VERMONT T. AND M. SOCIETY by Thos. H. Purdon; A. S. Hutchins

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, February 26, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 9

VERMONT T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By Thos. H. Purdon; A. S. Hutchins

The quarterly meeting of the Vermont T. and M. Society was held according to appointment, Jan. 25, 1880, at Cabot. The President, Vice-president, Secretary, and one director were present, also a few brethren from other parts of the State. After singing and prayer, the minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted. As the meeting was held with those who have recently embraced the truth, some time was occupied in reading the Constitution, and explaining the object and manner of reporting, etc. Adjourned to call of Chair.

SECOND MEETING, JAN. 26, 2 P. M.—Prayer by Bro. Peebles. The Secretary read the report of labor for last quarter, as follows:—

Districts	No. Members	No. Reports Returned	No. Members Added	No. Families Visited	No. Letters Written	No. Signs taken in Clubs	Subscribers obtained for Periodicals	Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets distributed	Periodicals Distributed	Annuals sold and given away	Cash rec’d on Tracts, Pamphlets and Periodicals
1	57	27	2	28	33	9	7	2947	448	713	$40 00
2	40	.....	.....	.....	.....	10	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
3	30	.....	.....	.....	.....	5	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
4	47	9	1	9	6	17	2	7169	79	83	$21 15
5	45	24	2	19	77	59	2	12222	906	175	$72 66
6	21	15	.....	.....	3	13	3	3158	159	.....	$5 62
	240	75	5	56	119	113	14	25496	1592	971	$139 43

After interesting and encouraging remarks from Elds. A. S. Hutchins and L. Bean upon the object and importance of missionary work, the following resolutions were adopted:—

Resolved, That we appreciate and will strive to carry out the suggestions and advice recently published in the REVIEW respecting advance moves in the T. and M. work.

Resolved, That to this end, as T. and M. workers, we make special efforts to obtain trial and regular subscribers for our periodicals.

Resolved, That every Sabbath-keeping family not already provided with Testimony No. 29 and the three volumes of “Spirit of Prophecy” be looked up and encouraged in some way to obtain and read them.

Resolved, That we will return our reports promptly at the end of each quarter.

THOS. H. PURDON, Sec. A. S. HUTCHINS, Pres.