Report from the Church in Brookfield, N. Y.
By J. W. Marsh
Bro. J. N. Andrews has been laboring with the church in Brookfield for a few weeks past, setting before them the subject of organization in its true light. All were convinced of its importance, and entered into it in earnest by laboring faithfully with each other to correct the erring, to reprove faults and remove stumbling-blocks. The church then organized, taking the name, Seventh-day Adventists, and adopting the covenant recommended in the Review. Bro. Henry Main was chosen elder, and Bro. Ira Abbey, deacon. The church now numbers twenty-four members. Six others made application, but for various reasons their names were postponed till our next meeting for action. The systematic benevolence plan was then cheerfully entered into, by which we shall raise about $100 annually. The following order of meetings was then named and adopted: The whole church to come together once every month as follows: The first meeting to be held at the house of Bro. I. Abbey, in North Brookfield, the second Sabbath in March; the second to be at the house of Bro. Wm. Moon, in Clarksville, the second Sabbath in April; the third to be at the house of Bro. Wm. Lawton, in West Winfield, the second Sabbath in May; then back to the house of Bro. I. Abbey, in North Brookfield, the second Sabbath in June. In this way we shall have quarterly meetings in the above-named places. The ordinances will be attended to at the house of Bro. Abbey regularly once in three months. Prayer-meetings will be held every Sabbath in each of the above-named places when they will not conflict with our general meetings. By order of the church.
J. W. MARSH, Church Clerk.