p. 88 | Review and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 11. (8/26/1873)

Earlier text: Letter from Switzerland to American Brethren

Michigan Conference

Appointments.

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

** 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, S. H. King, D. H. Lamson, Mich. Conf. Com.

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.

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.

Ohio Camp-Meeting.

The Ohio Camp-meeting will be held Sept. 11–15, at Lexington, one mile south of the village. Lexington is situated on the Sandusky, Mansfield, and Newark railway, nine miles south from Mansfield. Provisions and straw will be furnished on the ground, as heretofore. We trust the brethren and sisters in this Conference will come up to this yearly feast prepared to work for the Lord.

Camp-Meeting Committee.

Ohio Conference.

This Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Lexington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1873. 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 delegates be on the ground Monday, to help fit up the ground for the meetings.

O. F. Guilford, Geo. Bisel, Conf. Com.

Ohio T. and M. Society.

The next annual meeting of the Ohio T. and M. Society will be held in connection with the Ohio Camp-meeting at Lexington, Sept. 11–15, 1873.

O. F. Guilford, Pres.

There will be a two days’ meeting at Centerville, Kan., commencing Friday evening, Sept. 12. We earnestly request all the friends from Mound City, and all others within a reasonable distance, to meet with us. Cannot the brethren from Union Town attend this meeting? Would be glad to have some minister attend if convenient.

Smith Sharp.

Quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society for district No. 4, Iowa, will be held at Brighton, Sabbath and Sunday, Sept. 6, 7.

P. A. Roberts, Director.

Monthly meeting for Jefferson Co., N. Y., at Mannsville, Aug. 30. Let there be a general rally.

H. H. Wilcox.

Providence permitting I will meet with the church at Partello, Calhoun Co., Mich., Sabbath, August 30.

M. B. Miller.

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 nine 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, Jackson Ferguson, John Judson, Cal. Conf. 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, to 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.

Indiana Camp-Meeting.

The Indiana Camp-Meeting will be held Sept. 18–22, in Raile’s Grove, four and one-half miles west of Kokomo, on the New London and Kokomo dirt Road. Teams to convey passengers to the ground will meet trains at Kokomo on the 17th and 18th. We entreat all who propose to attend, that they come on Wednesday, Sept. 17, in time to complete their preparation on that day, as much will be lost by not being on the ground at the commencement of the meeting. Provisions and straw will be furnished on the ground.

As our Conference is small, we hope that an earnest effort will be made by the brethren in all parts of the Conference, that there be a full attendance at this meeting.

J. M. Rees, George White, W. T. Seaward, Camp-Meeting Com.

The Indiana Conference.

The Indiana Conference will hold its first annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting, Sept. 18–22.

Let all the churches in this Conference choose delegates immediately, and make all other necessary arrangements to attend the meeting.

All tents should be erected on the 16th, and all the friends should be on the ground and preparations completed the 17th, so that the entire time can be used for the good of the cause.

Wm. Covert, Wm. R. Carpenter, N. Carahoof, Ind. Conf. Com.

Quarterly Meetings in California.

Santa Rosa, Sept. 6, 7; San Francisco, Oct. 4, 5; Woodland, 18, 19; Bloomfield, Nov. 1, 2; Healdsburg, “ 29, 30; Petaluma, Dec. 27, 28; Green Valley, Jan. 24, 25, 1874.

It is expected that the members of each division of the Missionary Society will pass in their reports of labor to their respective librarians the Sabbath before their respective quarterly meetings, in order that the librarian may have his report made out by the time of the quarterly meeting.

California Conf. Com.

Quarterly Meetings in Minnesota.

The churches of Blue Earth City and Wells will hold their next quarterly meeting at the school-house near Bro. Schram’s, Sept. 6, 7. Riceland, Sept. 13, 14.

Harrison Grant.

Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 2, Minnesota, will be held in connection with the quarterly meeting of the Wells and Blue Earth City churches. A general attendance is expected at this meeting. Bring reports of what is done in the missionary cause.

