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CONFERENCE AT ROOSEVELT, N. Y

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 19, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 9, No. 20.

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CONFERENCE AT ROOSEVELT, N. Y.

By Samuel W. Rhodes; R. F. Cottrell

This meeting convened Feb. 27th, agreeably to the appointment in the Review. Owing to the bad state of the roads but few attended from abroad, but those present seemed to realize the necessity of renewed zeal and energy in the work of the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord was imparted to the brethren, and unanimity of sentiment and action characterized the meeting.
The subject of operations with the N. Y. Tent was taken up, and it was unanimously resolved that the Tent should be manned and sent out the ensuing season. That the laborers be furnished with means necessary to defray traveling expenses, and to supply present wants on entering the field, and go out trusting in God to supply their future necessities through the instrumentality which he has chosen—the saints, those who love the truth and desire to be co-workers with God in the salvation of souls. And that it will be the duty of the brethren in Central and Western N. Y. and Pennsylvania to be ready to contribute of their means to sustain the work. And in order that the brethren be ready for this and every other good work, so far as the temporal wants of the saints are concerned, it was recommended that each should have a treasury of the Lord, laying by him in store as God has prospered him, agreeably to the command of the Apostle to the churches of Galatia and of Corinth. And then when the laborers have need, by making their wants known to the churches, they can be supplied, with promptness.
It was decided that the labors of Bro. F. Wheeler of New Hampshire are needed in Central N. Y., and that it is the duty of the church to defray the expenses of removing his family to his field of labor, and support him in the field. As this burden will fall chiefly on the brethren in Central N. Y., the brethren in Western N. Y. and Pennsylvania will feel like taking a greater share of the burden of the Tent operation, that there may be an equality.
In behalf of the Conference. SAML. W. RHODES. R. F. COTTRELL.