APPOINTMENTS

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 12, 1878

“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

General Conference.

The seventeenth Annual Meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 10:30 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting which opens Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1878.

James White, Gen. S. N. Haskell, Conf. D. M. Canright, Com.

S. D. A. P. Association.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold its nineteenth annual session on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 3, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting to be held there beginning Oct. 2, 1878, for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.

James White, W. C. White, M. J. Chapman, H. W. Kellogg, Trustees. F. H. Sisley, U. Smith, J. H. Kellogg,

The Health Reform Institute.

The stockholders of the Health Reform Institute will hold their twelfth annual meeting at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting beginning Oct. 2, 1878, for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.

Stockholders who cannot attend will please see that their stock is represented by proxy if they have not already made provision of this kind.

James White, S. Brownsberger, W. J. Fairfield, W. C. White, J. H. Kellogg, Directors. W. C. Sisley, O. B. Jones,

The Educational Society.

The Seventh-day Adventist Educational Society will hold its fourth Annual Meeting on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, Oct. 7, 1878, 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, S. Brownsberger, J. H. Kellogg, Trustees. A. B. Oyen, W. C. Sisley, W. C. White,

General T. and M. Society.

The first annual session of the General Tract and Missionary Society of S. D. Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, Oct. 7, 1878, at 5 P. M., in connection with the camp-meeting to be held Oct. 2, 1878. The election of officers and other business will be attended to.

S. N. Haskell, Pres.

The General Sabbath-School Association.

The first annual session of the General Sabbath-School Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Sunday, Oct. 6, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting which commences Oct. 2, 1878, for the purpose of electing officers and doing other business.

D. M. Canright, S. N. Haskell, Executive Committee. W. C. White,

The Michigan Conference.

The Michigan Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, Mich. Delegates should be on the ground on Wednesday, the 2d. First session will be held that day at 5 P. M. Let the church officers make their reports in season; and let the S. D. treasurers make an effort to attend this meeting, prepared to work for the Lord.

E. H. Root, Mich. Conf. J. Fargo, Wm. Potter, Com.

Mich. T. and M. Society.

The seventh Annual Meeting of the Michigan T. and M. Society will be held Thursday, Oct. 3, 1878, at 5 P. M., at Battle Creek, Mich.

J. Fargo, Pres.

Michigan Sabbath-school Association.

The first annual session of the Michigan Sabbath-school Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 5 P. M., in connection with the camp-meeting beginning Oct. 2, 1878. The purpose of the meeting will be to ascertain the present condition and wants of the Sabbath-schools in our State, to devise ways and means of improving them, to elect officers, and to transact any other necessary business.

All the schools in the State should report immediately to the State secretary, Miss Lettie Loughborough, Battle Creek, Mich., who will send blanks for that purpose.

If you cannot fill every part of the blank, report what you can, and be prompt.

G. H. Bell, J. Fargo, W. C. White, Executive Committee.

Iowa and Nebraska Conference.

The fourteenth annual session of the Iowa and Nebraska Conference will be held in connection with the Iowa camp-meeting, Sept. 18 to 23, 1878, at Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa.

E. W. Farnsworth, H. Nicola, Iowa Conf. J. H. Morrison, Com.

The next annual meeting of the Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society, for the election of officers and the transaction of other important business, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sept. 18 to 23. A report of the society for the present quarter will not be expected, as the time will be only partially expired; but this is to be the most important meeting for the society ever held in the State, and none should fail to be there.

H. Nicola, Pres.

There will be a general T. and M. meeting for Dist. No. 9, Kan., including Greenwood, Cowley, Butler, Sumner, Sedgwick, and Harvey counties, Sept. 28–30. This meeting will be held at Bro. H. Rousseau’s, 5 miles east and 2 miles south of Eldorado, Butler Co. Matters of great interest to the society will be considered at this meeting, and it is expected that all members, as far as possible, will be present and manifest an interest in this part of our work. If there are S. D. Adventists in this district who do not belong to the tract society, it is hoped they will come to this meeting and join us.

Dear brethren and sisters, let us take hold of this work in earnest, and the Lord will bless us. No preventing providence, Bro. Ayers will meet with us. Come prepared to take care of yourselves as far as possible.

H. C. Main, Director.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 8 Michigan T. and M. Society will be held at St. Charles, Sept. 14, 15, 1878.

John McGregor, Director.

Quarterly T. and M. meeting of Dist. No. 6, Mich., will be held at Greenville, Sept. 21 and 22.

F. Howe.

Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 2 Mich. T. and M. Society at Tompkins, Sept. 21 and 22. Let all the librarians send their reports in season, with the amount of tracts and pamphlets they have on hand. A general attendance is requested.

E. P. Giles, Director.

I will meet with the friends at Westmoreland, N. H., Sept. 14, 15. South Amherst, Mass., Sept. 21, 22. In Western Massachusetts, where Bro. Twing may appoint, Sept. 28, 29. If any desire baptism at these meetings, it will be attended to.

D. A. Robinson.

There will be a meeting at the tent in Utica, Macomb Co., Mich., on Sabbath and Sunday, Sept. 14, 15. All the brethren at Rochester, and in the vicinity of Utica, and others that can attend, are invited.

E. B. Lane.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 1, at Jefferson, Mich., Sept. 21 and 22. Let there be a full attendance from all parts of the district. Come prepared to pay something toward the liquidation of the debt. We want to pay up at this meeting. Square up all your pledges for 1878 previous to this meeting.

Frank D. Snyder, Director.

No providence preventing, I will be at Danvers, Mass., Sept. 18, and spend a short time visiting the brethren in that vicinity.

L. W. Hastings.

Church quarterly meeting at Jamaica, Vt., will be held on the first Sabbath in October. We are anxious to meet every Sabbath-keeper in Southern Vermont at this meeting. Try to come, even if some sacrifice be made to attend. Meetings will commence Friday evening, and continue two days. Come to remain through the entire session. There will be opportunity for baptism.

I. Sanborn.