THE following statement from our brethren in Michigan was sent to us some weeks since, and should have been published sooner. But such things are unpleasant, and we have thought of deferring its publication till we could have a personal interview with him.
But on hearing recently that poor Bro. Case is trying to cause division among the brethren, we felt that we should do our dear brethren in Michigan injustice by longer withholding their statements concerning him.
He has been a cause of great trial to the brethren for years, and a source of reproach to the cause of truth and the entreaties of his brethren who have patiently and kindly labored with him, have been unheeded by him. ED.
BRO. WHITE:—We met in Conference at this place Feb. 17th, and the qualifications of H. S. Case as a religious teacher were considered, and it has become our painful duty in the fear of God and from the light of his Word, to say, that we no longer consider him qualified to travel and teach the third angel's message.
It is with sorrow of heart and with deep feelings of regret that we have to say that his former and present course and injudicious moves have been such as to bring a reproach upon the cause of God.
A. A. Dodge, Jackson. C. S. Glover, Sylvan
S. T. Cranson, " L. Fitch, Grand Rapids.
C. Smith, " H. Lyon, Battle Creek.
J. P. Kellogg, " A. Avery, Lock.
Jackson, Mich., Mar. 12th, 1854.