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ORGANIZATION OF THE TENNESSEE CONFERENCE

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 23, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 18.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.

By Dudley Marvin Canright; G. K. Owen

At the Conference in Kentucky, Oct. 7, 1879, it was decided that the business of the Kentucky and Tennessee Conference could be done better and cheaper if the Conference were divided.
On the 12th of October, at the Tennessee camp-meeting, Eld. D. M. Canright explained why such a division seemed necessary, and it was voted to organize a Conference in Tennessee. Eld. Canright was elected chairman of the meeting, and G. K. Owen secretary pro tem. The Chair, being authorized to appoint the usual committees and an auditor, announced the following: On nominations, Clinton Owen, J. H. Dortch, and W. Binkley; on resolutions, G. K. Owen, S. Osborn, and Julia A. Owen; on credentials and licenses, S. Osborn, Charles Anderson, and J. E. White; auditor, J. B. Yates.
Eld. Canright spoke of the importance of being in harmony with all the plans of Seventh-day Adventists, and gave valuable instruction about church business, quarterly meetings, etc.
The committee on nominations made the following report: For president, G. K. Owen; secretary and treasurer, D. Long; executive committee, G. K. Owen, J. B. Yates, and J. E. White. These persons were duly elected to their respective offices.
The committee on resolutions reported as follows:—
Whereas, The cause is very weak and needy in this young Conference, and
Whereas, The Bible teaches that all should give a tithe of their income for the support of the gospel, therefore
Resolved, That we hereby pledge ourselves faithfully and conscientiously to give each quarter said tithe into the treasury of the Conference.
Resolved, That we will raise by donation enough to furnish the Conference officers and the various officers in each church a full set of all our blank books, and that we request our president to see that they are immediately furnished, and the officers properly instructed in keeping them.
Resolved, That we will carry out the system of quarterly meetings as established by the General Conference.
The above resolutions were spoken to by Elds. Canright, Osborn, and G. K. Owen.
The committee on credentials and licenses reported, and credentials were granted to G. K. Owen, and licenses to Julia A. Owen and P. D. Moyers. It was also voted to grant licenses to J. H. Dortch, J. Q. Finch, and Harry Lowe.
The Conference Constitution was adopted.
The business of the session occupied four meetings, the last of which was held Oct. 14.
Adjourned sine die.
D. M. Canright, Chairman.
G. K. Owen, Sec. pro tem.