Earlier text: THE SABBATH-SCHOOLMISSOURI T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By D. C. Hunter
Report of Missouri T. and M. Society, July 21, 1878. | Report | Families Visited | Letters Written | Membership | Donations | Book Sales | Subscription | Total | |---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | Total | 387 | 380 | $1.00 | $44.60 | $2.45 | $104.80 | $152.85 | | New Subscribers | Review: 13 | Signs: 21 | Reformer: 9 | Instructor: 31 | | | | | Distributed | Periodicals: 3,798 | Tracts & Books: 56,694 | | | | | | CALIFORNIA T. AND M. SOCIETY.
(Abridged from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.) The fourth quarterly meeting of this society for the present year was held at Oakland, Cal., July 20, 1878. After the opening exercises, the report of labor during the past quarter was read, a summary of which is as follows:— No. of members, 342
“ “ reports, 229
“ “ families visited, 1,070
“ “ ships visited, 6
“ “ letters written, 596
Tracts, etc., given away, pp., 92,190
“ “ loaned, “ 43,128
New subscribers for SIGNS, 81
“ “ “ other periodicals, 44
No. of SIGNS distributed, 6,309
“ “ other periodicals dist’d., 1,136
Money rec’d from m’bships, $15.00
“ “ “ donations, 197.25
“ “ “ book sales, 116.00 The subject of the Dime Tabernacle soon to be erected in Battle Creek, Mich., being introduced, it was— Voted, That we earnestly recommend all to pledge their dimes toward this enterprise according to the plan recommended in the circulars sent to the librarians of the various churches. MICHIGAN T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By Mrs. S. H. Lane
For various reasons, no State quarterly meeting was held at the close of the present quarter, July 21, 1878. But reports from eight districts have been received, the other five having failed to meet in season their obligation in this respect. The following is a summary of the reports received:— No. of families visited, 447
“ “ letters written, 1,420
“ “ new members, 35
“ “ new subscribers on trial, 873
“ “ new subscribers obtained with premium, 128
“ “ periodicals distributed, 10,762
“ “ Annuals “ 584
No. of pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed, 171,195
Rec’d for membership, $35.00
“ by donations, 291.40
“ from book sales, 43.82
“ “ new subscribers, 56.35
“ for W. and O. fund, 3.25
Total, $429.82 Letters received from different officers of the society during the past few weeks show a spirit of determination and anxiety to have all indebtedness of the society paid by the time of the general camp-meeting. This is desirable for the welfare of both the society and the officers of publication. In reports for the next quarter, the district secretaries will please not forget to state the value of books on hand in the districts. KANSAS T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By A. J. Stover
Directors: A. J. Stover; A. W. Cone; J. P. Henderson; J. C. Main; E. H. Forner; John Heller; A. G. Miller; A. Reid; Wm. H. Dill; T. H. Wiekman; J. H. Coffman; Reuben Worick. | Report item |
Total |
|---|
| No. of Districts |
12 |
| No. of Members |
255 |
| No. Reports Ret’n’d. |
74 |
| No. of Donors |
83 |
| No. of Families Visited |
168 |
| No. of Letters Written |
311 |
| No. of New Members |
4 |
| No. New Subscribers with Premiums |
34 |
| Papers Sent on Trial |
161 |
| No. of Periodicals Distributed |
954 |
| Annuals Distributed |
259 |
| Pages of Tracts Distributed |
290,457 |
| Pages of Books Furnished Libraries |
832 |
| Money Received |
$117.51 |
| Paid into the Treas’y |
$115.66 |
| Indebtedness, July 24, 1878 |
$844.63 |
| Credits, July 24, 1878 |
$19.21 |
The report of labor performed by the Kansas T. and M. Society during the second quarter of 1878, ending June 30, is as given in the foregoing table. Districts 2, 6, and 7 failed to report. A. J. Stover, Sec. ANNUALS FOR 1879.
