He was against Jame's White's ideas on church organization. He said "We are not a denomination but a movement."

Interestingly enough, James Whitew as the Editor of the Review and Controll was the general coreespondant (assitant editor). Both published articles opposing each other's views on church organization.

A call to have a "General Conference" of advent leaders (in 1860)  to discuss organization and choosing a name for the church  was issued and signed for by

"It seems to me that the child is so now grown that it is exceedingly awkward to have no name for it."

The 7th day anihilationshist,

7th day door shutters,

the 7th day people.

A lay person who moved that "the church be organized" and the motion was carried.

A lay person who built on Ezra's motion for organization of the church and said "resolved to name this church "Seventh-day Adventist."

"The name Seventh-day Advenist carries the true features of our faith in front, and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord's quiver it will wound the trangressors of God's law, and will lead to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ." 1T 224

It started with a small conference of 9 ministers which met in Battle Creek. They producted a report on how to organize local churches and organization of state conferences which would authorize ministers.

All churches had kept written records of all business transactions and membership lists.

(Later they added Conferences and Divisions.)

William Higley, a layman.

The church filed statements with the state and federal govement listing it as non-combative in it's teachinges. This position was approved by the government. The churche's official position is "conscientious cooperation" although it also suppored a young person's convistion as "conscientious objector" (pacifist) or as "active" (I am not sure what that means.)

Was one of the most significant ad explosive sessions in SDA history. Topic was Righteousness by Faith. God brought a precious but neglected message to the church. It was a terrible meeting and the Holy Spirit was shamefully treated.

1. Deep love for Christ

2. Desire for the second coming

3. Passion to save souls

4. The Sabbath a test of love and loyalty

BUT by the 1870's and 1880s there was a drift towards 1. legalism,

2. proof texts,

3. debates, and

4. self-confidence in "being right".

5. There was also an emphasis on monetary rewards.

6. Salvation by right answers and works downplaying Christ's role and focusing on ours.

He loved to debate leaders of other deonimations and make them squirm. Against God's counsel he debated spiritualist and ended up joining them. He fell because he became too proud.

He was bitter at the church for not being elected president. He left the church and wrote the book "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced."  He left not because of theoloigcal issues but because of pride. He came back repeatidly and left the SDA church .

EJ Waggoner (age 27) He was a doctor. He was short, eloquent and gentle. He had his conversation after listening to EGW's sermon on te cross. He focused on the cross from then on.

AT Jones was 32, tall, handsome and fearless. He was forceful, uncouth, lean and mean (smart). He focused on prophecy, history. He was a preacher.

He worked as co-editor of the Signs with EJ Waggoner's father.

He taught at Heldersberg College

He studied Romans, Galatians and became an enthusiastic preacer on righteousness by faith.

George I Butler

Uriah Smith

Was GC president, He had an iron will. He was agrainst the progressives and new teachings of righteousness by faith as he said it weakened the Sabbath.

Was editor of the Review. 

He resented the young novices challenge (of EJ Wagoner and AT Jones)

It was the "Review" against "The Signs"

• Jones and Waggoner are over confident and promote agitation.
• George I Butler and Uriah Smith act as if they are infallable and are harsh.
• Both groups major in minors (such as the Huns verses the Alamani)

She refused to take sides

• Fears of religion being marreid to the sate to create a "christian nation"
• Senator Blair introduced the National Sunday Law and SDA's were arrested for working on Sunday.

In the church:

• Personality conflicts
• Old Guard verses Progressives
• Crisis of confidence in EGW's authority.

AT Jones and Uriah Smith. Smith felt that Jones had deliberatly embarassed him.

how the law reveals sin but we are unable to justify ourselves. Christ covers us with his righteounss and then we made acceptable in the beloved.

She said that the message was from God and the righteousness of Christ was made manifested through obedience to the commandments. It is the the 3rd angel's message in verity.

GI Butler the GC president was absent.

RM Kilgor was his representative and moved to postpone the subject of righteousness by faith.

"Brothern this is the Lord's work. Does the Lord want His work to wait for Elder Bulter? His work must not wait for any man."

• Jones and Waggoner were called EGW's pets
• They said EGW was going a bit senile

• She said "I have been instructed that the terrible experience (of the GC session)  is one of the saddest chapters in the history of the believers in the present truth."

• "The spirit was not right . They needed more time for further study and calming down so no official vote was taken.

• "If God's people believed and lived out the message of Righteousness by fiath, Christ would have come before this!"

First two schools:

One Room School in Bucks Bridge NY failed after 3 years

One room school in Battle Creek, failed after three years

Likely failed as teachers were trained in the public schools.

The Youth's INstructor (precuror to Insight Magazine)

The weekly Sabbath School Lessons