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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 16, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 14.

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The Maine Conference.

By J. B. Goodrich; W. H. Blaisdell

THE regular annual session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was held on the camp ground, near Skowhegan, Aug. 28, 1873.
The meeting was called to order by the President, and prayer offered by Bro. Geo. I. Butler.
The following churches were represented at the Conference:
Norridgewock, Cornville, Canaan, Hartland, Deering, Woodstock, and North Jay.
Voted, That Bro. Butler, Andrews, and all other brethren in good standing, be invited to take part in the deliberations of the Conference.
The Secretary's report of the doings of the last Conference was called for, read, and accepted.
Voted, That the several committees be appointed by the President, whereupon the following were appointed:—
Committee on Nominations, W. H. Blaisdell, Timothy Bryant, and Isaac Choate.
Committee on Resolutions, J. N. Andrews, R. S. Webber, and T. S. Emery.
Auditing Committee, Wm. W. Putnam, J. A. Davis, T. S. Emery, James A. Dickey, Charles Davis, and Timothy Bryant.
Committee on Licensing, G. W. Barker, Wm. Morton, and Samuel F. Grant.
Adjourned to the call of the President.

SECOND SESSION.

Prayer by Bro. J. N. Andrews. The Nominating Committee reported the names of the following brethren for the officers of the Conference for the coming year, and they were elected:—
For President, J. B. Goodrich, Hartland; Treasurer, Samuel F. Grant, Hartland; Secretary, Timothy Bryant, North Jay. For the other two members of the Executive Committee, Geo. W. Barker and Wm. Morton. For Camp-meeting Committee, Geo. W. Barker, J. B. Goodrich and T. S. Emery.
The credentials and licenses of the preaching brethren of last year were renewed.
Voted, to have the financial year of the Conference commence the first of January.
Voted, that the Camp-meeting Committee take charge of the victualing tent at our next camp-meeting.
The Secretary's and Treasurer's reports showed the standing of the Conference to be as follows:—
No. of churches, 9; No. of members, 185; No. of Sabbath-keepers not yet united to any church, 148; No. paying S. B., 140; No. of Sabbath-school scholars, 213.
Amount of S. B. pledged to the Conference, $875.77
Amount in the treasury at the beginning of the year, 45.26
Amount paid into the treasury during the year, 865.60
Amount paid out during the year, 889.01
Balance now in the treasury, $21.85
The following resolutions were adopted:—
Resolved, That we gratefully acknowledge the faithful and untiring labors of our beloved Bro. and sister White, for which we feel a debt of obligation that we can never repay; and we hereby express our deep sympathy with them in their feeble health, and assure them that our prayers ascend to God for his abundant blessing upon them.
Resolved, That we fully approve the effort to establish a school for the purpose of affording instruction to those who desire to give themselves to the work of God in carrying the sacred light of truth to those who sit in darkness, and while we regret our inability to do very much by way of helping it forward at this time, we pledge ourselves to help in time to come, so far as in the providence of God we may be able to do it.
Important remarks were made by Bro. Butler and Andrews at different times during the sessions of the Conference.
Voted, To have the doings of the Conference sent to the Office of the REVIEW AND HERALD for publication.
Adjourned sine die.
J. B. GOODRICH, Pres.
W. H. BLAISDELL, Sec.