By Stephen N. Haskell
The Annuals for 1879 will be printed ready for delivery by the first of September, so they may reach the farthest point in the country as freight by the first of October. This will give an opportunity for each tract society to place them in the hands of all the directors at the district quarterly meetings, so that the librarians can have them to work with by the middle of October. Stores should then be supplied, and every public place where they can be sold. Cities, towns, and villages should be canvassed, and not less than one hundred and fifty thousand Annuals should be placed in as many families. They can be sold at any price from five to ten cents that the various tract societies can agree upon. The price to the tract societies will not exceed that of last year. If our tract societies are prompt in taking hold of this matter, and each family pays ten cents for one for home use, and if the balance of the one hundred thousand can be sold at five cents each, this will pay the cost, including freight, of one hundred thousand more than could be given away. It is now proposed to put in them a notice of the general tract and missionary society, with the names of the various presidents and secretaries of each State tract society. The Office also proposes to make a special edition for each Conference ordering five thousand or more, with a special notice of their tract society, without extra charge, if desired. This notice can be placed on the back leaf. But that this may be done in season, it will be necessary that tract societies forward their orders to the Office immediately, stating how many they would like of this extra edition, and the nature of the notice they would like inserted. TO T. AND M. OFFICERS OF MISSOURI.
By D. C. Hunter
The report from Missouri is the best I could get from the directors, after making a strong effort. I am glad to get that much, but still it is not enough. We can do more work than is reported for the past quarter; and we have done the work, but the report is deficient. Our T. and M. officers have to learn their duties the same as they have learned other things. We know but little except what we learn, but we should try to improve in everything. Our Conference will be held near Sedalia about the middle of September. Now if each church and T. and M. society will send a good business representative to the Conference, I will be there, if the Lord so wills it, and I want to make your personal acquaintance, and give instructions in the work, that we may all understand it. For some years I have been trying to learn how to do this work, and I am trying to get instruction from others of more experience, and if we can get together at our camp-meeting there will be others there who can help us. We take over 400 copies of our papers, and should have reported over 5,000 distributed, whereas we report less than 4,000. Are the others distributed? If so, they should be reported. Some of the districts have not reported a family visited, and but few letters written. Is this correct? If so, we are surely asleep. We should have paid in subscription on our Signs $150.00, whereas there is only $80.00 reported. The contract in taking the Signs was that we would pay for them each quarter. We have failed to keep our contract, and the Signs Office must suffer. This is not right; we must keep our word. Now, brethren, wake up, and let us attend to the Lord's business, and then he will bless ours; otherwise we may look for the curse to rest upon us. I hope to meet you at camp-meeting, and talk with you personally upon these matters. Be sure to come. Commence preparing now, and then do not be hindered by any trivial matter. We shall not lose anything by serving the Lord. May the Lord bless the work in Missouri. D. C. HUNTER. PRESERVE ADDRESSES.—V. M. RECORDS.
Through the efforts of the vigilant missionary workers, thousands of addresses have been and are being collected for use in the distribution of the Signs of the Times and other periodicals. Many of the individuals who have thus received reading matter are more or less interested in it, although they may not have responded to the letters that have been sent to them. Some of these individuals will doubtless yet embrace the truth, and their addresses should be preserved for future reference, and for any use to which it may be thought advisable to put them. To secure this object, and to preserve them in some presentable form, record books have been prepared for the use of V. M. secretaries, and of individuals who send out periodicals according to the present plan. These books are ruled conveniently for recording these addresses, and such particulars as may be of interest hereafter. Directions are given in each, which, if followed, will secure uniformity in filling them out. Every V. M. society should have one, also each individual taking a club of Signs for distribution. Price, two quires, 75 cts.; one quire, 60 cts.53 Dwelling, he looks “out of” it and sees God. On this passage Scott has the following note:— “In my flesh shall I see God. The construction of beshari (my flesh) with the prep. min, appears to militate against the opinion that Job expressed his expectation of seeing God in human nature. He says, ‘From my flesh,’ etc., i. e., my soul residing again in my body, shall, out of it, behold God.” And he then mentions the eyes which are, as it were the windows through which the soul views objects. Can any one be a Christian who will not speak to a near relative nor forgive him when asked? BIBLE STUDENT. Three texts, Jer. 9:26; 25:23; 49:32, are urged against our answer to correspondent in REVIEW of July 25, that it is right to shave, and that there is no Bible testimony against it. The trouble in trying to apply these texts to people of the present generation, is, that we are not a part of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Dedan, Tema, and Buz; and we live eighteen hundred years this side of Christ, instead of six hundred years before him. TRACT SOCIETIES, ATTENTION.
By Maria L. Huntley
BOUND VOLUMES OF OUR PERIODICALS.
