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166 SABBATH RECORDER, OCTOBER i4, i869.

SABBATH REFORM OONVENTIONS, Oneness of method and un on n

effort are nd spensable to success when men un te for any g ven obJect If the work be g es and be d mou ties numerous the demand for un on

8 at I more mpe at ve The recom mendalon u the late Report of the Execut ve Boa d of he Amer can Sabbath Tract Sao ety re a ve to Sabbath Reform Convept ons to be held among au own peop e s n tended to reaqh h 8 po nt A great

he extent tsdm

to cons de the recommenda on cern ng conven ons at a Fou a fi e conven ons be d n d fl'e ent a cn es dn ng he com ng yea won d do moch owa ds b ng ng os toge her Let two days be spent a each convent on n peach qg upon and d scoss og our wo k s demand. and bow to meet them and we shon d ga n much n nterest, and ome to our next ann ve sa es be e p epa ed to act for the fo 0 e We have no wo d of comp a nt conoern ng tbe past But at tb s t me n he h to y of 00 people and of Sabba h Refo m we ought not 0 he sa soed sho t of oomple e nn ty and barmony n do ng and the h ghest pass b e success n whatover we unde ake fi om yea

to year Tbe t mes are fu of nfin ences wb ch are push ng on he wo k of ag tat ng tbe Sabbath quest on God shand s everywbe e Yls ben the wo k and h s va ce cn s DB day by day to come up a the wo k to pur fy our hea ts c eanse our hands stre ch oot oor borders snd dn ve deeper the stakes of ath The Boa d woo d be glad to hea Co am tbe f ends of he cause th oogh

a er to our nex who a e nte ested w II read the pro ceed ngs fa them eves and w II not thank os for a synops s of them rhose who are no nte es ~d w I be mo e kely to blame us for p nt ng so m ncb han for om

was ncomp e e a nco rect number a a endsoce fi am abroad was unde stated there were nearer two bund ed than one hUDdred Of

morn ng sess on The Conference adJou ned after

prayer by W M Jones

MORNING SES ON-SEPT 30TH

Prayer hy V HoI The resolut on presented by J W

Mo ton be ng the specllli a der was the Conferenoe to a commun cat on taken up An a.nendment was oC from the Seoond Advent Denom nR fered by S Bard ck and after re­t on The commomca on was read by the Seoreta y and was referred ali er rema ks by TRW IllIms T B B own A W Coon J G S sSlln and G B U ter to the fo ow ng comm ttee N V Ho Nathan Wa doer TRW 11 ams G B U

ma ks by V Hu J Somme bell PC Kenyon D E amendment preva led t on of tbe resolut on as amended remarks were made by D E Maxson P C Kenyon J W Mo ton V Hull

The hoor hav ng an ved for sess on of the M s ona y Soc ety Confe ence adJoo ned to the call of

n the cha r onf')lcnce, Bened ct on by T B B own

cha eb then gave ta vote as aga nst he New Cons u on

It was va ed that the regu ar ses s ono of th 0 Conference beg n at 9 a cock A M 2 a clock and 7 a cock P M <oud ~P" Y at nOOD antt 5 a cock P M

EVENING SESSION SEPT 30

Conre ence Con ened at tbe ca I of the cha r Praye by SSG swo d

The cons de at on of the eso u

ner AOJon ned to he ca of the cha r

after s nglDg hy the oho r Bened ct on hy J Snmmerhe

MORNING SES ON-OCT 1ST

The Coofe ence cODvened at the ca of the M de ator Praye by J Al en

OD mot on be e 0 u on on Open (Jommon on was efe ed to a spe c al comm tee w h ns oct ons to epa t a the n xt Confe ence J 00

a han A en Geo B U ter J W Mo on Wm M Jones and Natban

remarks by J Maxson Sammerbel A B P en e S Bu d ck A W Coon C H

po t was adopted "I'h (om'll t/.G on F nan 0

these columns that t may know how L""n"u to aot w se y n the matter May

THE GENERAL OONFERENOll The Seven h day Bapt ot General

Confe ence convened fo ta fifty fif h " on W h hl>;Se en h clay Bap ot

Cho ch of Sh ob Combe and Co N J on Foo th dllY Sept 29 h 1869 at ba f pas 10 0 cock A M

The read ng of the essays was made the spec al a der for the even ng sess on

Mot on was made by A B P en ce ha the votes of the churches

on he adopt on of tbe New Cons

po ed that no matter had com" II"

fa e them for Be on The report wao ecomm ted w th nstmct ons to make out an apport onment on the oho hes of the expense of pub sh

God lead us n the ways of W sdom

OONTINUED AGITATION

Command

a on be coan ed and hat dec de

E EN NG SESS ON

P aye by J E N Backus ng by the cho r

Re

Accord ng to the spec al order A B Pent ce pre ented an essay on

What const tutes a Call to the M D and L C Rogers an ess8Y on T me of Cbr st s Resurrec

mot aD of J thanks we e voted to the essay sts for the r able essays and cop es were reques ed for pub cat on n THE SABBATH RECORDER

