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The Fourteenth Annual Session of the N. Y. and Pa. Conference

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 30, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 13.

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The Fourteenth Annual Session of the N. Y. and Pa. Conference.

By B. L. Whitney; S. B. Whitney

This meeting was held, according to appointment, on the camp-ground near Rome, commencing Sept. 9, 1875. Five ministers were present, and eighteen churches presented twenty-two delegates. Delegates were received from five additional churches without credentials. Brn. White and Smith were also present and were invited to participate in the discussion of business.
The reading of the minutes of the last session called forth remarks from Bro. White which gave relief to the minds of some of the brethren upon the points alluded to.
By vote of the Conference, the president appointed the several committees as follows: On Nominations, Hiram Edson, H. Hilliard, A. M. Green. On Resolutions, Uriah Smith, S. B. Whitney, Jacob Wilbur. On credentials, Jas. White, Uriah Smith, S. B. Whitney. Auditors, Wm. Coats, D. B. Green, A. H. Hall, Thos. Smith, W. H. Eggleston, Daniel Howe.
The treasurer’s report showed receipts to the amount of three thousand eight hundred and forty-one dollars and thirty-two cts. ($3841.32), and expenditures amounting to seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and twenty-five cts. ($723.25), leaving a balance of three thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars and seven cts. ($3118.07).
The following names were presented and ratified by the Conference as officers for the ensuing year: President, B. L. Whitney; Conference Committee, P. Z. Kinne, S. N. Walsworth; Secretary, S. B. Whitney, Litchfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y.; Treasurer, Chas. E. Green, Sacket’s Harbor, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, 1. That, notwithstanding the embarrassments under which we have labored in this State, we hereby express increased confidence in the truth, in the working of this cause, and in its future prosperity and final triumph.
2. That, in common with our brethren in all the States, we rejoice in the prosperity which we now behold attending the cause in various parts of the field, and we recognize in this sufficient reason for new encouragement in the work, and for taking hold of the promulgation of the truth with increasing zeal.
3. That while we regret that so little labor is bestowed in this State, and that the cause is in so languishing a condition in our midst, we will not slack our hands from the financial support of the cause, but will move forward in the discharge of all Christian duties, praying the Lord of the harvest to raise up more laborers to go forth into this wide and inviting field.
4. That with deepest gratitude we acknowledge the hand of God in favoring us with the labors of Bro. and Sr. White and Bro. Smith in this meeting, by which the light and relief we stood in pressing need of have been brought us; and we hereby express our obligation to our brethren of the Conference Committee for their interest and zeal in bringing this about.
5. That, while we deeply regret the necessity of such testimony as has been given us by Sr. White, it is our opinion that the papers read before the meeting on the morning of Sept. 13 should be published in a pamphlet of one thousand copies at the expense of the Conference, and circulated in the Conference at the discretion of the Conference Committee.
The last two resolutions were approved by a unanimous rising vote of the congregation.
Upon recommendation of the Committee on Credentials, Bro. Jacob Wilbur and B. L. Whitney were set apart for the gospel ministry, after which, credentials were given to Bro. R. F. Cottrell, S. B. Whitney, J. N. Andrews, C. B. Reynolds, C. O. Taylor, F. Wheeler, Jacob Wilbur, B. L. Whitney, and a license to Bro. A. H. Hall. For want of time to properly consider cases of others, they were referred to the Conference Committee for licenses. The auditor’s report showed appropriations amounting in the aggregate to one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cts. (1867.67).
Voted, To use the same ground next year.
Voted, That the President appoint the Camp-meeting Committee; whereupon W. H. Eggleston, Wm. Brown, and E. W. Whitney were named as such Committee.
The Secretary was instructed by a unanimous rising vote to present a written expression of thanks from the entire meeting to Mr. Wright, the owner of the grounds, for his courteous and generous bearing.
Voted, That the Conference bear Bro. Kinne’s expenses to the New England Camp-meeting.
Voted, To publish these minutes in the REVIEW.
Adjourned indefinitely.
B. L. WHITNEY, Pres.
S. B. WHITNEY, Sec.