The School Again by Gen. Conf. Com.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 8, 1873

The School Again.

By Gen. Conf. Com.

Last week we referred to this enterprise, and gave the impression that more would soon be said and done concerning it. In this short article we mean mainly to report progress. Very soon a call will be made for our brethren to come up and take hold of this important matter with their means.

Since the last week's paper went to press, we have been consulting the law and preparing articles of Association, and by-laws, so that a society could be formed on a legal basis to hold property, elect trustees, and be the proper guardians of the school, and thus take it out of the anomalous condition it is in at present, being in the hands of the General Conference Committee, who have no time to attend to it, and who are in no condition to do the matter justice. The Committee feel a deep interest in the matter, and will ever esteem it a privilege to lend it all the assistance and counsel in their power. But not being able to give it that personal supervision that it needs, because of absence much of the time from the place of its location, and connection with other duties, and believing that some of those who have moved in should take responsibility in such matters, it seems very necessary that a society should be organized as stated above, to attend to those things which must have attention, and who will feel proper responsibility.

The law of Michigan requires that at least five thousand dollars be subscribed and at least one thousand be paid in, before such organization can take place and trustees be elected. Every one will see therefore that subscriptions of means must be made as the next step to be taken. We expect to hold a meeting the present week here at Battle Creek, and commence action. We expect soon to make a call for means to our people generally. And we expect to see the same liberality in responding in this enterprise that has characterized our people in other important undertakings. We have that faith in the intelligence and confidence of our people in this great and most important subject of education with special reference to this closing work and the duty which is upon us, that we have no doubt they will be even more ready than we are to carry this enterprise through. It must and will go. But we want it to go safely and surely, and to this end we shall labor. GEN. CONF. COM.