Iowa and Nebraska Conference by George I. Butler; L. McCoy

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 25, 1872

Iowa and Nebraska Conference.

By George I. Butler; L. McCoy

According to previous appointment in Review, the tenth annual session of this Conference convened at the camp ground near Knoxville, Iowa, Friday, June 7, 1872, at 8 A. M. Called to order by the president, Eld. Geo. I. Butler. Prayer by Bro. H. Nicola.

Credentials of delegates being called for, the churches with delegates responded as follows: Richland, Ia., W. G. Bralliar; Brighton, P. A. Roberts; Marion, A. W. Cummings; Waukon, C. A. Washburn; Sandyville, J. H. Morrison; Lisbon, R. D. Tyson; State Center, S. M. Holly; Mt. Pleasant, Wm. Edgar and Jacob Hare; Monroe, J. W. Landes; Pilot Grove, Wm. Caviness; Knoxville, B. Auten and M. Miller; Washington, Z. N. Nicola; Sigourney, L. McCoy and C. E. Moser; Anamosa, Thos. Porter; Adel, Jas. M. Payne; Laport, C. A. Mitchell; Onawa, Jeff. Bartlett; Woodburn, Jacob Shively; Decatur, Neb., R. M. Kilgore.

Voted, That Elds. James White and W. H. Littlejohn be invited to participate in the deliberations of the Conference.

Voted, That all brethren present in good standing be invited to participate in our deliberations.

Minutes of last Conference called for and read. A call was made for all organized churches within the bounds of Conference, which had not been admitted, to present themselves, whereupon the church at Caloma, Iowa, with Russell Hart as delegate, the church at Osceola, Iowa, with Bro. Gardner as delegate, and the church at Peru, Iowa, with W. D. McLaughlin as delegate, were admitted into Conference. On motion the churches at Soldier Valley, Iowa, and Mt. Pleasant, Neb., were taken under the watchcare of this Conference.

By order of Conference, the Chair appointed the following committees:— Auditing Committee: Benn Auten, Jacob Hare, Jacob Shively, Russell Hart, Wm. Caviness, and P. A. Roberts. On Resolutions: W. H. Littlejohn, Jacob Hare, and H. Nicola. On Nominations: Minos Miller, Z. N. Nicola, and C. A. Washburn.

Appropriate remarks by Eld. White. Adjourned to meet at call of Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

Monday, June 10, 8 A. M., Committee on Nominations reported as follows: For President, H. Nicola; Secretary, L. McCoy; Treasurer, R. M. Kilgore; Conference Committee, J. T. Mitchell and Jacob Hare. R. M. Kilgore asked to be released, when Minos Miller was nominated for Treasurer in his stead; and on motion the above were declared elected as officers for the ensuing year.

On motion, the Executive Committee was made the Camp-meeting Committee for the year. Adjourned to call of Chair.

THIRD SESSION.

Prayer by W. H. Littlejohn. Credentials were granted to D. M. Canright and Geo. I. Butler for one year.

Voted, That credentials be given to R. M. Kilgore, Squier Osborn, Henry Nicola, J. T. Mitchell, Jacob Hare, and J. H. Morrison, and that they be ordained for the ministry.

Voted, That licenses be granted to Bro. Jeff. Bartlett, C. A. Washburn, James A. Smith, W. D. McLaughlin, and C. S. Boyd. The names of a number of others were referred to the Conference Committee.

Voted, That a fund be raised to purchase another tent at once; and in the course of a few hours, the amount was made up.

The Treasurer made the following report, showing that there was received during the year on S. B. fund, $2467.27 Cash on hand at beginning of year, $309.56 Total cash, $2776.83 Paid out during year, $1638.63 Balance on hand after all debts are paid, $1138.20

CAMP-MEETING FUND.

Cash on hand after all expenses, $130.04

The committee on resolutions made the following report which was unanimously adopted:

1. Resolved, That we hereby express our gratitude to the General Conference for the watchcare which they have exercised over this Conference in the past, as well as for the efficient help they have sent us from time to time.

2. Resolved, That we contemplate with great satisfaction the economy and energy with which the management of the Publishing Association and the Health Institute is at present characterized, and that we recommend them to our brethren within the bounds of this Conference, as institutions worthy of their most hearty and liberal support.

3. Resolved, That in the present general prosperity of the cause we find reason for the most profound gratitude to God, and that with each succeeding year, our confidence is increased in the Message as a whole, both by the inability of its opponents to answer the clear and scriptural arguments by which it is defended, and by the fact that in warring against it their efforts are characterized by that division of sentiment among themselves which always attends the propagation of error.

4. Resolved, That there never has been a time since the prophecy of the 13th of Revelation was first applied by our people to the United States of America, when such an application was so manifestly correct as it is rendered at the present by the creation of a political party whose ostensible object is the amendment of the Constitution so as to enforce the better observance of the first day of the week as the Sabbath of the Lord, instead of the seventh which alone God commanded.

5. Resolved, That we express our heartfelt gratitude to God, as a Conference, for the timely labors of Bro. and sister White among us at this camp-meeting, and our joy that after their many labors and burdens, they are still able to give the people of God such a cheerful and encouraging testimony, and we hereby express our earnest prayer to God that they may have health and strength to labor in this good cause till it shall close up with mighty power.

6. Resolved, That we express our great pleasure that we have had the presence of our dear brother Littlejohn among us during this meeting, and our gratitude for his faithful labors.

7. Resolved, That this Conference donate the sum of five hundred dollars to the General Conference.

8. Resolved, That the proceedings of this Conference be furnished the REVIEW AND HERALD for publication.

Adjourned to call of Chair.

GEORGE I. BUTLER, President. L. McCOY, Secretary.