Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the First General Convention of the United Brethren in Christ, Held in Dayton, Ohio, May 21-23, 1878: Comprising a Complete Report of the Discussions and Actions of Said Convention Dayton, ohio, May 22, 1878. President B. F. Booth in the chair. Rev. S. W. Koontz led in prayer. The roll was called, and it was revealed that about ninety dele gates were present. D. R. Miller moved that the chair appoint a committee of seven on unofficial journalism. Agreed to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.