And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 269 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend. The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold its sixteenth annual session on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, August 10th, 1875, at 9 o'clock A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting. James White,
Harmon Lindsay,
Freddie House,
E. B. Gaskill,
Uriah Smith,
S. N. Haskell,
James Sawyer, Trustees. The Michigan Camp-Meeting.
This meeting will be held on the old ground, near Battle Creek. All tents should be put up as soon as Monday, as the meeting is to commence Tuesday morning. Ample provision will be made for this meeting. Those who have no tents will be provided for in the large tents. Bring your bedding, and sheets with which to partition off your sections. COMMITTEE. The Michigan Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, August 11, 1875. Delegates should be on the ground the first day of the meeting. Let the church officers make their reports in season; also let the S. B. treasurers make an effort to meet their pledges. We hope the friends of the cause will make an especial effort to attend this meeting prepared to work for the Lord. E. H. Root, Mich. Conf. Com.
J. Fargo,
M. S. Merriam, The Seventh-day Adventist Educational Society will hold its First Annual Meeting on the camp ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 12, 1875, at 9 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business that may come before the meeting. James White,
U. Smith,
E. B. Gaskill,
H. Lindsay,
Benn Auten,
S. N. Haskell,
J. H. Kellogg, Trustees. The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., first-day, Aug. 15, 1875, at 9 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of considering such matters pertaining to the general prosperity of the cause as may properly come before this body. James White, Gen. Conf.
Geo. H. Butler, Conf.
S. N. Haskell, Com. The Health Reform Institute.
The stockholders of the Health Reform Institute will hold their ninth annual meeting at Battle Creek, Mich., in connection with the camp-meeting, Friday, Aug. 13, 1875, at 9 o'clock A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.
Stockholders who cannot attend will please see that their stock is represented by proxy if they have not already made provision of this kind. James White,
U. Smith,
S. Brownsberger,
Harmon Lindsay,
Benn Auten,
E. B. Gaskill,
J. H. Kellogg, Directors. The next quarterly meeting for the churches of Oakland, Little Prairie, and Johnstown, will be held at Johnstown Center, Rock Co., Wis., Aug. 7, 8, 1875. Bro. Matteson is requested to meet with us. Let all come that can.
G. S. Smith, Clerk. Lovington, Ill., Sabbath and Sunday, Aug. 14, 15. Preaching at the usual hours. We hope to see all the friends of the cause in this part at this meeting. By request we will organize a Tract and Missionary Society.
C. H. Bliss. Missouri Valley, Iowa, Aug. 14, 15, 1875.
Beloit, Crawford Co., Aug. 21, 22.
J. W. McWilliams. If the Lord will, I will meet with the church at Edgefield Junction, Tenn., Aug. 12, and remain over Sabbath and Sunday. All Sabbath-keepers in the vicinity are requested to attend. An opportunity for baptism will be given.
S. Osborn. Monthly meeting of the Jackson church at Tompkins, July 31, 1875.
E. P. Giles. Quarterly meeting of the T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 3, Mich., in the tent at Bronson, Branch Co., August 1, 1875. Will the librarians please send their reports to J. Warren Wright, Battle Creek, without delay.
I. A. Olmstead, Director. Quarterly meeting at Greenup, Cumberland Co., Ill., July 31 and Aug. 1. Let the brethren at Martinsville, and other scattered brethren attend this meeting. A T. & M. meeting will be held in connection with it. Come, brethren, and let us seek God together. Preaching to commence on Sabbath evening.
C. H. Bliss. Sutton, Vt., Sabbath, July 31, 1875.
Morgan, Vt., Sabbath and first-day, Aug. 7 and 8. At this meeting baptism will be administered if desired.
A. S. Hutchins. The next quarterly meeting of the T. & M. society of the churches in Dist. No. 5, Mich., will be held with the church at Ravenna, Sabbath and first-day, July 31, and Aug. 1, 1875. Will all the librarians see that their reports are forwarded to the secretary, H. Higley, Coopersville, Ott. Co., in time for this meeting.
J. S. Wicks, Director. Quarterly meeting of the S. D. A. church at Waterloo, Grant Co., Wis., July 31, to be held over first-day. A general invitation is extended. Can some minister attend?
Jemiah Ganiard. Quarterly meeting at Rochester, Fulton Co., Indiana, August 7, 8. All are invited. Bro. Lane or Kenyon is expected.
James Harvey. The New England Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at South Lancaster, Mass., commencing Aug. 26, and continuing until Aug. 31. All companies of our brethren where Systematic Benevolence is organized should send their delegates, and fill out their blank reports, which each company will receive from the Secretary, in season for the meeting.
N. E. Conf. Com. No providence preventing, this meeting will be held Sept. 2–7, 1875, at Richmond, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, 1½ miles from the depot, 1¼ from the steamboat wharf, on the main road up the Kennebec River leading to Gardiner, on land owned by Wm. Grant, in a pleasant oak grove. Bro. and sister White are cordially invited to attend. Half fare may be expected on the R. R. More hereafter.
COMMITTEE. The next general quarterly meeting of the Iowa and Neb. T. & M. Society will be at State Center, Iowa, Sept. 4, 5, 1875. Hope there will be a general representation at this meeting. Meeting to commence Friday evening.
H. Nicola. Will the directors hold a meeting for the T. & M. Societies of Vermont about two weeks before our annual meeting, which will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, so that their reports can be sent in one week before camp-meeting? I would suggest the 7th and 8th of August. We hope all reports will be gathered in.
L. Bean, Pres. There will be a State quarterly and annual meeting of the T. & M. Society of Michigan in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, Aug. 10–17. The reports from each district should be sent to the State secretary, Mrs. E. B. Gaskill, of Battle Creek, one week previous to the meeting.
E. H. Root, Pres. Providence favoring, the forty-foot tent, No. 3, of Wisconsin, pitched in the town of Douglas Center, Marquette Co., on the 23d of July, will remain there for several weeks, or as long as the interest may demand.
I. Sanborn. Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 6, N. Y. and Pa. T. & M. Society, at Indian Lake, Hamilton Co., N. Y., Aug. 21 and 22, 1875. Would be glad to see all the members present.
M. S. Tyrel, Director. The next monthly meeting for the churches in Oswego Co., N. Y., will be held at Vermilion, Aug. 7, 8, 1875. Bro. B. L. Whitney is expected to be at the meeting.
Daniel Bowe.