Counsels on Stewardship -- Study Guide

Conferences and Accommodations

Have you ever attended a meeting and been unhappy with your sleeping accommodations and food? This experience will give you another insight into the spirit of the pioneers.

CS-SG 43.10

In the autumn of 1857, James White called a general conference of believers to meet in Battle Creek, Michigan. How many “believers” do you think would respond by attending a meeting after reading the following announcement?

CS-SG 43.11

“We will feed with hay as many horses as we can put in our barns. We will lodge as many as we can provide beds for, then give up our floors, and barn-chambers to those brethren who can best endure such lodgings. Those who can will do well to bring provisions, buffalo robes, or bedclothes, so that they can lodge in the old meetinghouse. Come along, brethren and sisters. Bring what you can, and we will do what we can for you.” CS-SG 43.12