H. Grant, Pres.

I will meet with the T. and M. Society of Dist. No. 2, Iowa, at La Porte city, Sept. 6 and 7. Hope all the members will be ready to report.

D. T. Sherman, Director.

Quarterly meeting of the Liberty Pole church, first Sabbath and first-day of September next. Will the Kickapoo Center and Victory churches meet with us? Come, brethren, praying that the Lord’s blessing may rest upon us.

Milton Southwick.

Change of Appointment.

I will meet with the church at Peru, Iowa, Sept. 6, 7, instead of Adel, so as to be at the quarterly meeting at Adel the following Sabbath.

H. Nicola.

There will be a general quarterly meeting for the Iowa and Neb. Tract and Missionary Society at Knoxville, Iowa, Sept. 20, 21. A general attendance is expected. Every district should be represented by a delegate if possible, if not, by letter. Each Director should have a district quarterly meeting two weeks previous to this one. Hope there will be promptness on the part of all, so as to have full report of the workings of the society at this meeting. Meeting to commence Friday evening.

H. Nicola, Pres.

The next quarterly meeting for District No. 7 will be held at Adel, Iowa, Sept. 13, 14. Hope there will be a general attendance from all parts of the district. Bro. H. Nicola is expected.

H. Toney, Director.

The Eastern Camp-Meetings.

We give the time of these meetings, and their order, as follows:—

Michigan, Battle Creek, Sept. 4–8.

Ohio, Lexington, “ 11–15.

Indiana, Bailes' Grove, Howard Co., “ 18–22.

Michigan Camp-Meeting—R. R. Arrangement.

We have received notice from the Gen. Superintendent of the Michigan Central Railroad that the Mail and Accommodation trains, both directions, will stop at the ground of the Michigan Camp-Meeting, Sept. 3 to 9, inclusive. He also writes: “We may decide to place a person there to sell return tickets from the encampment grounds to the several stations; and if so, shall expect the influence and co-operation of Mr. Root to induce all persons taking trains from the encampment to purchase tickets, and thus prevent confusion on the cars.”

Trains leave stations as follows:—

GOING WEST.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　GOING EAST.

A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	Station	P.M.	A.M.	A.M.
10.40	5.05	7.00	Jackson,
11.08	5.30	7.32	Parma,	2.02	11.45	7.32
11.32	5.57	8.00	Albion,	1.40	11.22	7.08
12.25	6.45	8.35	Marshall,	1.15	10.55	6.40
1.00	7.20	9.15	Battle Creek,	12.19	10.20	5.55
1.34	7.57	9.55	Galesburgh,	11.38	9.50	5.22
2.03	8.20	10.20	Kalamazoo,	11.15	9.27	5.00

P.M.　P.M.　A.M.　　　　　　　　　Leave,　A.M.　P.M.　A.M.

Besides the mail, there are two accommodation trains each way, instead of one as stated last week. We have no card giving the time at signal stations, but that can be safely calculated from the above.

Caution Against Bringing Whooping-Cough to Camp-Ground

Caution.

Whooping-cough is now prevailing in some places, and we have been requested to say that it is desired that no contagious disease be brought upon the camp-ground.

Sorrows, Joys, and Other Matters.

By Editor

In consequence of having most perplexing matters thrown into our hands from Battle Creek for a few weeks past, we have suffered great depression and failing health, so that we could not write for the September Reformer, nor continue the subject of White Robes for this week’s REVIEW.

But the Lord has heard the voice of our supplications for health and freedom, and has visited us in great mercy. As we are permitted to come very near the Lord in prayer for the deceived and erring, we are strongly impressed that an important crisis in the cause is just upon us. The Lord is in earnest with his people, to correct and save them; and it is time that we were all in earnest for ourselves in seeking his favor.

Those who wish to send the REVIEW to their friends six months for fifty cents will please bear in mind that we are arranging subjects for the REVIEW for that very six months, with the design to have all such subscribers commence about the first of November. Get your lists of names and your money ready in season to forward to the Office, so that all such can commence at that time.

We call especial attention to the lengthy article relative to the progress of the cause, in this week’s REVIEW.

