MICHIGAN TRACT SOCIETY by J. Fargo; Jennie Thayer

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, March 4, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 10

MICHIGAN TRACT SOCIETY.

By J. Fargo; Jennie Thayer

This State having been divided into three sections, instead of one general State meeting there were three sectional quarterly meetings for the quarter ending Jan. 18, 1880. The meeting in Section 1 was held at Monterey, Jan. 18; in Section 2, at Flint, Jan. 25; and in Section 3, at Orleans, Feb. 8.

At these meetings the various branches of our work were considered, and all seemed anxious to do their best in coming up to the right standpoint. It is the general testimony that the interest in the T. and M. work is increasing; and although the severe storm and almost impassable condition of the roads in many places prevented the holding of church quarterly meetings, and hence comparatively few local societies have reported, yet the following summary is in many respects better than the quarterly report of a year ago:—

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 Tract Fund and Periodicals
1	89	37	4	32	25	22	4	13831	413	404	$49 87
2	84	47	2	24	35	41	17	7816	406	227	97 36
3	300	64	12	123	303	396	29	24287	3220	7275	193 84
4	102	30	....	11	18	....	70	11397	840	775	120 33
5	107	23	....	9	27	137	5	2255	168	155	48 72
6	126	49	....	16	14	56	40	10323	809	746	122 53
7	78	48	1	30	40	55	9	10582	1038	223	91 78
8	74	18	2	48	41	67	....	2887	168	253	38 00
9	47	22	2	38	9	43	7	3845	331	100	29 71
10	88	43	1	75	34	110	11	6877	1213	312	93 64
11	87	29	....	25	54	....	15	11124	493	261	24 35
12	11	10	....	49	5	....	13	14863	63	125	5 61
13	32	7	1	50	30	19	....	15021	625	63	32 45
14	58	54	1	22	29	47	28	30441	1062	403	75 89
15	32	17	....	11	10	....	31	4522	154	117	11 00
16	17	18	....	10	4	30	9	4819	315	298	8 84
	1332	516	26	578	678	1023	288	174890	11318	11737	$1043 92

One brother who did not report said that he did not doubt but he and his wife had handed out more reading matter during the quarter than was reported by their district. He promised to report in future. Another expressed his regret that in the past the T. and M. work had been regarded as secondary, and hoped that it would no longer be considered in that light. He gave it as his opinion that every individual who can get even a penny can answer the call which was made a few years ago from all parts of the field for more laborers, and yet no one then thought that the Lord had such an excellent plan perfected for sending forth the last message of mercy.

At the Orleans meeting, Section 3 adopted the following resolution:—

Resolved, That the present indebtedness of District 12 be apportioned among the districts of Division 3, Michigan T. and M. Society, in proportion to the credit of the respective districts.

The President of Section 2 urged the society to greater zeal during the ensuing quarter than has been manifest in the past, as there never was so favorable an opportunity to labor as at present. The time is short, and just in proportion to our work will be our future joy. We ought to be in earnest, that it may at last be said to us, “Well done.” J. FARGO, Pres.

JENNIE THAYER, Sec.