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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 22, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 36, No. 23.

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General Meeting in New Ipswich, N. H.

By John Harvey Waggoner; Merritt E. Cornell

Met in business session, Nov. 6, at 8 o'clock A. M. Prayer by Bro. Haskell.
Eld. J. H. Waggoner was chosen Chairman, and Eld. M. E. Cornell, Secretary.
Eld. Haskell, in behalf of the committees, presented reports as follows:

THE CAMP-MEETING.

Whole expense, including material and fitting up grove, $373 05 Expenses of the stand,                     263 23 Receipts at         “                       257 71                          Loss,               5 52 Received by donations,                    $552 04 Total expense,                             378 57 Receipts over expenditures,               173 47 Lumber and other material on hand,       247 72                      Total,              $421 19

THE TENT.

Cost of tent,                            $295 00 Rec'd of camp-meeting fund, $172 47      “     donations,            57 00 Total receipts,                           229 47                  Owing on tent,          $65 53
These reports were accepted, and the amount behind on the tent was immediately made up by the meeting.
The Camp-meeting Committee was continued, and the proposition to buy the ground on which the camp-meeting was held, was referred to that committee.
Several brethren spoke in favor of organizing a Missionary and Tract Society, when it was
Voted, unanimously, that such a society be arranged.
Elds. Waggoner, Haskell, and Cornell, were elected a committee to prepare a Constitution.
Bro. Haskell offered a resolution in favor of “inquiry meetings” in all the churches of this Conference. Adopted.
Adjourned to 2 P. M.
Met at 2 P. M. Prayer by Bro. Cornell.
The committee reported the following

CONSTITUTION.

ART. 1. This society shall be called the Missionary and Tract Society of the New England Conference of S. D. Adventists.
ART. 2. The objects of this society shall be to visit, circulate books and tracts, and to obtain subscribers for our periodicals.
ART. 3. The officers of this Society shall be a President, Secretary, Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of five, of which the President shall be one, and they shall be elected annually.
ART. 4. Any person may become a member of this society, who is a member of a church of Seventh-day Adventists, by payment of the sum of one dollar.
ART. 5. Each member shall keep a record of his or her labor, and report the same quarterly, at the quarterly meetings, at which time there shall be sessions of this society.
ART. 6. The funds to be employed by this society, shall consist of the money paid for memberships, and free-will offerings.
ART. 7. The Executive Committee shall have the general management and oversight of the work of this society, both in disbursing funds and counseling in regard to labor.
ART. 8. This Constitution may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, at any annual meeting.
Each article being voted upon separately, the whole was adopted unanimously.
It was voted that the Chairman nominate the officers of the society. The Chair nominated as follows:
President, S. N. Haskell, South Lancaster, Mass. Secretary, F. M. Buzzell, New Ipswich, N. H. Treasurer, J. Webber,                     “     “ Executive Committee, the President; H. B. Stratton, Boston; A. P. Green, Shamrock Mills; F. Gould, Greenfield, N. H.; and Samuel Martin, Ringe, N. H.
All were elected unanimously.
Opportunity being given, memberships and donations were received, amounting to $180.00.
Adjourned. J. H. WAGGONER, Chairman, M. E. CORNELL, Secretary.