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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 27, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 18.

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BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS

By L. L. Howard; H. C. Winslow

Of the Second Annual Session of the Seventh-day Adventists' Conference of the State of Maine.
THIS meeting was convened with the church at Norridgewock, Oct. 8, 1868, in their house of worship. The meeting was opened with prayer by Eld. P. C. Rodman, of Rhode Island.
It was then voted that Elders D. M. Canright and P. C. Rodman 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, and approved by the Conference.
Ministers and licentiates belonging to the Conference were then called for, and the following names responded to: Eld. L. L. Howard, Eld. J. B. Goodrich, Eld. Charles 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: Norridgewock, Woodstock, Athens, Cornville, Canaan, Hartland, Clinton, China, Portland, Falmouth, and Topsham.
Brn. Canright, Haynes, and Morton, were then appointed by the chair to act as a Committee on Nominations.
Voted, That the chair be empowered to appoint an Auditing Committee of six lay members to assist in settling with ministers.
Adjourned till 2, P. M.

SECOND SESSION.

Prayer by Eld. D. M. Canright.
Ministers' reports, relative to their receipts, expenditures, and labors, were then read and accepted by the Conference.
The chair then proceeded to appoint the following brethren to act on the Auditing Committee: J. S. Rogers, of Athens, Charles Davis, of Woodstock, W. J. Haynes, of Norridgewock, Snow Salisbury, of Canaan, and H. C. Winslow, of Topsham.
Adjourned till sixth-day, 10½, A. M.

THIRD SESSION.

The Committee on Nominations presented the names of the following brethren, who were unanimously elected as officers of the Conference for the ensuing year: L. L. Howard, President, H. C. Winslow, Secretary, W. J. Haynes, Treasurer, J. B. Goodrich and Charles Stratton to act with the President as Executive Committee.
The Auditing Committee then brought in their report, which was accepted.
The secretary's and treasurer's reports were then called for, which showed the standing of the Conference as follows: Number of churches, 11. Number of church members added during the year, 62. Number of losses, 12. Gained, 50. Present number, 230. Amount of s. B. pledged to the Conference, $1138.22. Paid out to ministers $909.30. Balance due and in the treasury, $228.92.
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we donate one hundred dollars of our funds on hand to the General Conference Missionary Fund, fifty dollars to the Publishing Association, and fifty dollars to the California Mission.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to continue our efforts in behalf of the Book and Tract Fund, that we may circulate our publications generally, according to the wants of the people, and especially that we may place the Spiritual Gifts in every family where they will be candidly read.
Resolved, That our preachers, elders, and deacons, be requested to stir up our brethren to pay their s. B. pledges promptly, that order may be established, and confusion avoided.
Resolved, That we hereby express our gratitude toGod for the faithful labors of Bro. and Sr. White, and Bro. Andrews, in the past, and that we extend an urgent invitation to them to visit us again, at their earliest convenience.
Resolved, That we regret our past course toward Bro. and Sr. White, and our backwardness in coming up to the work of the Lord in all its branches, and that we ask God, and our brethren, to forgive us for these wrongs, and that we pledge ourselves to do better in future.
Resolved, That we request those churches who can, to transfer the full amount of their s. B. to the Conference fund.
Resolved, That we request all our churches to begin their s. B. year at the first of October.
Resolved, That we express our thanks to Bro. Canright and Rodman for their timely visit and services in this Conference, and that we authorize the Executive Committee to pay their expenses out of the Conference fund.
Resolved, That we express our thanks to the church and friends of the cause at Norridgewock, for cheerfully and liberally entertaining the many brethren and sisters who have attended this meeting.
Resolved, That the doings of this Conference be sent to the ADVENT REVIEW for publication.
The Conference then adjourned to the call of the Executive Committee. L. L. HOWARD, Pres. H. C. WINSLOW, Sec.