The reso ot on pend Dg at the ad Joornment of tbe ali c nOOD sess on was taken np aDd adop ed

On mot on the final count ng of forloll7inl!!,] the votes was wa ved nnt I due t me

READY AND WAITING -M s Mercy BryaDt who d ed at Freedom Port age county Oh 0 last month aged n ne y three years (says tbe C nc n nat Commer,,) had for ave fif y years kept a so t of g ave clothes ready She had a 80 kept a pa r of fine cotton stock og~ wh ch she had kn t hefo e her marnage, about sev

ShU h n y N wM k n y

The Conference now adJoDrned for two hoo 0 sf et rema ks of welcome by W B G lette and prayer by W C Wh tford

AFTERNOON SESBION

The Conference reassembled ac co d og to adJoo nment Payer hy

Read ng of the letters

euty yea s ago for the bur al Three I ~~;~~~~~~~~ children three grandch Idren th ee L great grandchild en Bnd one n ece seventy SIX years old followed her to the grave and when her ooffin was lowe ed her three grea granddaugh ters stepped to the ,rave B de and .trewed flowers on It.

be g ven fa the e ept on of any ad d tonal lette s f am the chnrches

The common caUon fi am the De Ruyter Church was referred to the fol ow ng Spec al Carom ttee N Wa dne D E Maxson J Allen TRW lams C A. Burd ck

The quest ons propounded by R

member of the Was oJa and Ash and Church were referred to 8 Spec al Comm ttee cons st ng of J W Mor ton A B Prent ce J Summe hell

The Comm ttee on Hymn and Tone Book presented the same re port as last year After rema ks by C Potter Jr aud S D Dav s the report was recomm tted

The follow ng pream hIe and re­Bolllt on were offered by J W Mar ton

ng the M notes

The Comm t ee on p esen ed the r epor was a d on the tab e

The H star cal Board reported that the e had been no add ons to the eco d tbe past year

tee aD E says repo ~

A. B Pent ce was adopted cond tem "as read aud adopted Th rd tem read aud adopted Wlth out remark. The fourth tem WlIs read and after rema ka by J W Morton S D Dave N Wa dner J Maxson A B Pent ce V Hull atftJ. J E N Backus mo on was made to st ke off' the p eamble to the resolut on Remarks by T :R W lams J Maxson J A len J W Mo ton A B Pent ce C H Max Bon and G M Fnsb e The amend ment was lost The tem was adop~

The report was adop ed as a whole

The a der of bus ness be ng wa v ed the letter £ am the A b on Church was read That Church gave her vote n favor of the new Cons tu on

Mot on was made by J A len tha we wa ve the count ng of the voteo for one year and request tbose churches wh ch have not voted upon reo gan zat on to do so and send n he resu t a the next Conference

E ENTNG SESS ON-OCT 2D

Confe en e convened a the call of tbe Cha P aye by A B Burd ck

The amendment pend ng at the adJou nment of the ast sess on was taken np and passed The re80 n

on as amended was ost The vote of the cho ches on the

n adop on of the new Conot tut on was coon ed and resol ed as fol ows 29 n favor 18 aga not 8 not va ng The Mode a or annoonced that the new Canst tut on was not adopted as the e was not the requ s te two th rds va e of be chn ehes rep esent ed n tb 8 1J0nference

C Wb fa d the

Comm tie on g on epo ed and be r e

po t wao adop ed as fa ows

(J Potter J TRW I ams were appo nted the Comm ttee recommended n the re port

G E Toml Dson was appo ned to peach tbe Introduoto y Sermon at the next Conferenoe SSG swold a ternate

TI e fa ow ng reso at oa W8S of fered by SSG swo d and by vote a d on the tab e

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On mot on of C Patte J vote on be p ace of ho d ng next Confe ence was recons de ed and he p ace was chauged ~ am De Ruyter to L t e Genesee N Y

Voted that the next sess on of the Con erence be on tbe Fan h day be­fore he seoond Sabbath n Septem be 1870

The -repo t of the Comm ee on Reso 0 ODS wa. taken f om the tab e

The fi st eso ut on wa. ead and adopted by a r ng

TOE RAIN S aRM of Sanday Monday of last week was cxtens vely destruct ve to prope ty and oansed great oterropt on of ra I oad travel by OIlrry ng away b dges culvert!! &e Dams we e carr ed off' n many places ba d Ilgs nnderm ued dest oyed and some ves ost the E e R road t avel was nter rllpted throughout last week by the destmot on of 11 bndge about 100 m les f am New York Several per soos who had been n attendaoOB up on our General Conference were d s appo nted 10 not reach og thell homes last week E d Stephen Burd ok and 0 U Wli tford went as rar u Port J ervlS, and after remam10g there

tons OD mot on the Cha r nom Dated A

comm ttee 0 repo t on tbe Ume BDd

p ace for ho d ng oor next seB on and a peacher for the occas 00 who were chosen by vote as follows T B B own Ham Iton C arke and J E. N Backus