The demand for reading matter has been such that it has been thought advisable to bind in paper covers the back numbers of our periodicals, which have been stored away in the Office buildings. This has accordingly been done in a neat, tasty manner, and below we give the prices:— Review and Herald, large size, per number, ........ $ .02
" " small " " " ........ .01
Voice of Truth, large " " " ........ .02
" " small " " " ........ .01
True Missionary, ........ per volume ........ .10
Youth’s Instructor, large size, " " " ........ .12
" " small size, " " " ........ .06
Health Reformer, " " " ........ .25
Advent Tidende, also the Svensk Harold, per volume, (1874) ........ .25
Advent Tidende, also the Svensk Harold, per volume, (later than 1874) ........ .40 Single numbers of these periodicals, one cent each. A brief sketch of the origin and history of Seventh-day Adventists is given on the covers of these bound volumes; also a notice of the various tract societies, with the address of the presidents and of our agents in other countries, accompanied with explanations relative to the object and work of these societies, a notice of our general depositories of publications in the various State Conferences, etc. These periodicals contain valuable reading matter; and those societies located in border States, and those having seaports, can use large quantities of them to advantage. Wherever reading matter is scarce and money is hard to be obtained, or on board vessels, people will gladly read matter that is not newly printed. In fact, so large a quantity of useful, interesting reading matter can in no other way be obtained for so little money. Each Review or Voice contains interesting reading matter that would amount to about sixty pages if printed in tract form. The True Missionary is valuable for the information it contains on the tract and missionary work. Questions which are answered in these papers arise almost weekly, with reference to this department of the work. To new churches, and to individuals just embracing the truth, they are especially serviceable. Every family should have one copy for reference. The articles from Sr. White which they contain are worth much more than the cost of the volume. We hope to hear at once from those societies that can make use of these bound volumes of our periodicals. Maria L. Huntley, Sec. Gen. T. and M. Society. We here give the form of a report which should be made out by the librarian each quarter. We have printed a quantity of these. They should be placed in the hands of each librarian, and the Monday following the quarterly meeting should be forwarded to the district secretary. Also preserve a copy to be recorded in the librarian’s book:— LIBRARIAN’S REPORT OF LABOR.
From T. and M. Church Society at............................... Dist. No.......... Quarter ending..................187........ Date of Quarterly Meeting........................................ How opened and by whom?........................................... Has the interest increased or decreased during the quarter?............................................................ No. Members.......... No. Reports Returned.............. No. of members added during quarter............................ No. of Signs taken in Clubs.................................... No. of Families Visited........................................ No. of Letters Written.......................................... SUBSCRIBERS TO PERIODICALS.
Review | Signs | Instructor | Reformer | Record | Tidende | Herald | Les Signes | Total Subscribers Obtained.............................................. Subscribers on Trial............................................. DISTRIBUTION OF READING MATTER.
Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets Loaned...................... Pages of Tracts Given Away.................................... Books Furnished to Libraries—No............................ Total................................................................ No. Periodicals Distributed....................................... Annuals Sold........................ Given Away.................... Received for Membership.............................. ........ ........ “ on Book Sales........................................ ........ ........ “ on Periodicals....................................... ........ ........ “ on 1/3 (No. paying.................)................ ........ ........ “ on Other Donations.................................. ........ ........ Total...(Amt. p’d Dist. Sec..............)............. ........ ........ Amount of Publications Drawn.......................... ........ ........ “ of Periodicals Ordered.............................. ........ ........ Balance last quarter in favor of Church Soc’y........................... Against the same (as case may be)....................................... Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets on Hand................................... Due on Periodicals..................................................... Premiums on hand (Way of Life.......... Manuals
.......... Poems..........)................................................ The names and addresses of new members, with any additional items, can be given on the opposite side. Every officer of the tract societies, from the librarian to the State secretary, will find it for his or her advantage to use the Periodical Book; first, as a book of reference on periodical business; secondly, as an invaluable aid in settling up business on periodicals every quarter; thirdly, to obviate the necessity of filling up journals with the numerous items of periodical business, thus saving space in these books, which are much more expensive. This book, as well as any of the other T. and M. account books, will be furnished separately, if desired. Price, two quires, 75 cts.; one quire, 60 cts.; one-half quire, 35 cts. Address, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich. VERMONT CAMP-MEETING.
