S. D. Baptist Conference.
The Seventh-day Baptists held their sixty-fourth annual conference in Plainfield, N. J., the last week in September. The attendance was large, there being over two hundred and fifty present outside of Plainfield and New Market churches. Of these over forty were clergymen. The Recorder states: "All seemed to feel that an advance step should be taken by our people. This we were glad to see, as, beyond all question, this should be done. The greatest difficulty with us is, we do not know how to work to advantage. In the beginning we were not organized for work. We came together rather from necessity, and for the sake of social, spiritual advantage; and our organization was affected at a time and under circumstances that justified this. But the times have changed, and the whole Christian world have come to see more clearly the meaning of Christ's words when he said: 'Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.' We were rejoiced to hear warm exhortations to us, on returning home, to go to work for the Master, and we trust the exhortation will be heeded. The delegates evidently came with a sense of the responsibility that devolved upon them. The reports of the various societies were very interesting, showing that the departments of labor under their care were not neglected; and we trust that these reports will be thoroughly studied by our people, and that their recommendations and suggestions will be carefully considered and adopted. The delegate from the Seventh-day Adventists, Elder Waggoner, did himself and his people credit. The presence of Hon. Horatio Gates Jones created special interest, and his address before the Conference was full of encouragement for our people. Nor is it strange that our people should feel a special interest in this noble man, as he has stepped aside from the ordinary course of legislators, and, at whatever cost, has sought to relieve us from the operation of an unconstitutional, unjust, and oppressive law now having a place on the statute books of the State of Pennsylvania."