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

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

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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.