Illinois T. and M. Society by R. F. Andrews; Lizzie Campbell

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, May 6, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 19

Illinois T. and M. Society.

By R. F. Andrews; Lizzie Campbell

The State quarterly meeting of this society was held at Belvidere, Ill., April 18, 1880. The President in the chair. After the usual opening exercises, the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

Reports of labor for the two preceding quarters were presented, which showed an increasing interest in the work throughout the field. The following is a summary of the report for the quarter ending March 31:—

Districts	No. Members	No. Reports Returned	No. Members Added	No. Families Visited	No. Letters Written	No. Signs taken in	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	23	....	....	....	....	....	....	100	930	69	$13 18
2	77	40	5	307	148	52	9	17781	980	69	54 05
3	65	24	1	35	105	73	22	6944	1203	102	53 01
4	21	10	3	....	....	11	1	898	349	90	18 79
5	27	10	3	55	58	8	26	2927	211	15	11 63
6	16	9	1	....	4	....	8	21	21	....	2 00
7	20	13	....	52	79	10	17	806	320	16	15 00
8	31	24	1	203	82	19	16	5139	153	34	23 30
9	70	37	2	499	410	27	65	65625	507	35	50 50
10	44	14	....	13	57	20	8	4854	333	110	5 20
11	23	6	1	10	15	....	....	1564	102	....	....
Total	417	190	17	1174	958	220	172	106659	4138	471	$246 66

The President, after inviting Eld. John to take the chair, presented the following:—

Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that steps should immediately be taken to place the REVIEW, the Youth’s Instructor, and Good Health in every Sabbath-keeping family within the bounds of this Conference.

The resolution was spoken to by Elds. Andrews, Merritt, John, and Ballenger, and adopted unanimously. A discussion of ways and means by which to accomplish this object then followed.

Voted, That Eld. B. F. Merritt be appointed to prepare an appeal in behalf of the Illinois T. and M. Society to those of our brethren who are not supplied with the REVIEW, the Instructor, and Good Health.

Voted, That we hereby instruct the directors and librarians of the several districts to see that each Sabbath-keeping family is furnished with the REVIEW, the Instructor, and Good Health, for at least four months, to be paid for, as far as possible, by the persons supplied; but if they are unable to pay for it, by a fund to be created for that purpose.

Voted, That we do not feel it our duty to furnish means to pay for periodicals to such of our brethren as indulge in the use of tea, coffee, tobacco, or other hurtful stimulants.

Voted, That it is the sense of this society that our President should prepare a paper for each State quarterly meeting, setting forth the state of T. and M. work, and its needs in our Conference.

Voted, That we recommend that a T. and M. Institute be held in connection with our State camp-meeting, and that we invite Eld. B. L. Whitney to conduct said Institute.

Voted, That it is the sense of this meeting that the suggestions of Eld. Haskell in regard to the twelve-page edition of the Signs of the Times should be adopted, and acted upon throughout the State.

Voted, That we recommend that all our tract societies, as far as possible, take clubs of the College Record, and remain them in connection with the Signs of the Times, to serve as an advertisement of our College at Battle Creek, Mich.

Adjourned sine die. R. F. Andrews, Pres. Lizzie Campbell, Sec.