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Report from Bro. Loughborough

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 6, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 28, No. 23.

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Report from Bro. Loughborough.

By John Norton Loughborough

AFTER the Convocation Meeting in Wis., I spent a week in Battle Creek, and then went on to the Conference in the State of New York. This meeting, which has been already reported in the Review, was a profitable season. The different measures adopted by that conference, especially the districting of the State and furnishing labor every quarter to all the churches, will, we trust, give a new impetus to the cause there. I was rejoiced, for my own part, to see so many old friends at this meeting with whom I had formerly met, and to find them ready to every good work, determined to press on in the way of reform and get ready for the refreshing soon to be given to the saints of God. The liberalities of this people have already appeared in the voting of surplus Conference funds to different enterprises, as well as in their private donations to the Publishing Association to the amount of over $200,00. May the Lord still bless, and prosper them in basket and store, that they may still be ready unto every good work.
The week following the Conference was spent for the most part by Bro. Andrews and myself in consulting on the best measures to be adopted for the general advancement of the cause of present truth, and in drafting By-Laws, &c., for the Health Institute.
Sabbath and first-day, Oct. 13, and 14, I spent at Leslie, Mich., where I preached three times and held one social meeting. There was a good representation of Brn. and sisters at this meeting from all the churches in the vicinity. The Lord gave freedom in speaking the word. The testimonies of the Brn. and sisters showed that they were determined to move on in the work of reform which is to prepare a people for translation at Christ's coming.
Sabbath and first-day, the 20th, and 21st, was with the church at Burlington, Mich. Gave two discourses, had one spirited social meeting, and on first-day afternoon had a business meeting in which a deacon was appointed, and systematic benevolence re-organized and the figures increased from $122.28 to $342.36.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Lapeer, Mich., Oct., 1866.