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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 17, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 40, No. 14.

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The New England Conference.

By Stephen N. Haskell; F. A. Buzzell

The second annual session of the New England Conference of S. D. Adventists was holden, pursuant to notice given in REVIEW, at South Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 29, 1872.
The President in the Chair. Prayer by Eld. Geo. I. Butler. Seventeen churches and unorganized bodies were represented by delegation, one by letter, and two were not represented.
Voted, To receive the church at Norfolk, Ct., into this Conference.
Voted, That Bro. S. H. Twing be received as delegate from said church.
Elds. J. N. Andrews, W. H. Littlejohn, and Geo. I. Butler, were invited to participate in the deliberations of the Conference; also all the members present of good standing in our churches.
Voted, To omit reading the minutes of last year’s session.
Voted, That the Chair appoint a Committee on Nominations and Resolutions; also the Auditing Committee.
Voted, That the Committee on Nominations also nominate the Camp-meeting Committee.
Remarks were made by Elds. Butler and Andrews, with reference to the importance of responding to the call from Battle Creek for the removal of suitable persons to that place.
The Chair appointed the following committees, viz.: On Nominations, J. N. Andrews, L. W. Hastings, and C. L. Sweet; on Resolutions, W. H. Littlejohn, Geo. I. Butler, and L. W. Hastings; Auditing Committee, C. W. Comings, J. C. Tucker, Samuel Martin, C. L. Sweet, W. E. Landon, and Samuel Green.
Adjourned to call of the Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

Sept. 1. Prayer by Eld. Geo. I. Butler.
Voted, To donate to the General Conference the sum of six hundred dollars, previously loaned to it.
Committee on Nominations report as officers of the New England Conference: President, Eld. S. N. Haskell, South Lancaster, Mass.; Secretary, F. A. Buzzell, New Ipswich, N. H.; Treasurer, C. K. Farnsworth, Washington, N. H.; Executive Committee, S. N. Haskell, H. B. Stratton, A. W. Smith; Camp-meeting Committee, H. B. Stratton, J. C. Tucker, Samuel Martin.
Report being accepted, the nominees were elected by a unanimous vote.
Eld. Geo. I. Butler introduced the following resolution:
Whereas, It has been thought advisable that each Conference should send to Battle Creek one or more families to represent them at that place in sustaining the work connected with the general interests of the cause, therefore,
Resolved, That we, as individuals, hereby pledge ourselves to respond to the call of the N. E. Conference Committee, providing they should at any time indicate that in their judgment it will be the duty of any one of us to move to Battle Creek, for the purposes above mentioned.
Adjourned to call of the Chair.

THIRD SESSION.

Prayer by Eld. J. N. Andrews. Remarks were made by Elds. Haskell, Butler, and Andrews, in regard to laborers in the N. E. Conference.
Voted, That we extend an invitation to all those who have a desire to labor in this Conference to confer with the Conference Committee.
Voted, To renew the credentials of Elds. Haskell and Rodman.
Eld. Butler made remarks explanatory of movements in reference to the school at Battle Creek, and expressive of the fact that it was in the providence of God, and therefore would prove a success, when regulated and sustained by right influences.
Elds. Butler and Haskell spoke of the importance of raising a health publication fund, and earnestly urged this Conference to contribute toward its accomplishment. In response, the brethren and sisters pledged the sum of $1162.50, and paid the sum of $350.00.
Voted, To purchase chairs and settees for the use of the feeble on the camp-ground. For this purpose, and to complete the payment for the ground, $153.50 were at once pledged, of which $65.50 were paid. Reports received from the several churches in the N. E. Conference show a net gain during the past year of twenty-one members; also one company has been admitted into the Conference.
S. N. HASKELL, Pres.
F. A. BUZZELL, Sec.