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PENNSYLVANIA T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Addie Bowen

No. of District	Names of Directors	No. of Members	No. Rep’ts returned	No. Members added	No. Families visited	No. Letters written	No. new subscribers for all periodicals	Pages of Pamphlets loaned	Pages of Tracts given away	Periodicals distributed	H. Annuals sold and given	For members’ donations and contributions to tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	F. B. Reed							1784	1640	182	15	$3 62		$15 13	$18 75
2	D. B. Oviatt	106	57		29	21	37	12588	14972	548	23	$45 45	$1 00	$24 70	$71 15
3	S. L. Strang	66	34		69	52	9	6088	5620	243	61	$25 25		$3 85	$29 34
4	O. F. Bowen	46	13	2	63	36	16	4244	4978	462		$19 80	$1 60	$24 61	$46 01
5	J. B. Stow	32	18		115	26	2	4368	6708	255		$7 20		$6 80	$14 00
	Individuals								15400	22				$6 30	$6 30
	Totals	250	122	2	276	135	64	29082	49318	1712	99	$101 32	$2 84	$81 39	$185 55

The churches at Jamestown, Wheeler, Catlin, and Oswayo failed to report.

ADDIE BOWEN, Sec.

NEW ENGLAND T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Eliza Thayer

No. of District	Names of Directors	No. of Members	No. Repts. returned	No. Members added	No. Families visited	No. Letters written	No. Signs taken in clubs	No. new subscribers for all periodicals	Pages of Pamphlets loaned	Pages of Tracts given away	Periodicals distributed	H. Annuals sold and given	For memberships and donations to tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	J. C. Tucker	58	21	1	30	100	44	9	1925	2517	544	67	$9 83	$ 93	$16 80	$27 56
2	M. Wood	90	37	—	270	479	215	27	2828	15860	2942	169	$51 15	$1 88	$2 41	$55 45
3	S. Martin	48	57	—	44	39	22	1	1852	6392	378	—	$29 92	$1 42	$22 76	$53 15
4	H. P. Wakefield	52	24	—	—	63	30	—	1182	46	460	—	$9 05	—	$20 80	$29 85
5	S. J. Twing	20	18	1	21	13	8	—	2371	1638	120	73	$1 87	$18	$1 63	$3 68
6	E. G. Bolter	28	15	—	13	27	9	3	560	2755	270	—	$7 00	$99	$14 05	$22 04
7	A. P. McDuffie	100	33	6	44	139	164	9	8181	20171	1479	143	$28 87	$16 91	$64 90	$110 68
8	Eld. N. Orcutt	15	13	—	9	18	19	2	1277	6016	273	17	$14 60	$40	$8 75	$23 75
	Totals	411	218	8	431	878	511	51	20586	55395	6466	409	$152 29	$21 71	$232 16	$406 16

ELIZA THAYER, Sec.

IOWA T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Lizzie Hornby

No. of District	Names of Directors	No. of Members	No. Rep'ts returned	No. Members added	No. Families visited	No. Letters written	No. Signs taken in clubs	No. new subscribers of periodicals	Pages Pamphlets loaned	Pages of Tracts given away	Periodicals distributed	Annuals sold and given	From members' subscriptions and donations to tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	F. H. Chapman	50	21		10	1	5	5	114	2542	104		$14 45	5 00	5 25	24 70
2	J. T. Mitchell	44	6		30	19	32	30	1208	7565	271		26 07	12 99	21 79	60 85
3	Wm. H. Hankins	113	59	3	128	56	50	39	4678	6210	780		29 10	64 15	61 68	155 93
4	Jas. S. Houseman	69	35	3	59	36	30	27	2163	7179	492		19 19	15 36	26 93	61 48
5	Noah Hodges	69	27		112	13	21	12	13125	7344	437	59	26 91	12 55	27 06	66 52
6	Jacob Shively	64		1	54	105	70	23	1903	74744	697		6 25	11 90	23 82	41 97
7	A. J. Stiffler	33	19	1	8	20		10	4694	3284	163	3	1 00	5 00	3 50	9 50
8	T. J. Bryceson	72	20	3	138	28	33	34	1575	8082	298	64	9 85	15 36	29 07	54 28
9	J. W. Ballard	45	10		3	6		2	3441	2755	101	11	1 61	17 71	5 25	24 57
10	S. M. Holly	104	60	1	415	41	143	43	7781	36715	2918	151	85 45	20 67	139 20	245 32
11	G. W. Hoskins	45	19		8	12	42	7	610	2883	432	16	10 80	15 42	26 18	52 40
12	Ole Olsen	5	4					1	745	148	3		1 65		0 25	2 40
13	A. C. Hardy	2	2				5	2	500	1000	16	4		2 32	3 75	6 07
	Totals	715	283	12	965	337	431	235	42537	160451	6712	308	$232 33	198 68	$374 98	$805 99

The church at Elk Horn failed to report. Lizzie HORNBY, Sec.

