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 Michigan Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, commencing Aug. 6, 1874. 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.; M. S. Merriam, Conf.; H. Lindsay, Com. The Health Reform Institute.
The stockholders of the Health Reform Institute will hold their eighth annual meeting at Battle Creek, Mich., in connection with the camp-meeting, Friday, Aug. 7, 1874, 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, Ira Abbey, Geo. J. Butler, Harmon Lindsay, Benn Auten, E. B. Gaskill, M. S. Merriam, Directors. The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold its fifteenth annual session on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, Aug. 11, 1874, 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, V. A. Merriam, C. W. Comings, Geo. J. Butler, S. N. Haskell, M. S. Merriam, Trustees. The T. & M. Society of Michigan will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek. We hope the district secretaries will send their reports to the State secretary, Anna M. Driscall, Battle Creek, Mich., at least one week before the camp-meeting. The Maine Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Skowhegan, one mile above Pishon’s Ferry, where it was held last year, commencing Sept. 3, 1874, and holding over the 7th. Let all of our churches and companies where S. B. is organized send their delegates to this Conference, and let all see that their S. B. is paid up to the last quarter. Let the S. B. treasurers see that their quarterly reports are sent to the State Conference secretary, Timothy Bryant, North Jay, Me., in season, so that we may have a correct report of the financial standing of the Conference. We want to see a general gathering of the brethren and sisters on the old camp-ground this fall. Let no one stay at home that possibly can attend. J. B. Goodrich, Maine; G. W. Barker, Conf.; Wm. Morton, Conf. Quarterly Meetings in Minnesota.
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At Curtis Corner, Rhode Island, Aug. 1, and 2. I appoint here because it is most central. If the brethren think best they can change the location, and have it where it will best accommodate the friends in that State. S. N. Haskell. The Maine T. & M. Society will hold its next annual meeting on the camp-ground in Skowhegan, Sept. 3–7. Dist. No. 1 will hold its quarterly meeting in connection with the annual meeting. Let all see that their reports are sent in season, so that a full report can be made of all that has been done for the last quarter. District Nos. 2 and 3 should hold their quarterly meetings at least two weeks previous, and their reports sent to the State secretary. Soldier Valley, Iowa, Aug. 1, 2. Belvidere, 8, 9. Decatur, Neb., 15, 16. There will be opportunity for baptism, for any who may desire it, at each of these meetings. General quarterly meeting of the Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society at Knoxville, Iowa, August 29 and 30. Let each director see that his district is properly represented. Hope there will be a general rally at this meeting, and that the blessing of God may attend it. Quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society of N. Y. and Pa., Dist. No. 9, at Hornby, Steuben Co., N. Y., the first Sabbath and Sunday in August. All the members are requested to report. Monthly meeting at Armada, Mich., August 1 and 2. Sister churches are invited to attend this meeting. Another opportunity will be had for baptism. Quarterly meeting of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and vicinity, at Nashville, about four miles west of Perrysburg station on N. Y. and Erie R. R., first Sabbath and first-day in August. Brethren and sisters of Cattaraugus Co., let us all take new interest in this work. Quarterly meeting of the T. & M. Society for district No. 2 of the N. Y. & Pa. Conference at Roosevelt, N. Y., on the 8th and 9th of August, 1874. A general attendance is expected. Please send in reports in time for the meeting. Monthly meeting at the same time and place.