be held in connection with the Iowa camp-meeting, Sept. 18 to 23, 1878, at Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa.
E. W. Farnsworth,
H. Nicola,
J. H. Morrison,
Iowa Conf. Com.
General meeting at Arkansas, Wis., commencing Friday evening, Sept. 27; meetings to continue till Sunday night. Business meetings will be held the same as on quarterly meeting occasions. We invite our brethren from Maiden Rock, Rock Elm, Chase Hill, Burnside, Modena, and Augusta. Come early. We invite any of our ministers who can to attend. D. Downer.
Until further notice, our P. O. address will be Du Quoin, Perry Co., Ill., care of D. Morrison. However, should our friends know at any time where we are laboring, send early to said point; otherwise, to Du Quoin. G. W. Colcord. L. A. L. Colcord.
Will some one send me the address of J. B. Martinell? I. G. Colcord. Serena, La Salle Co., Ill.
Some one left on the camp-ground at Ballardvale a coat, and pair of pants containing a sum of money. Who will prove property and send to me for them at So. Lancaster, Mass.? D. A. Robinson.
Wanted immediately, an active Sabbath-keeping boy, 13 to 15 years of age, to work on a farm this fall and go to school in winter. A good place for one who suits. Apply in person, to George Lowree, Pennfield or by letter addressed to Battle Creek, Mich.
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Mich. T. & M. Society.
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Danish Mission.
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Mich. Conf. Fund.
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Gen. Conf. Fund.
W McNitt $10.00.
B. C. F. M. Society.
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Gen. T. & M. Society.
Thos Anderson $5.00.
European Mission.
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A New Work.
By James White
THOUGHTS ON BAPTISM, being an examination of Christian Baptism: its Action, Subjects, and Relations. Also a Brief Consideration of the Historical Evidences for Trine Immersion. By Elder J. H. Waggoner.
The following is the Table of Contents: Chapter i. What is Baptism? Washing and Baptizing.—Chapter ii. Dip and Sprinkle in the Old Testament.—Chapter iii. Baptism of the Spirit. Scripture Illustrations. Instances of Baptism.—Chapter iv. One Baptism or Three Baptisms.—Chapter v. Non-Baptism of the Friends, or Quakers.—Chapter vi. Baptism of John. Baptism of Christ. Baptism in the Name of Christ.—Chapter vii. The Commission Still in Force. Baptism is not Circumcision.—Chapter viii. Subjects of Baptism.—Chapter ix. Subjects of Baptism—Continued.—Chapter x. The Order of Baptism.—Chapter xi. Remission of Sin—When Granted.—Chapter xii. “A Saving Ordinance.”—Chapter xiii. Introduction to History and Trine Immersion. Theodoret. Sozomen—Chapter xiv. Justin Martyr. Clement. Tertullian. Mr. Reeves. Apostolical Canons. Munnulus.—Chapter xv. Eunomius. Weight of Historical Quotations. The Greek Church. Chapter xvi. Baptism in the First Centuries.—Chapter xvii. Reasons for Three Immersions. The Consequences. Index of Authors. Index of Texts.
The thoughtful observer will see by the foregoing table of contents that Elder W. has given to the public in the brief space of 192 pages a very thorough work on the subject of Baptism. The full value of his effort, however, can be realized by the Bible student after giving it a careful reading. It should have a wide circulation.
Price, paper covers, 25 cts.; in flexible cloth, 40 cts. JAMES WHITE.
Rollinsville, Colorado, Sept. 12, 1878.
It will be noticed by this week’s paper that the date of some of the Annual Meetings has been changed in order to give more time for religious services; still all the important meetings come during the first week of the camp-meeting, and it is hoped that there will be a full attendance from the first.
Church Quarterly Meetings.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
Let none of the churches in any of the Conferences forget that Oct. 5 and 6 is the time appointed for church quarterly meetings. These should be promptly and strictly attended to. We regret to see some of our brethren appointing their church quarterly meetings at a different time from that recommended, and, worse still, in connection with a district quarterly meeting. This defeats the main objects of these meetings.
Unfortunately, our Michigan camp-meeting comes upon the regular time of the meeting this quarter. Hence the churches in Michigan should hold their quarterly meeting one week earlier, Sept. 28, 29. This will not interfere with the district quarterly meetings.
The latest reports from the South show this terrible scourge to be still raging in all its fury. The cool weather, so anxiously looked for in hopes that it would stay the disease, only seems to aggravate it and make the patients worse. Human skill utterly fails to check the plague, and the governors of the States are naming days of prayer, and urging the people to call upon God to stay the disease. People are flying from the stricken districts, and many die daily for want of proper nursing. The most urgent calls are made for help, and the cry is being responded to from all parts of our country, and money and provisions are being sent in large quantities.
At Memphis, the situation is deplorable in the extreme. The daily death-rate is upwards of one hundred, and new cases are continually being reported. The cities most affected by the disease are New Orleans, Memphis, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, and Holly Springs; but it is spreading all over the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. But few cases are reported at the North, and these brought it with them from the South.
Many noble physicians and nurses are acting the part of the good Samaritan, and taking their lives in their hands and going to the aid of the sufferers.
Michigan Church Quarterly Meetings.
By J. Fargo
We recommend that our churches in Michigan hold their church quarterly meetings for this quarter, Sept. 28, 29, as this time will not interfere with either of the camp-meetings. We make the suggestion because our camp-meeting at Battle Creek comes upon the regular time for the church quarterly meeting. J. FARGO.
Ohio Rally in District No. 4 at Clyde
By H. A. St. John
Ohio—Rally in Dist. No. 4.
THE next quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 4 will be held at Clyde, Ohio, Oct. 19, 20. The church quarterly meeting for the Clyde church will be held at the same time. All the scattered members are expected to report. Come if you can, if not write to the church clerk. We hope for a grand rally of the T. and M. members in this district. Every church in the district should be represented by one or more delegates. The long winter nights are approaching, and the people will read something; let us arrange to furnish them with reading matter of the greatest importance.
Dist. No. 4, shall we not lead out in the T. and M. work, present a worthy example to other districts, and accomplish much good in the name of the Lord? It would be a matter of much encouragement if all members of the society in this district would begin at once to lay up a donation, to accompany their next report. Can we not raise $2.00 to the member this quarter? Who will try? H. A. St. John, Director.
On Time!
By G. W. Colcord
ELDERS and tract society officers in our Conference, please remember to hold your church and tract meetings on time. As to places, make your announcements in your respective districts early. The State T. and M. society meeting is to be held Oct. 18–20. Place to be named next week. Now let all work!
G. W. COLCORD.
Nebraska Camp-meeting.
By J. C. Williams
The ground where this meeting is to be held is beautifully located on the bank of the Blue River, one-half mile north-west of the city of Seward. No pains will be spared to make this ground pleasant and attractive. There will be plenty of hay furnished free, and grain at the lowest market price.
There will be two or three large tents on the ground for the accommodation of those who have not provided themselves with tents. Let such come, well provided with bedding and provisions. There will be a fruit and provision stand on the ground.
Dear brethren and sisters, let us not forget or neglect a spiritual preparation for this meeting. Let us pray earnestly that the Lord may give us his Spirit, that we may so relate ourselves to God and to his work that we may enjoy the greatest manifestation of his divine presence ever witnessed in this part of the country.