ORGANIZATION AT CLEVELAND, MINN.
By W. M. Allen
In accordance with the plan presented in the Review, a church has been organized in this place consisting of twenty-two members. The meeting for this purpose was held at the "Key Stone House," Nov. 9, when W. M. Allen was chosen chairman, G. J. Virtue secretary. The church covenant recommended in the conference address was unanimously adopted, and Bro. Wm. Johnson was set apart as deacon, no elder being as yet chosen. They appointed a monthly meeting on the fourth Sabbath of each month, and quarterly meetings for the celebration of the ordinances, dating from the fourth Sabbath in October. They also adopted the plan of Systematic Benevolence. This is a new church, nearly all its members having received the present truth at the tent meeting held in this place this fall. But they are happily united in the love of the truth, and in the fellowship of the Spirit. It is believed that some five or six others will soon unite with them in obedience to the commandments of God. I would add that as the result of our labors the past season, I have baptized thirty-two. Cleveland, Minn., Nov. 10, 1861.