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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 20, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 13.

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NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

By M. Wood; S. A. Farnsworth

The New England Conference of S. D. Adventists held its eleventh annual session, Aug. 24, 1877, in connection with the camp-meeting at Groveland, Mass. Prayer by Eld. S. N. Haskell.
The president being absent, Eld. S. N. Haskell was chosen to act in his stead. Sixteen churches were represented by nineteen delegates. The report of the last meeting was read and approved.
Voted, That all the brethren present in good standing be invited to take part in the deliberations of the Conference.
The brethren from Amherst, Mass., presented a request through Bro. Bolter to be organized by themselves, and taken into the Conference; and it was voted that their request be granted, and Bro. Bolter be received as delegate.
Voted, That the Chair appoint the usual committees. The following were appointed: On resolutions, D. A. Robinson, P. C. Rodman, and J. S. Farnsworth; on nominations, P. C. Rodman, C. L. Davis, and F. W. Mace; on credentials and licenses, F. W. Mace, J. Crandall, and J. S. Farnsworth; Auditing Committee, H. P. Wakefield, W. B. Mason, J. S. Farnsworth, S. Martin, Geo. Murphy, and S. J. Twing.
Adjourned to call of Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

Prayer by Eld. U. Smith. The Nominating Committee presented the following names for officers of the Conference, who were thereupon unanimously elected: President, Eld. S. N. Haskell; secretary, S. A. Farnsworth; treasurer, Josiah Webber; Executive Committee, S. N. Haskell, Charles Comings, and J. C. Tucker.
The following names were offered by the Committee on Licenses: for credentials, S.. N. Haskell, D. A. Robinson, and P. C. Rodman. For licenses, M. Wood, F. A. Buzzell, J. R. Israel, L. W. Hastings, and J. Crandall. Credentials and licenses were granted to the above-mentioned individuals.
F. L. Mead, Chapin Harris, and Eugene Teft were elected Camp-meeting Committee.
The following resolutions were adopted by the Conference:—
Resolved, That we recognize the providence of God in the success which has attended those laboring with the tents in this Conference this season, and we hereby pledge ourselves to co-operate with our means, and in any manner that lies in our power, with God's providence in this work.
Resolved, That we express our sympathy for God's worn servants, Bro. and Sr. White, and while we are grateful that we see their faces at our camp-meeting, we will earnestly pray that God will speedily restore them to their usual health, that they may fill the position his providence has assigned them in this work.
Resolved, That when individuals professing to be Seventh-day Adventists lose a sense of the exalted character of this work, take the spirit of trade and traffic to our religious gatherings, and thus bring upon themselves the appellation of jockey, they are acting in a manner unworthy the Christian name, and such individuals should be labored with.
Resolved, That we hereby express our appreciation of the efforts of those sisters who furnished reports for the daily papers, and our thanks to the journals who so freely published the same. M. WOOD, Pres. S. A. FARNSWORTH, Sec.