OHIO T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By J. B. Gregory; Dudley Marvin Canright

No. of District	Names of Directors	No. of Members	No. Rep’ts returned	No. Members added	No. Families visited	No. Letters written	No. Signs taken in club	No. new subscribers for periodicals	Pages Pamphlets loaned	Pages of Tracts given away	Periodicals distributed	Annuals sold and given	For members and donations to tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	E. H. Gates	19	14	2	120			9	2951	2924	122		$8 35	$0 90		$9 25
2	D. M. Canright	74	47	3	113	40	12	5	4223	11249	492	159	$15 15	$1 11	$3 50	$19 78
3	R. A. Underwood	52	37	2	50	55	20	12	12819	7691	366	152	$27 30	$1 30	$1 00	$29 60
4	H. A. St. John	112	62	1	288	147	45	24	3795	12045	1045	66	$100 16	$3 23	$3 05	$106 44
5	O. F. Guilford	100	40		94	25	47	7	2612	4993	905	34	$57 35	$1 20	$27 30	$85 85
6	G. G. Rupert	8	6		1	2		1	946	298	46	3	$0 60	$1 20		$1 80
	Totals	365	206	8	666	269	124	58	27846	39200	2976	414	$208 93	$7 94	$34 85	$251 72

All the church and district quarterly meetings were held on time, and were seasons of interest and profit, but we held no State meeting. A report was received from every church society.

J. B. GREGORY, Sec. D. M. CANRIGHT, Pres.

DAKOTA T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By D. T. Biggs

No. of District.	Names of Directors.	No. of Members.	No. Rep’ts returned.	No. Members added.	No. Families visited.	No. Letters written.	No. Signs taken in clubs.	No. new subscribers for all periodicals	Pages Pamphlets loaned.	Pages of Tracts given away.	Periodicals distributed.	B. Annuals sold and given.	From members, donations and tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	A. L. Dawson	37	26	3	9	29	21	10	2112	1485	529	1	$5 74	$ 15	$16 70	$22 59
2	C. Fredrickson	31	19	1	30	38	9	37	1265	8933	474	5	$11 05	$11 24	$15 85	$38 14
	Totals.	68	45	4	39	67	30	47	3377	10418	1003	6	$16 79	$11 39	$32 55	$60 73

A report has been received from each church society.

D. T. BIGGS, Sec.

KENTUCKY T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Bettie Coombs

1. J. B. Forest.............. 31 11 1 4 16 2 ... 1250 637 339 7 $9 50 $9 10 $5 30 $23 90

BETTIE COOMBS, Sec.

GEORGIA T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Mrs. R. Scarborough

1 | Mrs. R. Scarborough | 9 | 100 | 60 | 4 | 4307 | 333 | $5 45 | $5 45

MRS. R. SCARBOROUGH, Sec.

COLORADO T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By ALICE J. GREEN

1 J. O. Corliss … 33 30 19 104 44 16 36 2424 7750 78 40 $30 35 $1 50 $5 20 $37 05

ALICE J. GREEN, Sec.

KANSAS T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Mrs. Ada A. Dawson

No. of District	Names of Directors	No. of Members	No. Rep’ts returned	No. Members added	No. Families visited	No. Letters written	No. signs taken in clubs	No. new subscribers for all periodicals	Pages of Tracts loaned	Pages of Tracts given away	Periodicals distributed	B. Annuals sold and given	From memb. and donation to tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	J. A. Ashbaugh	79	57	9	170	52		16	2680	19670	1416	1	$18 96	$19 83	$35 15	$73 94
2	J. W. Bagby
3	T. H. Wakeman	16	5		2			6		300	63		50	1 00	5 00	6 50
4	Wm. M. Dail	9	5			23	7		1700	1530	441		1 00	2 25	2 25	5 50
5	John Gibbs	10	9		68	21	12	3	1612	821	232	18	65	30	5 55	6 75
6	A. G. Miller	25	7			17	17		479	279	98		11 16		5 35	17 70
7	John Riley		4		2	1				338	34		75	05		80
8	John C. Evans	15	2			16	8	5	1126	1458	250	20	75	95	5 75	7 45
9	H. C. Main	34	5		29	23		1	1144	3603	107	17	5 18	85	20	5 73
10	Oscar Hill	35	11		15	17		16	3818	641	207	5			5 50	5 85
11	A. W. Cone	29	12		20	8		4	2117	3679	300	69	2 10		25	3 50
12	Robert Aitken	17	16			4	12	1	1000	1331	172	12		4 70	16 50	21 25
	Totals	269	130	9	306	142	72	76	15676	33073	3215	242	$41 05	$27 98	$78 00	$147 03

The church at Otter Creek failed to report.

