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    Church Covenant

    The summer of 1861 was not only important because of the “Civil War” in the United States, but many important moves were being considered in connection with the cause of truth. So important were the times that a second general gathering of our people that year was held in October. On the sixth day of the month the Michigan Conference was organized by the election of a chairman, a secretary, and executive committee of three. By vote the conference recommended that the churches organize, adopting the following as a church covenant: “We, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves together as a church, taking the name Seventh-day Adventists, covenanting to keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus Christ.” A committee was appointed to prepare an address formulating plans for organizing churches. This address appeared in the Review of Oct. 15, 1861.COOD 124.1

    The plan and principles of organization set forth in the address mentioned in this chapter, are so well stated in an article from Elder James White, in the Review of Jan. 4, 1881, that we quote them here:-COOD 124.2

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