LETTER FROM BRO. COTTRELL.
By R. F. Cottrell
DEAR BRO. WHITE: I am not permitted the privilege of meeting with the Conference at your place, to participate in the business of the Publishing Association, and confer upon the form of church organization; but I have an interest in these things, and I pray God that his wisdom may guide those that shall assemble, and that measures may be adopted which may aid in bringing the church into unity of faith and action. You know I have ever been in favor of order in the several churches, as taught in the New Testament, and I see no objection against different churches co-operating in the spread of the truth, as, for example, in sending out a tent. If this co-operation is right, then it is not wrong for individual churches to represent themselves in general conference to aid such purpose. I have been waiting in this matter, not because I had any objections, but because I have felt that I did not know sufficiently what should be done; and for this reason I have hoped that some one else, more competent, would take this work in hand. But I have now come to the conclusion that it is for me to lead out in this in Western N. Y., and I wait to hear the recommendations of the Conference at your place, in order to gain what instruction I can so as to act in unison with the church generally. Then, the Lord favoring, I hope to see the churches in this part of the State organized severally, and prepared to send delegates and form a State Conference. I hope that preaching brethren in other parts of the State will organize the churches in their sections of the State, so that we may be fully prepared to form a State Conference before the commencement of another tent season. Yours for the cause. R. F. COTTRELL.