Mrs. White is enjoying excellent health, and has great freedom in writing. Testimony to the Church No. 23 will soon be ready for the press. It will be an important work, to meet present wants and the coming crisis.

Fruit in Colorado bears a heavy price. Apples and pears sell for 20 cents a pound; peaches, 30. Dried berries are 50 cents a pound; peaches, 35; apples, 25. Those of our friends in Michigan who propose to donate dried fruit, dried sweet corn, &c., can take it with them to Battle Creek at the time of the camp-meeting, where it can be shipped to Black Hawk, Colorado. A few barrels of winter apples would come well by-and-by if shipped to us the last of October or the first of November.

Fasting and Prayer.

In view of the present and impending perils, of the importance of our coming camp-meeting, and of the necessity of a more thorough preparation to unitedly engage in the work of the Lord, next Sabbath, Aug. 30, is appointed a day of fasting and prayer for the church in Battle Creek, and we invite other churches to unite with us in humbling ourselves before God, and in praying that his blessing may rest upon his cause and people.

Important Meetings in Illinois.

By Gen. Conf. Com.

After consultation with the President of the State Conference of Illinois, we have come to the conclusion that it is best to have at least two general meetings in that State immediately after the Indiana Camp-meeting. The first of these will probably be held at Pontiac, Livingston Co. The second, near or at Martinsville, Clark Co. The State Conference will be held in connection with the first meeting. The brethren throughout the State should make a good rally to attend this meeting, and have their delegates on the ground in season. These meetings should continue at least three or four days each. We want the friends of the cause to be benefited by these meetings, and if they are, they will have to make an effort to attend them. They have not generally attended any of the camp-meetings held in other States, and we have been urged very hard to come to Illinois to help the people. We cannot help them unless they will turn out to meeting so that we can talk to them. We hope there will be a general interest to attend; we will do what we can to help forward the work.

Meantime the President of the Illinois Conference will at once give in the REVIEW the exact time of the meetings, Conference, &c., and state such particulars as are needed to give the brethren all the information they require. GEN. CONF. COM.

The Sabbath Discussion.

By Joseph Harvey Waggoner

It is perhaps due, both to the readers of the REVIEW and to myself, that a few words of explanation be given. I have never seen Eld. Vogel, and first heard of him through a brief report of a debate held in Illinois, with Bro. R. F. Andrews. After that debate, the Disciples arranged to get up a written discussion, and sent out a challenge through their paper printed in Quincy, Ill. Our brethren in the West requested that Bro. J. N. Andrews or Uriah Smith should conduct such a discussion; but as they were engaged on important works, the request was forwarded to me, and my address was forwarded to Eld. Vogel, who opened the correspondence in April, 1872. I accepted the propositions as offered by him. Excepting our correspondence, the readers of the REVIEW have the same acquaintance with my opponent that I have. The discussion was published in The Christian, printed in Quincy, Ill., which circulates in Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa, but mostly in the two States first named. While the readers of the REVIEW are generally acquainted with the doctrines, and to some extent, the writings, of the Disciples, this discussion has placed our views of the Law and the Sabbath before many of their people who had never before heard or read them.

The Book.—

Inquiries frequently come to us about the discussion in book form. I had no especial desire to have it so published; but it was determined to print a small edition in Quincy, and for obvious reasons I considered it my duty to have an interest in them. They are printed from matter transferred from the paper, the columns of which are somewhat narrower than those of the Youth's Instructor, double column, magazine style, in bourgeois type, (one size larger than this), and put up in flexible cloth covers, which were deemed most suitable for that size, and about as durable as stiff covers. The price will be $1.00. As I have not yet received a copy I cannot say what the postage will be; but as the edition is very small, and I shall have only a few hundred copies, I would request all who order them by mail, and who are willing to aid me in meeting the expense of printing, to add something for postage. However, if this is not done, I shall send them for $1.00. I hope to have them for the camp-meetings in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, and to send by mail early in September.

J. H. Waggoner.

Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 22, 1873.

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Business Notes.

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