By C. W. Stone
I know of several that can look back to our last camp-meeting with thankful hearts for what the Lord did for them there; but none should feel that there is nothing more that can be done for them. Every swiftly passing year brings us “nearer home.” “Oh! solemn thought, and can it be,
The hour of Judgment now is come,
Which soon must fix our destiny
And seal the sinner’s fearful doom?
Yes, it is so; the Judgment hour
Is swiftly hastening to its close;
Then will the Judge in mighty power
Descend in vengeance on his foes.” Yes, a solemn thought indeed it is. I would that we might never be unmindful of it. Joel says, “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand.” Dear brethren, that alarm is sounding. There is occasion for trembling. Shall we not all seek the Lord earnestly, that his work may be revived in the hearts of his people among the Green Mountains of old Vermont? And then how much needs to be done for those who do not obey or do not know the truth. There are unconverted children of our brethren, you all have unconverted relatives with whom you may have influence, you have friends and neighbors who are out of the ark. What an opportunity to work for them! Invite them to attend. Provide for their comfort while there as far as necessary. And, above all, go with your own hearts right before God so that he may be pleased to work through you for the salvation of souls. Don’t wait for the camp-meeting to set you right; get right now. God can hear the repentant backslider in his place of secret prayer at home. Seek him there. “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” Isa. 55:6, 7. Do this, and go up to the camp-meeting prepared to help others, and the Lord will bless you in your efforts, and the meeting will be a success. C. W. Stone. “FORCED TO DISCUSS.”
By Dudley Marvin Canright
In reading the reports of our brethren, we frequently meet with the statement that they were “forced to discuss” with such and such a minister against their wish and judgment in the matter. Then will follow an account of a discussion lasting from two to seven days in the midst of a course of lectures. In the past I have said and done the same thing myself, but, I think now, for the last time. After having a long and fair opportunity to observe, I am satisfied that we nearly always lose by holding a set debate with any one during a course of lectures. However well we may defend the truth, and however badly our opponent may fail, yet our chance for a real gain to the cause is very small. Indeed, in a large majority of cases it is a great injury to the cause of truth. The reasons for this are easily seen. 1. A discussion will always draw out a crowd, many more than we can get to our own meetings. When the debate is ended, there will, of necessity, be a great falling off in the attendance. This alone gives a bad impression. It looks as though the mass of the people were satisfied, and cared to hear us no further. 2. Our opponents have no such difficulty to contend with. They generally come to the place only for the debate, and leave when it is ended. This makes it appear as if the crowd went to hear them and not us; or, if they are resident ministers, they have only their regular Sunday services, which the people will attend any way. 3. When a debate of several days is closed, every one is tired out, and so we have no fair chance to get the people out again to our meetings for some time. Hence we always have small congregations after a debate. 4. People always suppose that when they have heard a debate, they have heard all that can be said on both sides of the subject. So they think there is no use of going to hear us further. They are now fully prepared to decide the whole subject without further trouble. Hence, again, they stay away. But we all know that in a debate it is frequently impossible to use some of our very best proofs. Neither time nor the nature of the case will admit of it. Here our opponents have the advantage. 5. If our opponents can succeed in distracting the attention of the people, they will break up our interest, however poor their arguments may be. And here is the real objection to a discussion during a course of lectures. It is almost sure to confuse the people, tire them out, or get up so strong a party feeling that the crowd will not come again. This means defeat to us, and that is all our opponents care for. 6. However careful we may be, strong personal feelings and sharp words are almost sure to come in in an animated debate. This creates hard feelings and contentions in the community, for which we are generally held responsible. 