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Special Session of the Vermont Conference

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 3, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 5.

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Special Session of the Vermont Conference

By W. B. White

At the recent session of the Atlantic Union Conference at South Lancaster, Mass., a resolution was passed by the conference asking the Central New England Conference to release from its territory the State of New Hampshire, and recommending that it unite with Vermont in conference relations.
Later this request was granted by Central New England, and indorsed by the churches in New Hampshire, and the special session of the Vermont Conference already referred to was called to complete and carry into effect the action of the union conference.
This gathering met at White River Junction, Vt., January 15, 16, with about thirty delegates present from Vermont and New Hampshire.
Elder W. H. Holden, president of the Vermont Conference, presided at the conference, and the laborers present from outside of Vermont were Elders H. C. Hartwell of Central New England and O. Montgomery of Maine, and the writer.
After the conference was duly opened, and the delegates were seated, the churches of New Hampshire were admitted by vote to the Vermont Conference, with one hundred fourteen members, making a conference of about five hundred fifty members.
After the churches were united in one conference, it was thought best to change the name of the Vermont Conference to Northern New England Conference, which was done by unanimous vote.
The by-laws of both the conference and the legal corporation were changed to conform with this new arrangement, and new record books will now be opened by the secretary and treasurer, beginning Jan. 1, 1910.
A resolution was passed favoring the $300,000 Fund, and accepting the responsibility of raising its quota. About three hundred fifty dollars was raised in pledges to start this work, and another resolution was passed, favoring the campaign with the “Ministry of Healing,” which will be launched in early spring.
The session was one of harmony and union, and the new conference starts out with bright prospects for the future.
W. B. WHITE, Pres. Atlantic Union Conf.