The Correspond ng Seoreta y thEn read tbe Annual Report of the Efe­cu ve Boa d The Report was e oe ved and N V Hull moved 8 adopt on

Pend ng th s that on the Soc e y adjourned till half past two P M. aC er prayer hy W C Wh tford of. fered w th spec al referenae to be deatbs of b etliren A A F RaD dolph and 0 P Hull and n beha r of the r afl! cted famil e8

AFTERNOON SESSION

The Soc ety met pursuant to ad JOo nment.- Tbe meet og was open d w h smg og he bymn beg nn ng

ud

nRST DAY OO:rOB

The Soc ety met at tl: eha r Prayer b;,: W, ( foll01l'ed by 8 ng ~g tbe_ n n~ 11' tb

oalled V 08 Pree B,.~Bnl,di.ilt to prelnde; whQ

ohMr the Cha r nOlluoate,f

I~·din.g Commltteee, who Were as followlIi-

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Ccn-eliP~,adi1~1!: Secretary then l!tfIjIi-'ADliu.s1 Report of the Ex&­

The Report waa re­~~i;i!I'd __ . N V 'lInII move<i ,tl

re~d agalD J~r.tII'eJ .. eIPOl'; was remarked upOD,

TiLlswQ·rLh. W B G lllett.; Bnrd ok and A W COOD,

the Report ID general re ~.-"""'a made by Varnnm Htill lii:eiuy Ayres Tne Report wo

THE SABBATH RECORDER, OCTOBER

DEATH or AN EX PRESIDENT BOO at on

adopted

Ex P es dent Frankl n Perce d ad at h shame n Uonoord N H Fnday morn ng Octo\ler 8th was born at H llsborongh N Nov 23d, 1804 graduated from Bowdo n Uollege n 1824 stud ed law weut oto pol t os and was sent to CongresB and ID 18,,2 was eleot­ed Pres dent of the Un ed 8 ates 11 Mr P eroe had 1 ved n great re t rement for the past few years The death of h s last son who wa. k led by the car. n 1853 fo lowed by tl:e loss of h s w fe and of Hawtho ne, hIS nt mate fr end saddened h m greatly He was ser ously II last Summer and h s reoovery was not expected He rall ed however aod uot 1 the late attaok enjoyed to er able health The d sease wh oh caus ed h s death was chroo 0 nflamma t 00 of the stoma h attended WIth drops cal efl'os on of the abdomen

The fune a was to take place at Concord on Monday Oot 11th oon cern ng wh oh P es dont Grant ssned the fa ow ng order

FOREIGN MlSSIONS At the 8 xt eth se8S on of the Am

Jones Isa80 D T tsworth 8 ste M Carpenter L A PlaUs John

D T lswo th Geo G eenman and Chao Pot~ J r and adopted

On mot on of A H ~ B twas o ed that we Tecons der the vote d p og the report of the Nom nat

ill Comm ttee T B B own then moved that the

Repo t of the Nom ns ng Comm t be amended by Bubs tut ng tbe

of the members of the Board a t year for those repo ted by the

C mm ttee Pend ng th s amend ment the Soo ety adJourned to meet

the cal1 of the Cha r

FIRST DAY OCTOIIER 3

The SOCIety met at the caU of the Cba r Prayer by W C Wh tford fu owed by s ng ng the stamla beg n lin" w th

Prent ce Adams shua C arka DeRllyter N B B B own Genesee N

Wardner C M Lew s

mony taken hefore the Coroner s J nry t s ev dent that somebody was to blame

THE NATrONA 80 DIERS

-There are three Na onal Homes for 8 ck and D sab ed Un on Sold e 8

R eljAIID WEAVER of London famous lay preaoher to the poor • becoming (IllDost as ramons n Eng land as Wb tefield was 1\ bnndred and th rty years ago He lately made a preacb ng tour n the coontry and preached among otbpr vlaoe~ at As cot where people came from all the surrQund ng country to he~r h m some com ng s xteen and twenty m les The whole congregat on

stened w th great attent on many stand ng W tb etreammg eyes as he spoke of what he h mself had w t nesBed of the power of the Gospel Inv tat onB crowded upon h m far be

vere

yond hIS power to aocept

TwENTY LIVES were lost on Fr day Oct 1st by the explos on of a steam boiler wh oh was drIVIng a saw mill n Indiana State Agr

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SUMMARY OF NEWS

Lette s to a Government ollicer n Wasb ngton f om a gentleman n Maoon Ga say tbat the Blacks res den s around hat c Iy a e now br ng ng n 3 000 bale. of cotton wo h $300000 Tbe letters speak very favo ably of the ndo.t y of the Back. and state that the d str bu t on of BO much money among them w I add grea Iy 0 the landed pos 'OBB on. and fe eve a la ge nnmber who have been n want wh Ie the

W 11 am 8 Chapman who used to be a farmer n M nnesota bot could not get land enough n that State and went to Cal forma to expand has calt vated th 8 yea 50 000 aores of land and has 20 000 head of cat tie

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