7. Generally a discussion finds many undecided, convicted of duty, but more than willing to find some excuse to evade the cross if possible. A sharp opponent can often raise objections enough to satisfy them to remain where they are. If these can only be kept from moving, it is all our enemies care. Hence a discussion at such a time gives them much the advantage over us. For these and other reasons I am fully settled that it is not wise for us to hold a regular debate until after our course of lectures is fully closed. And even then, the less debating the better. If a debate must be held during a course of lectures, make it very short—one evening or a day at most. Then go right on with your meetings. But will they not force us into it any way? No; for how can they debate with us if we will not debate with them? But will not a refusal on our part to debate hurt us more than a discussion? Will they not boast over us, and will not the people think we are afraid to meet them? Well, suppose they do; still the question is, which is the worst for the cause, this or a debate then and there? But I have learned by trial that no such terrible results follow a refusal to debate. Tell the people plainly on the start and all the way through, especially if a debate is proposed, that you will on no account discuss with any one till you have first fairly presented all your doctrines with your reasons for them; the people have heard the other side all their lifetime, and now it is but fair that we give our side fully, so that they may know our faith before we are required to hold a discussion. Make this point plain, and generally the most, if not all, your audience will be in sympathy with you. If you will not hold a set discussion, in many cases your opponents will preach one or more discourses against you. Well, let them do so, and then promptly review them. This makes them the attacking party, and gives you the sympathy of the people. Then it gives you the last discourse every time, which is a great advantage. Nor is it generally best to dismiss your audience to hear the opposition, if you can hold the most of them and have some one to hear your opponent’s sermon, so as to review it. Fill your own appointments and hold your own audience as far as possible. Frequently we have made a mistake in opening our tents for opposition speakers. Sometimes it is best to do so; but to let in a man whom the community does not generally indorse simply because he challenges, is poor policy. If he has a message for the people, let him do as we do, find his own place for speaking and pay his own bills. Editorial Endorsement of Eld. C.'s Statement
By James White
We have read the foregoing from the pen of Eld. C., and regard it as a clear and forcible statement of the facts in the case. As we have seen some of our young ministers opening the way for opponents to divert the attention of the people, and thus break down a good interest, we have felt the necessity of just such an article. We hope and pray that it may have the desired and designed effect. JAMES WHITE. OHIO TENT PLEDGES.
By John Harvey Waggoner
Whenever I had opportunity to present this subject, the churches pledged quite liberally toward renewing the tents. Two new circles were made—one sixty and one fifty feet in diameter—and as the wall of the large tent was insufficient, a new one was made. So now the sixty-foot tent is entirely new. Besides this, an inset of thirty-six feet has been made, which will make it 60x96 feet for camp-meetings. Those who attended the camp-meeting last August, and saw the condition of the meeting in a rain, will appreciate this improvement. Some of these pledges have been paid; many remain unpaid. The time of payment was set July 1. It is hoped that every one will be paid at the coming camp-meeting, and all should come prepared for this. Bro. Edgerton has either paid, or is personally holden for, the amount behind, and he should be relieved. Last year the camp-meeting at Newark was not well attended by the churches. Some causes of discouragement appeared. Some districts had circulated tracts freely, far beyond their ability to pay. And in some parts of the State the crops had entirely failed for two successive years. The State Missionary Society was in debt to the office of publication $600, and the brethren in one district had not raised enough on their farms to feed their families. During the year nearly past, a noble effort has been made to pay the debt, but very little has been done in the missionary work. Here a mistake has been made in some districts, and this must be remedied. Let all come up to the camp-meeting determined to begin anew and to raise the cause in Ohio. Some, because of discouragements from various causes, have done but little for the cause the past year. There never was a time when faithfulness to the cause was more required than now. Time is hastening to its close; the calls are urgent, and we need, for our own souls’ benefit, to renew our diligence in the cause of present truth. Let all examine their own standing just now, and resolve to come up to the next camp-meeting prepared to lift;—not to criticise the work of others, but to second every effort put forth to advance this cause—the best of all causes. Springfield, O., July 29, 1878. INDIANA CAMP-MEETING.
