QUARTERLY MEETING AT POTTERVILLE, MICHIGAN by Jennie Thayer; M. B. Miller

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, May 20, 1880

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 55, No. 21

QUARTERLY MEETING AT POTTERVILLE, MICHIGAN.

By Jennie Thayer; M. B. Miller

The quarterly meeting for Section 1, Michigan T. and M. Society, was held according to appointment at Potterville, May 2, commencing at 9:30 A. M., and was called to order by the President of this section, Eld. M. B. Miller. The report of labor for the quarter was read, a summary of which is given below.

The President compared this report with that of the previous quarter, and found a great improvement in all respects. The greater number of members reporting was perhaps the most encouraging feature, and this showed that in all probability much labor performed during that quarter was not reported. He also spoke of some who thought they had overdone in missionary labor in the past, and said he considered it very questionable whether any one could overdo in this work. He thought the error was not in having too great zeal at the commencement, but in allowing that zeal to abate.

Bro. Carman, Director of Dist. No. 14, made a stirring appeal to the brethren and sisters to engage heartily in the work of canvassing for our periodicals, and assured them that the secret of success lies in having confidence ourselves that the papers we present are most excellent, and what every one needs and should have.

The duties of members relating to missionary visits, canvassing, reporting, etc., were discussed, and points not clearly understood by all were made plain.

Interesting and cheering experiences were related by several; and when one brother said he did not know of anything that had resulted from his efforts, another arose and testified that he had that morning heard of two persons whose conversion to the truth might be indirectly traced to tracts handed out by this brother.

Twenty-two subscriptions were obtained for the College Record, and seven pledges of life-membership to the General T. and M. Society.

On account of a funeral in the afternoon, this pleasant, and, we trust, profitable meeting adjourned at 12:30 P. M.

Jennie Thayer, Sec. M. B. Miller, Pres.

SUMMARY OF LABOR IN SECTIONS 1 AND 2.

Section	No. Members	No. Reports Received	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	Annual sold and given away	Cash rec'd on Tracts and Periodicals
1	793	417	49	1471	1113	816	371	243984	14408	3958	$836 73
2	218	118	11	242	120	218	109	32953	2650	648	$392 84
	1011	535	60	1713	1233	1034	480	276937	17058	4606	$1229 57