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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 30, 1869

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 23.

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MAINE STATE CONFERENCE.

By L. L. Howard; Charles Stratton

THIRD ANNUAL SESSION.

The third annual session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was held at Norridgewock, Oct. 7, 1869. The meeting was called to order by the President, and prayer offered; after which the Conference elected a Secretary pro tem. It was then voted that Elders J. H. Waggoner and M. E. Cornell be invited to participate in the business of this Conference.
Voted, That all brethren present, who are in good standing with their respective churches, be invited to take part in the discussion of business.
Minutes of the last annual meeting were then read by the Secretary.
Ministers and Licentiates belonging to the Conference present, were, Brn. L. L. Howard, J. B. Goodrich, Chas. Stratton, Abram Barnes, W. W. Putnam, and W. H. Blaisdell.
Credentials and reports of delegates were then called for and read before the Conference, showing the following churches to be represented: Topsham, Norridgewock, Woodstock, Athens, Cornville, Canaan, Hartland, China, Portland, Falmouth, and North Jay. Brn. J. H. Waggoner, J. B. Goodrich, and M. E. Cornell were then made choice of by the Conference to act as a Committee on Nomination.
Voted, That the Chair be empowered to appoint an Auditing Committee of six lay members, to assist in settling with ministers.
The following brethren were then appointed: Isaac Fellows, Wm. Morton, Henry Atwood, Snow Halsburg, Stockbridge Howland, and Joseph Carlton.
Adjourned to the call of the Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

Prayer by J. B. Goodrich.
The Committee on Nomination presented the names of the following brethren, who were unanimously elected as officers of the Conference for the ensuing year: Geo. W. Barker, President; Wm. H. Blaisdell, Secretary; Wm. J. Haynes, Treasurer; Asa B. Atwood and J. C. Choate to act with the President as Executive Committee.
J. H. Waggoner, J. B. Goodrich, and M. E. Cornell, were appointed a Committee on Resolutions.
The church in North Jay was received into the Conference.
The Auditing Committee then brought in their report.
The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were then called for, which showed the standing of the Conference as follows: number of churches, 12; number of church members added during the year, 29; number of losses, 12; gained, 17; present number, 247; and 27 have commenced to keep the Sabbath, not united with the church. Amount of S. B. pledged to the Conference, $1030.83. Paid out to ministers, $824.05. Paid for Blanks, Postage, &c., $10.94. Balance due, $195.84.
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we are in favor of the organization of a New England Conference; and we hereby authorize our Executive Committee to report us in any convention that may be called for that purpose, and to merge this Conference into such N. E. Conference when it is organized.
Resolved, That we believe it to be our duty to confess before God our inconsistency in acknowledging the Testimonies to the Church, and neglecting them in our lives; and especially in regard to the health reform; and we earnestly request all of our brethren and sisters to make this a matter of conscience, and so act as to turn away the frown of God from his people, and take away the reproach which rests upon his cause in consequence of our professing a truth which we disregard in practice.
Resolved, That we also acknowledge our great wrong in disregarding the instructions of the Testimonies on the subject of purity of life and thought, and the warning given of the dangers surrounding us by reason of the licentious tendencies of the age; and we will try to humble ourselves with those who have been more immediately afflicted with the development of this evil in their midst. And we humbly ask God to give us grace to realize and feel our responsibilities as husbands and wives, and especially as parents, to guard our children from the snares which the enemy is laying for their destruction.
Voted, That W. J. Haynes adjust the accounts of the Conference.
Voted, That the proceedings of this Conference be forwarded to the REVIEW AND HERALD for publication.
Adjourned sine die.
L. L. HOWARD, President.
CHARLES STRATTON, Secretary pro tem.