p. 199 | What Will Ohio Do? by H. A. St. John

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 21, 1877

What Will Ohio Do?

By H. A. St. John

We heartily indorse the rules and regulations for quarterly meetings, as presented in a recent issue of the REVIEW by the General Conference Committee. And so far as practicable we recommend their adoption and practice at once.

We therefore appoint July 7, 8, for church quarterly meetings in all our churches in Ohio.

Order of meetings:—

1. Sabbath morning, when the church has assembled, let the clerk read each name upon the church record, and proceed in each case as recommended by the General Conference Committee.

2. Let every church which has an ordained elder present celebrate the ordinances.

3. On the next day, or evening after the Sabbath, let all come together and pay their S. B. pledges so far as due. If any fail to do this, let the treasurer, with a spirit of love, stir himself to duty.

4. Elect your delegate or delegates to the State Conference, to be held in connection with the camp-meeting, at Newark, Aug. 10-20.

5. Let the church treasurer state the amount of S. B. pledges by the church for 1877, and with that for a basis let the church vote their pledge to the State Conference.

6. Let the church make out credentials for delegates, also fill out the “Church Report,” and “Financial Report and Pledge,” and put them into the hands of one of the delegates, to be presented to the Conference secretary (Bro. E. H. Gates), at, or before, the first session of the Conference.

7. Talk about the camp-meeting and encourage one another to go.

8. Let the quarterly meeting, as soon as past, be fully reported by the clerk to the president of the Ohio Conference. H. A. ST. JOHN.