THE COMING GENERAL CONFERENCE by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 19, 1878

THE COMING GENERAL CONFERENCE.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

The General Conference to be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, beginning Oct. 2, 1878, will be the most important one which has been held by our people for many years. Matters of the greatest interest will come up to be acted upon, matters which will affect the cause throughout the wide harvest field. Eld. J. N. Loughborough, from the Pacific coast, who has been absent ten years, will be at this meeting. Eld. J. N. Andrews, our missionary to Europe, is expected to be here. Important steps will be taken with regard to the European mission, the mission to Great Britain, and other missionary fields. Our mammoth Dime Tabernacle, which is, in some respects, so important an enterprise, will be considered. The school, the Sanitarium, the publishing houses, the T. and M. work, and other matters of great interest, will receive attention.

All our leading ministers will probably be in attendance. Bro. and Sr. White will be here. We are very glad to be able to say that Bro. White is still improving in health. He will be able, we hope, to speak at this meeting, and to counsel with the brethren as he has in former years.

After the camp-meeting is over, it is expected that the delegates will remain a week, during which time all matters of importance to our work will be thoroughly discussed. The secretary of each State Conference should give a full and reliable report of the standing of his Conference.

Our brethren in Michigan should make a general rally to this feast of tabernacles. As far as possible, the presidents of the different Conferences, the presidents of the T. and M. societies, our ministers and leading brethren throughout the field, should attend this meeting and remain over the two Sabbaths. The camp-meeting proper will break up Wednesday morning, Oct. 9. None who attend the meeting should calculate to leave before that time.

Pray God to signally bless this important Conference of his servants.

D. M. CANRIGHT.