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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 14, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 37, No. 9.

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Michigan Conference Proceedings: Committees, Church Standing, and Ministers' Cre

By Uriah Smith; I. D. Van Horn

Moved and Voted, That the Chair appoint a committee of six to act with the Conference Committee, to audit and settle accounts with ministers; whereupon the following brethren were appointed: G. H. Bell, James Harvey, S. Howland, Wm. Potter, Charles Buck, and D. W. Milk.
On motion, R. J. Lawrence, J. S. Wicks, and H. S. Guilford, were appointed by the Chair as a Committee on Nominations.
On motion, the Chair appointed the following brethren as a Committee on Resolutions: J. H. Waggoner, M. E. Cornell, and D. H. Lamson.
Many calls for labor in the churches, and in new fields, were then read before the Conference, which called out many remarks from Brn. White, Waggoner, and others.
Moved, That the supplying of these calls be left with the Conference Committee. Carried.
The report of the standing of the Conference was then read, which was as follows:
Number of members at the beginning of the Conference year, 1495 Gain during the year, 173 Loss “ “ “ 125 Present No. in the churches of the Conference, 1543 Whole No. of churches in the Conference, 53 Total am’t of S. B. funds pledged to churches $5579.81 “ “ “ “ “ “ to the Conf. 3927.86
Reports of the labor of ministers were called for, and the following brethren responded: Joseph Bates, M. E. Cornell, John Byington, Philip Strong, E. B. Lane, and S. H. Lane.
On motion it was voted, That credentials be renewed to the following ministers: James White, Joseph Bates, John Byington, R. J. Lawrence, I. D. Van Horn, M. E. Cornell, Philip Strong, J. H. Waggoner, E. B. Lane, and J. N. Loughborough.
Moved and voted, That Sr. Ellen G. White receive credentials from this Conference.
On motion it was voted, That Eld. D. M. Canright be transferred from this Conference to the Iowa Conference, where his home now is.
On motion it was voted, That the following brethren receive license, and that they be recommended to receive ordination as ministers in the Conference: Uriah Smith, W. H. Littlejohn, C. Stoddard.
Moved and voted, That the following brethren receive license: Charles Seaward, E. H. Root, Harmon Kenyon, S. H. Lane, D. H. Lamson.
The granting of license to the following brethren was left to the Conference Committee: Alvin Marsh, James G. Sterling, D. F. Randolph, Chas. Jones, and G. H. Bell.
Moved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Chair, to whom application might be made by those wishing license; whereupon, John Byington, R. J. Lawrence, and M. E. Cornell, were thus appointed.
Adjourned to 2 o’clock P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION. Opened with prayer by Bro. Bates. The Committee on Nominations reported the following persons for Officers of the Conference the ensuing year: President, Uriah Smith; Secretary, Miss Jane R. Trembley; Treasurer, Miss Addie Merriam; Conference Committee, Uriah Smith, J. T. Carman, and D. H. Lamson. These were each elected by a unanimous vote.
The committee to receive application for license, reported the following names, who each were granted license by the Conference for the ensuing year: H. A. St. John, W. B. Castle, J. O. Corliss, Albert Weeks, A. N. Fisher, and H. S. Gurney.
Committee on Resolutions reported, and offered the following:
Resolved, That we have seen with deep regret a decline of interest in the cause of health reform with some of our churches and people; and we hereby request our ministers to strive to revive this interest wherever they may be called to labor. And we call upon all who profess to be looking and preparing for the coming of the Lord, to make this a cause of self-examination, and a special subject of prayer, that we may not slight the warnings and counsels of God on this important subject.
The above resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote.
On motion, Bro. I. A. Olmstead was elected to fill the place of C. S. Glover in the Mich. Camp-meeting Committee.
Adjourned to the call of the President.
URIAH SMITH, President.
I. D. VAN HORN, Secretary, pro tem.