Change of Appointment

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 22, 1875

Change of Appointment

Appointments.

“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.

Change of Appointment.

My appointment at Colon is changed from July 31st to July 24th. I will attend the T. & M. quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 2, at Eaton Rapids, Mich., July 31 and August 1. J. Byington.

S. D. A. P. Association.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold its sixteenth annual session on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, August 10th, 1875, 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, Freddie House, E. B. Gaskill, Uriah Smith, S. N. Haskell, James Sawyer. Trustees.

The Michigan Camp-Meeting.

This meeting will be held on the old ground, near Battle Creek. All tents should be put up as soon as Monday, as the meeting is to commence Tuesday morning. Ample provision will be made for this meeting. Those who have no tents will be provided for in the large tents. Bring your bedding, and sheets with which to partition off your sections. Committee.

The Michigan Conference.

The Michigan Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, August 11, 1875. 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. Conf. Com.; J. Fargo, Mich. Conf. Com.; M. S. Merriam, Mich. Com.

The Educational Society.

The Seventh-day Adventist Educational Society will hold its First Annual Meeting on the camp ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 12, 1875, at 9 o’clock A. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business that may come before the meeting. James White, U. Smith, E. B. Gaskill, H. Lindsay, Benn Auten, S. N. Haskell, J. H. Kellogg. Trustees.

General Conference.

The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., first-day, Aug. 15, 1875, at 9 o’clock A. M., for the purpose of considering such matters pertaining to the general prosperity of the cause as may properly come before this body. James White, Gen. Conf. Com.; Geo. I. Butler, Gen. Conf. Com.; S. N. Haskell, Com.

State Conference Reports.

These will all be wanted in full at our General Conference, appointed in this paper to be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 15, 1875. We urgently appeal to the secretaries of the several State Conferences to report promptly the standing of their respective Conferences, according to blanks furnished, giving the number of ministers, number of licentiates, whole number of churches, whole number of church members, whole amount of S. B. pledged, amount pledged to Gen. Conference, and amount on hand, with such other information as may serve to show the state of the cause in each Conference. U. Smith, Sec. Gen. Conf.

Maine Camp-Meeting.

No providence preventing, this meeting will be held Sept. 2-7, 1875, at Richmond, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, 1¾ miles from the depot, 1¼ from the steamboat wharf, on the main road up the Kennebec River leading to Gardiner, on land owned by Wm. Grant, in a pleasant oak grove. Bro. and sister White are cordially invited to attend. Half fare may be expected on the R. R. More hereafter. Committee.

Quarterly meeting at Victory, Wis., first Sabbath in August. Brethren and sisters from neighboring churches are invited. Cannot Brn. Olsen, Atkinson, or Decker, meet with us? F. C. Clark.

Monthly meeting of the Jackson church at Tompkins, July 31, 1875. E. P. Giles.

Quarterly meeting of the T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 3, Mich., in the tent at Bronson, Branch Co., August 1, 1875. Will the librarians please send their reports to J. Warren Wright, Battle Creek, without delay. I. A. Olmstead, Director.

Quarterly meeting at Greenup, Cumberland Co., Ill., July 31 and Aug. 1. Let the brethren at Martinsville, and other scattered brethren attend this meeting. A T. & M. meeting will be held in connection with it. Come, brethren, and let us seek God together. Preaching to commence on Sabbath evening. C. H. Bliss.

The quarterly meeting of the Poysippi church will be at the Putnam School-house, July 25 and 26. P. H. Cady, Elder.

Sutton, Vt., Sabbath, July 31, 1875.

Morgan, Vt., Sabbath and first-day, Aug. 7 and 8. At this meeting baptism will be administered if desired. A. S. Hutchins.

The next quarterly meeting of the T. & M. society of the churches in Dist. No. 5, Mich., will be held with the church at Ravenna, Sabbath and first-day, July 31, and Aug. 1, 1875. Will all the librarians see that their reports are forwarded to the secretary, E. Higley, Coopersville, Ott. Co., in time for this meeting. J. S. Wicks, Director.

Quarterly meeting of the S. D. A. church at Waterloo, Grant Co., Wis., July 31, to be held over first-day. A general invitation is extended. Can some minister attend? Jehiel Ganiard.

The place of meeting for those who observe the seventh day, in Grand Rapids, Mich., is at the residence of H. C. Winslow, 407 Fountain Street. An interested community are cordially invited.

Quarterly meeting at Rochester, Fulton Co., Indiana, Sabbath, July 31st, and August 1st. All are invited. Bro. Lane or Kenyon is expected. James Harvey.

The next quarterly meeting of the churches of Saginaw Co., Mich., will be held at St. Charles, the 24th and 25th of July; also, the T. & M. quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 8 will be held in connection. Will the librarians and scattered brethren send their reports in time for this meeting to H. S. Guilford, St. Charles, Mich. John McGregor, Director.

A church of Seventh-day Adventists will be organized in Marshall, Mich., Sabbath, July 24, 1875. The Christian house of worship has been secured for the meetings. Brethren and sisters from surrounding churches are invited to attend. U. Smith.