General Conference by James White

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 12, 1872

General Conference.

By James White

For several important reasons, it seems necessary that General Conference, and the annual meeting of the Publishing Association, should be held at the earliest point of time.

1. The feebleness of the Secretary makes it necessary that another should be elected to that office as soon as possible.

2. The distance of the President from head-quarters, which distance makes it impracticable for him to hold the office only to the nearest point that another can be elected to take his place, is a very good reason why another should be elected at the earliest possible point of time. Since we left Battle Creek, notwithstanding our feebleness, we have done much in running that institution by letters, which we refuse to do after a suitable length of time, to hold a legal meeting to elect officers. We have other work for our time and pen.

3. Immediate action in providing the proper men at Battle Creek, to institute and manage a denominational school, and to succor and guard our other institutions, is called for.

4. The interests of the Tract and Missionary work, the preparation, translation, and publication, of works in other languages, and the general interests of the cause, all seem to call for the General Conference at an early point of time. JAMES WHITE.