Members Don777 Posted June 4, 2013 Members Posted June 4, 2013 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 2--GCS 63-88 May 20, 1863 In the morning session (May 21, 1863), the committee announced the following brethren as the duly elected delegates from their respective states: from New York, (4) Brethren J. N. Andrews, N. Fuller, C. O. Taylor, and J. M. Aldrich; from Ohio, (1) I. N. Van Gorder; from Michigan, (8 + 2) the ministers present from that state, namely, Brethren White, Bates, Waggoner, Byington, Loughborough, Hull, Cornell, and Lawrence, with a lay representation of Brethren James Harvey, of North Liberty, Indiana, and William S. Higley, Jr., of Lapeer, Michigan; from Wisconsin, (1) Isaac Sanborn; from Iowa, (2) Brethren B. F. Snook, and W. H. Brinkerhoff; from Minnesota, (1) Washington Morse.
Members Don777 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Members Posted June 4, 2013 Hi, I hope to present two threads for each focus point. One thread will be to set forth documents and information. The other thread will be open for discussion. Stan is helping me figure out how to do this... patience...
Members Don777 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Members Posted June 5, 2013 Plan change: Now that I try to work with this, I will post an article at the beginning of the thread and then allow for discussions as reply after that.
Members Don777 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Members Posted June 5, 2013 Compare the complexity of the SDA church as it is now with the early days. The delegates represent a handful of states. I recognize half of the delegates by name. J.N. Andrews, Loughborough, James White, Joseph Bates, J.H. Waggoner, etc. Ellen White is not a delegate. The transcripts do not show her speaking to those gathered. Most of the delegates are ministers. Only two are lay delegates.
Members Don777 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Members Posted June 5, 2013 Source: General Conference Session minutes from 1863 to 1888 http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/GCB/GCB1863-88.pdf#view=fit
Members Don777 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Members Posted June 5, 2013 Within a few years, the Iowa delegates, B. F. Snook and W. H. Brinkerhof, left the church and published "The Visions of E. G. White, Not of God." Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Cedar Valley Times and Book and Job Print, 1866. see B. F. Snook and W. H. Brinkerhof. "...ob Print, 1866. Uriah Smith responded with editorials in the church paper between June 12 and July 31, 1866, and dealt with thirty-nine objections. Uriah Smith. "The Visions --- Objections Answered." Review and Herald, June 12, 1866, pp. 1,2. url=http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/RH/RH18660612-V28-02__B.pdf#view=fit Part two http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/RH/RH18660619-V28-03__B.pdf#view=fit Part three http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/RH/RH18660626-V28-04__B.pdf#view=fit Part four http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/RH/RH18660703-V28-05__B.pdf#view=fit Part five http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/RH/RH18660710-V28-06__B.pdf#view=fit Part six (conclusion) http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/RH/RH18660731-V28-09__B.pdf#view=fit
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