By S. N. Haskell
We are anxious to see a general gathering of the friends in Indiana at the coming camp-meeting, and that the cause in that State should receive a new impetus from this annual gathering. This can be the case if all come prepared to move forward in the fear of God, praying that his blessing may rest upon the effort. It is now expected that Bro. C. W. Stone and myself will be at this meeting. A special effort will be made to encourage and instruct in the missionary work. No State in the union presents a better field for missionary labor than Indiana. It is a large State, and but a small proportion of it has had the light of present truth. Hundreds of towns and villages should be canvassed, and thus the attention of the people be called to the truths of God's word, during the next year. Those who have been enlightened in the things of God in this State should be burning lights, and like a well-trained army, go forth to impart to others what God has so graciously given them. Come to this meeting and bring your friends and neighbors. Come with a heart to seek God as never before. TRUST in God enters largely into the formation of the Christian character. That God is worthy of the confidence of his intelligent creatures is so evident, both from the light of nature and of revelation, that to question it is a sin of no small magnitude. He who has not a firm, settled trust in God, is voluntarily out of his proper place in the universe, and is as a wandering star, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. There are ample grounds on which to base this invaluable Christian grace. The world we live in, fitted up with infinite skill and intelligence for the convenience, comfort, and support of men, bears testimony to the power and goodness of God. The heavens declare his glory, and the firmament showeth his handiwork, and the tendency of what our eyes behold in the visible creation is calculated to inspire the highest degree of confidence in the Creator. He causes his sun to shine on the evil and on the good, and refreshing showers to fall on the plantations of the just and of the unjust. His inspired word clearly defines our relation, duty, and obligation to him, while it extends to us the wisest counsels and precepts. The plan of salvation reveals his unbounded mercy, love, and goodness. The remarkable fulfilling of the predictions of the prophets in relation to the coming of Christ and the end of the world, with the foretold signs of that event; the unsettled state of the world in everything that pertains to human welfare; the distress of the nations and their warlike attitude; the unpitied cries of the defrauded laborer; the starvation of many thousands by famine; the unprecedented increase, in high places, of every form of sin and crime; the dark shades of human depravity looming up everywhere; the prevalence in every Christian country of demonology in the form of modern spiritualism,—these all, with one united voice, call upon mankind to seek some sure refuge from the impending storm that is destined to sweep from their moorings, with the besom of destruction, every human organization, together with the proud, and all that do wickedly. God only is such a refuge, and a practical trust in him is the only surety of his favor and protection. “They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever.” ALBERT STONE. “DON'T DRAW THE LONG BOW.”
“I am tired to death!” So you have said very often, yet you are still alive and well. “I had not a wink of sleep all night!” And yet your bed-fellow heard you snore many times. “I would not do it for the world!” And yet you have done many things equally as bad for a penny. “We were up to our knees in mud!” You know very well that the dirt was not over your shoes. Blanks for Vermont.
By C. W. Stone
I HAVE just sent blanks for Church and Financial Reports to all the church clerks of Vermont. I have also sent another supply of blanks for Quarterly Reports to the S. B. treasurers. Just as far as it is possible, please fill these blanks, and send them to me at Battle Creek, Mich., before Aug. 18. If there are any that cannot be filled before that time, hand them in at the commencement of the camp-meeting. Let the church clerks all be faithful in reporting. If one fails, that renders it impossible for the State secretary to give a correct report to the General Conference. C. W. STONE, State Secretary. Indiana Camp-meeting.
By S. H. Lane
THE Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago R. R. have kindly granted us half-fare tickets on the line of their road to the camp-meeting at Kokomo, Aug. 14-19, from the following-named stations: Michigan City, La Porte, Stillwell Junction, Walkerton, Plymouth, Argos, Rochester, Denver, Peru, Bunker Hill, Tipton, Cicero, Noblesville, and Indianapolis. Tickets will be sold to the camp-meeting at half-fare rate only at the above-named stations. Ask for camp-meeting tickets or else you will receive no deduction. The Frankfort and Kokomo R. R. will sell round trip tickets from Frankfort to the camp-meeting at Kokomo for $1.50. To Kansas S. B. Treasurers.
By A. J. Stover
THE treasury is empty. Money is wanted. We shall have to go to the bank for it, and pay two per cent per month, so that our ministers can go out to labor. One tent only; another must start shortly. There is abundance all over Kansas. Bring in your tithes, and our ministers will not lack. A. J. STOVER, Treas. Oswego, Kan. Minnesota T. and M. Society Annual Report Delayed
By A. H. Van Kirk
I wish to state to the Minnesota T. and M. society, that in consequence of a mistake our annual report is not published. Said mistake cannot be rectified until I return home, which will be in about four weeks. A. H. Van Kirk, Sec. Oronoco, Aug. 1. Yellow Fever Epidemic Spreads from New Orleans
The scourge of yellow fever has struck New Orleans. Twenty-four cases in the city July 30, with one death. Aug. 3, there were 253 cases and 71 deaths. A wealthy cotton broker flees from the scourge to Cincinnati, and is taken down with it there. St. Louis, Cairo, and other cities along the river in a panic.