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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 4, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 19, No. 14.

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Conference Proceedings

By S. T. Fowler

The conference convened for business first-day morning, Feb. 2, 1862, at the house of Bro. Odell. The meeting was opened with prayer, when Bro. Cady was chosen chairman, and S. T. Fowler secretary.
After some little discussion on the different points under consideration, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we continue the tent operations during the coming season.
Resolved, That the Systematic Benevolence fund be used for the support of the tent.
Resolved, That a subscription list be opened for those who feel disposed to subscribe for the support of the tent over and above the amount paid by the S. B. fund.
Resolved, That this conference invite Brn. Allen and Bostwick to labor in the tent during the ensuing season, and that they be supported by the prayers and means of the church.
Resolved, That Bro. Fowler act as one of the tent committee.
Resolved, That the secretary be authorized to send the proceedings of this conference to the Advent Review Office at Battle Creek for publication.
Resolved, That this conference adjourn to meet at Deerfield on the first Sabbath and first-day in October, 1862.
The above includes all the business transacted at our regular conference meeting, at the close of which an appointment was made to meet in the same place at early candle-light for a social meeting. At the time appointed all the brethren who had attended the conference, with the exception of four or five who had left for home, met again at Bro. Odell's and listened to a very interesting and pointed discourse by Bro. Bostwick on the necessity of believers in the third angel's message abstaining from the use of tobacco, tea, coffee, and the wearing of hoops, in which he very pointedly set forth the sin of indulging in the fashions and luxuries of the world. At the close, it was determined to take an expression of those present in regard to the matter, when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this conference do urge upon the members of the different churches the necessity of abstaining from the use of tobacco, tea, coffee, and hoops, as recommended by the Battle Creek conference.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolution be added to the regular report.
S. T. FOWLER, Secretary.