Business proceedings of the Conference at Battle Creek, Mich.
BRETHREN assembled in conference at Battle Creek, Nov. 16th, 1855, according to appointment in REVIEW of Oct. 16th. Eld. Joseph Bates was chosen Chairman. Letters from different parts of the field relative to the business of the meeting were read. All were in harmony with the proposals heretofore made in the REVIEW. In the business transactions of this Conference, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: 1. That a committee be appointed to investigate the financial condition of the REVIEW Office. 2. That Henry Lyon, David Hewett, and Wm. M. Smith, of Battle Creek, be that committee. 3. That this Conference sanction the proceedings of the previous Conference of Sept. 23d, 1855, and that the committee then chosen hold in trust the press for the benefit of the church. 4. That Uriah Smith be resident Editor of the ADVENT REVIEW. 5. That J. N. Andrews of Iowa, James White and J. H. Waggoner, of Mich., R. F. Cottrell of N. Y., and Stephen Pierce of Vt., be corresponding Editors. 6. That after the investigation of the affairs of the REVIEW Office, the financial committee pay Bro. White for materials which he has placed in the Office above what was first donated, and call on the church for the amount; that he may be able to meet the debts he has incurred in placing this material in the Office. 7. That Bro. White be subject to the advice of the financial or publishing committee, in the management of the publication and sale of books. 8. That a vote of thanks be tendered to Bro. White for his valuable services as an Editor, in spreading the light of present truth. 9. That Joseph Bates, J. H. Waggoner, and M. E. Cornell be appointed to address the saints in behalf of the Conference, on the gifts of the church. 10. That the following unanimous expression of the brethren assembled, be published with the proceedings of the Conference, in the ADVENT REVIEW: Whereas, Inquiries have been made as to what course we designed to pursue in the future, in reference to the misstatements of the enemies of present truth, therefore, for the information and satisfaction of the brethren abroad, Resolved, That we henceforth devote ourselves exclusively to the advocacy and defense of the present truth, committing ourselves in all things to Him who judgeth righteously, after the example of our Pattern, in affliction and in patience. JOSEPH BATES, Chairman.
URIAH SMITH, Secretary.