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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE MICHIGAN STATE CONFERENCE

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 5, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 48, No. 14.

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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE MICHIGAN STATE CONFERENCE.

By E. H. Root; S. Brownsberger

The sixteenth annual session of the Michigan State Conference of the S. D. Adventists was held on the camp-ground at Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1876, at 9½ A. M. The President, E. H. Root, called the meeting to order. Prayer was offered by Eld. James White.
Credentials of delegates being called for, it was found that sixty-four churches were represented by eighty-seven delegates. The church at Hart was represented by letter.
On motion, the following churches were admitted into the Conference: Lyons, Muir, Monroe Center, Armada, Lakeview, Saranac, Thetford, Green, Mattawan, Ovid, Estella, W. Plains, Douglas, W. Liberty, Spring Harbor, and Flint.
By motion, all visiting brethren were invited to participate in the proceedings of the session.
The minutes of the last session were read and approved.
Upon motion, the Chair appointed the following committees: On Nominations, S. H. Lane, D. R. Palmer, and J. S. Hicks; on Resolutions, D. H. Lamson, A. O. Burrill, and H. M. Kenyon; on Auditing, F. Nelson, S. H. King, E. P. Giles, J. R. Stone, Robert Sawyer, and S. W. Hastings; on Credentials, Eld. John Byington, F. Nelson, and F. Howe.
Adjourned to the call of the Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

Meeting called to order by the President. Prayer by Eld. U. Smith.
By request, the companies of Sabbath-keepers at Adrian, Bronson, and Dimondale were by vote taken under the watchcare of the Conference.
The request of the church at Carson City to retain s. b. to complete their house of worship was, by vote, granted. The request of the church at Burlington to retain their s. b. for the coming year was referred to the Conference Committee.
The Committee on Nominations recommended the following as officers for the ensuing year:
For President, S. N. Haskell; Secretary, D. H. Lamson; Treasurer, Alice Canfield; Executive Committee, S. N. Haskell, E. H. Root, and Jerome Fargo.
The recommendation of the committee being acted upon, these persons were unanimously elected to their respective offices.
Committee on Credentials recommended that the credentials of the following persons be renewed: Eld. James White, Mrs. E. G. White, J. H. Waggoner, John Byington, E. B. Lane, D. H. Lamson, R. J. Lawrence, I. D. Van Horn, H. M. Kenyon, U. Smith, E. R. Jones, John Corliss, J. B. Frisbie, A. O. Burrill, E. H. Root, and Orlando Soule.
The report was accepted and the committee discharged.
By vote of the Conference, the credentials were renewed as recommended by the committee.
The committee also recommended M. B. Miller, E. Van Deusen, and J. Fargo for ordination.
The Committee also recommended that the following persons receive license: D. W. Milk, Wm. Potter, H. S. Guilford, Sr. E. S. Lane, Delphus Wellman, Delmer Wellman, Gardner Owen, Augustus Rasmussen, Frank Starr, R. T. Sisley, John Sisley, and I. A. Olmstead. The case of Nathan Killmar was referred to Conference Committee.
It was voted that all these persons receive licenses.
The Committee on Resolutions reported as follows:—
Resolved, That the fact that this camp-meeting presents a larger number of tents upon the ground than any previous camp-meeting held in Michigan, and a greater number of brethren in attendance, should be a matter of much encouragement to all interested in the cause in this Conference.
Resolved, That we hereby express our thanks to the Camp-meeting Committee for their efficient efforts in fitting up the grounds, and otherwise making this meeting a success.
Resolved, That we recognize more visibly than ever before the hand of God in the progress of the cause as a fulfillment of prophecy, and with pleasure we renew our consecration to the work of its promulgation.
Whereas, the truth is rapidly spreading in this and other countries,
Resolved, That we hail it with joy as a matter of great encouragement and one of the strongest evidences of the nearness of the advent of our Lord.
Resolved, That we are grateful to God for the general union that has prevailed in our Conference during the year that is past and that he has so prospered the efforts of his servants that seventeen new churches have been raised up the past year, and come to our Conference for admission at the present session.
Resolved, That our confidence in the Spirit of Prophecy as developed in our midst is strengthened each succeeding year, and we therefore recommend to the elders of our churches, that they impress upon their congregations the importance of making the testimonies to the church a daily study.
The report was accepted and adopted, and the committee discharged.
By vote, the Chair was authorized to appoint an Auditor for the coming year.

THIRD SESSION.

Prayer by H. A. St. John.
The following persons were granted a license: E. P. Daniels, C. C. Doren, J. L. Edgar, John Wright, Worthy Ford. C. C. Stoddard was granted credentials by the Conference. Oscar Scott, B. F. Lewis, and E. Hutchins, with other applications, were referred to the Conference Committee.
Eld. S. N. Haskell tendered his resignation as President of the Michigan Conference, and as a member of the Conference Committee. His residence being in another State, thus occasioning, at times, a necessary absence, was his chief reason.
Remarks were made by Elds. Canright, Jones, and Lamson, after which, by motion, his resignation was accepted.
Jerome Fargo was, by vote, made President of the Conference, vice S. N. Haskell resigned, and I. A. Olmstead was elected to fill the vacancy made by Jerome Fargo’s election to the presidency of the Conference.
By vote, the Michigan Conference donated one thousand dollars of its surplus s. b. fund to the General Conference.
The minutes were, by vote, ordered to be published in the REVIEW AND HERALD.

TREASURER’S REPORT.

Mrs. F. H. Sisley in acct. with the Mich. Conf. of S. D. Adventists, Dr.
To cash on hand, Aug. 12, 1875, $4,642 57 “ “ received during the year, 8,878 96 Total, $13,521 53
Cr. By cash paid out during the year, as per book, $6,550 87 Balance on hand, 6,970 66—$13,521 53
Mrs. F. H. Sisley, Treasurer.
Voted, That we tender our thanks to the citizens of Lansing for the courtesy and good will manifested by them at the camp-meeting.
Adjourned to call of the Chair.
E. H. Root, Pres. S. BROWNSBERGER, Sec.