CONFESSION by Joseph Dudley

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 25, 1862

CONFESSION.

By Joseph Dudley

DEAR BRO. WHITE: I wish to say through the Review that I have entertained hard feelings toward Bro. Butler, in relation to the notice written by him in Review, Vol. 17, No. 21, but after a more serious reflection and aid and counsel of my brethren, I feel to confess that my hard feelings have been ungenerous and uncalled for, and that part of his notice that was not mentioned in our business meeting (second and third reasons), were just and legitimate conclusions drawn from the position the finance committee occupied previous to the reception of Testimony No. 6. And where I have exerted an influence against Bro. Butler in relation to this notice in any way, and more particularly by the shade of my note in Review, Vol. xvii, No. 23, or injured the weight of his confession, I here wish to counteract that influence, and humbly crave the forgiveness of Bro. Butler and the church generally. I wish to say in conclusion that I deeply regret that I ever doubted the hand of the Lord being in the selection and adoption of the name at the B. C. conference, and hope I may learn wisdom and discretion by the things I have suffered.

JOSEPH DUDLEY.

Gilboa, Ohio.