MRS. ADA A. DAWSON, Sec.

MINNESOTA T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Nettie G. White

No. of District	Names of Directors	No. of Members	No. Rep’ts returned	No. Members added	No. Families visited	No. Letters written	No. Signs taken in clubs	No. new subscribers for all periodicals	Pages of Pamphlets loaned	Pages of Tracts given away	Periodicals distributed	H. Annuals sold and given	For members and donations to tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	H. W. Norton	86	53	3	132	147	84	46	5611	10479	2178	35	$17 16	$0 71	$34 84	$52 71
2	Calvin Kelsey	82	—	4	12	25	43	—	—	—	12	—	$20 00	$2 55	$6 45	$29 00
3	J. L. House	140	43	3	40	71	121	7	7048	8659	1530	17	$24 27	$3 00	$13 00	$40 27
4	W. I. Gibson	95	43	7	54	95	100	12	1492	10366	1059	16	$54 22	$7 05	$47 25	$108 52
5	John Olive	67	20	4	74	31	—	26	936	3454	126	6	$7 31	—	$4 00	$11 31
6	L. G. Meeker	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	$2 00	—	—	$2 00
7	John Emmerson	—	4	—	6	—	—	25	1387	10113	40	24	$26 00	$8 45	$45 40	$80 16
8	Hans Rasmussen	17	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	$3 33	$3 33
9	J. E. Norstram	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	R. B. Simmons	29	10	—	4	5	46	10	452	3020	186	4	$9 95	$0 02	$1 10	$11 07
	Agents	—	—	—	—	—	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	$253 48	—	$253 48
	Totals	516	174	21	322	374	394	174	16926	46091	5131	102	$160 91	$275 26	$155 37	$591 84

The churches at Kenyon, Round Grove, Irving, Manannah, Weston, Steele Centre, Dundas, and Lake Ellen failed to report. NETTIE G. WHITE, Sec.

CALIFORNIA T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Barbara C. Stickney

No. of District.	NAMES OF DIRECTORS	No. of Members.	No. Rep'ts returned.	No. Members added.	No. Families visited.	No. Letters written.	No. Signs taken in clubs.	New subscribers for all periodicals	Pages Pamphlets loaned.	Pages of Tracts given away.	Periodicals distributed.	Annuals sold and given.	For members' subscriptions and donations to tract fund.	Sales.	Periodicals.	Total.
1	T. M. Chapman	73	38	6	33	114	123	19	3046	4631	1281	16	$32 51	$3 75	$7 00	$43 26
2	G. Hutchings	59	28	2	4	71	62	27	1386	35032	1070	50	$2 00	$6 35	$9 25	$17 60
3	John Mavity	51	28	1	36	206	203	20	4750	12616	1637		$4 25	$1 25	$1 25	$6 75
4	John Judson	9	5						700	900	36
5	Wm. Saunders	72	18	1	17	89	233	7	2384	15195	1867		$26 50	$24 90	$64 05	$115 45
6	D. S. Hemstreet
7	W. J. Bostwick	70	36	2	102	283	166	12	15507	17261	3625		$17 50	$1 88	$6 60	$25 98
8	M. C. Israel	40	39		155	110	96	164	5917	40098	3741	40	$8 50	$5 80	$25 65	$39 95
	Totals.	374	192	12	347	873	883	249	33690	125733	13257	106	$91 26	$43 93	$113 80	$248 99

The churches at Guenoc, Sacramento, Rocklin, and Christine failed to report.

BARBARA C. STICKNEY, Sec.

NEBRASKA T. AND M. SOCIETY REPORT.

By Annie E. Shepherd

No. of Districts	Names of Directors	No. of Members	No. Rep’ts returned	No. Members added	No. Families visited	No. Letters written	No. Signs taken in Clubs	No. new subscribers for all periodicals	Pages of Pamphlets loaned	Pages of Tracts given away	Periodicals distributed	H. Annuals sold and given	Per members’ subscriptions and donations to tract fund	Sales	Periodicals	Total
1	H. A. Whittaker	36	14	13	8	5	....	1	1000	4056	42	5	$4 70	$2 00		$6 70
2	Stephen Rider	95	14	5	4	15	97		3059	4145	416	15	$7 90	$3 65	$2 25	$13 80
3	A. W. Shepherd	60	7	5	2	1	....	1	1744	540	13	....	19 70	....	....	19 70
	Totals	191	35	23	14	21	97	2	5803	8741	471	20	$32 30	$5 65	$2 25	$40 20

The churches at Nebraska City, Weeping Water, Farmer’s Valley, Waco, David City, York Creek, Raeville, Ord, and Dublin failed to report. MRS. ANNIE E. SHEPHERD, Sec.

