Manuscripts and Memories of Minneapolis

W. C. White to J. N. Loughborough, Nov. 20, 1888

W. C. White
Battle Creek, Mich.
Nov. 20, 1888
Eld. J. N. Loughborough, Oakland, Cal.

My Dear Brother,—The Conference is over and instead of my being ready to come here to California, I am tied here for several weeks, if not for several months. MMM 125.1

You have no doubt formed quite an idea of how our conference went off from the bulletins and the Review. Some thing you would read between the lines that were quite as interesting if not in all respects as encouraging as what was printed. The delegates went home from the conference with a great variety of sentiments. Some felt that it had been the greatest blessing of their lives others that the marked the beginning of a period of darkness, and that the evil effects of what and been done at the conference would never be effaced. As for myself I am content to take the scripture statement, “For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.” MMM 125.2

Just as we were ready to close the conference we received the most emphatic resignation from Eld. Butler as a member of the committee. This was laid on the table, and the conference adjourned to Battle Creek. At a meeting held here Eld. Butler consented to accept a position on the college, and office boards, with the expectation of resigning in the spring, when he intends to go to Dakota and make an earnest effort to regain his health; but he could not by any means be prevailed upon to remain a member of the Conference Committee, so Eld. Underwood was placed back on the committee. MMM 125.3

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