ANNUAL SUMMARY OF TRACT AND MISSIONARY LABOR.

State Societies	No. quarters reported	No. church members	No. T. & M. members	Per cent reporting each quarter	No. members added	No. families visited	No. letters written	No. of Signs taken	No. of subscribers obtained for periodicals	No. of pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed	No. periodicals distributed	No. annuals distributed	Received on donations and membership	Received on sales	Received on periodicals	Total
Iowa	4	1202	705	32	108	2021	1177	420	793	1174147	15599	2210	$737 75	$503 34	$835 79	$2076 88
Wisconsin	4	1107	439	23	12	560	943	212	360	183177	8053	387	470 82	285 95	11 60	517 37
Indiana	4	422	136	36	…	334	177	83	446	109759	2213	3502	387 70	79 16	189 66	678 09
Ohio	4	674	363	47	88	2385	1104	142	456	287584	21775	2274	639 60	56 47	412 27	1108 34
Illinois	4	676	387	53	104	4957	5534	134	409	416158	19358	2596	298 83	93 64	290 08	864 14
Nebraska	3	298	191	36	63	910	256	97	272	95061	3302	289	128 01	45 35	38 95	548 93
Dakota	3	200	68	44	28	205	152	30	214	35430	1850	83	47 69	43 18	84 81	165 74
Nevada	1	45	27	…	…	…	56	52	75	1596	639	87	48 75	3 00	…	57 75
Virginia	3	55	13	64	…	98	76	57	3	23886	1658	36	2 10	3 55	…	23 64
Wyoming	1	70	14	50	…	22	3	…	…	26272	458	…	…	…	…	…
Quebec	1	73	34	41	…	187	86	…	30	13172	435	300	9 50	11 61	13 15	34 26
Georgia & N. C.	2	…	…	…	…	118	90	…	41	20525	1348	67	…	…	…	24 45
Colorado	1	30	33	90	…	104	44	52	52	10174	78	40	30 85	1 50	5 20	37 05
Texas	1	150	75	53	…	68	55	22	100	21100	159	146	…	…	…	61 00
Kentucky and Tenn.	3	…	63	23	21	101	162	19	132	52483	5654	271	31 25	44 36	20 77	96 38
North Pacific	1	225	132	32	18	66	80	46	87	37166	687	50	18 50	8 95	2 00	29 45
Maine	4	326	192	…	…	1109	1660	60	240	151562	9685	898	…	…	…	382 71
Vermont	4	392	232	42	3	302	498	95	73	76736	5453	3000	162 89	39 41	263 00	465 30
New England	4	503	411	54	18	1995	3764	521	364	856207	24048	4149	538 78	109 50	887 99	1536 27
New York	4	655	195	30	11	2051	1098	410	414	364193	14093	2071	831 50	188 31	855 34	1875 15
Pennsylvania	4	300	250	40	24	1316	552	20	234	286996	8030	1107	74 84	31 04	304 48	816 19
Maryland	3	…	8	67	…	22	14	10	20	12886	246	86	2 50	…	…	29 96
Minnesota	4	968	516	31	85	1806	1394	394	644	241027	13757	1488	322 24	330 18	483 80	1524 70
Missouri	4	398	173	17	15	1584	2019	153	424	271549	14845	60	345 91	15 95	…	772 81
Kansas	4	700	269	49	49	2196	1488	272	299	205553	12521	1460	90 26	84 86	293 18	710 14
Michigan	4	3175	1449	25	111	2841	3588	1396	528	688723	53290	7450	2117 63	271 62	790 82	3180 07
California	4	740	390	57	64	1648	2770	846	624	1088106	41575	1623	496 34	128 77	507 20	1432 68
Total in America	…	13384	6765	…	816	29006	28740	5491¹	7835	6316248	300700	38299	$8150 74	$2120 10	$6289 99	$19049 45
England	…	…	…	…	…	3323	859	…	109	124615	6653	…	…	…	…	37 79
Switzerland	…	…	…	…	…	898	146	…	…	62587	1021	…	…	…	…	…
Scandinavia	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	500	128000	20000	…	…	…	…	…
Grand Total	…	13384	6765	…	816	33227	29745	5491¹	7944	6631450	508833	38299	$8150 74	$2157 89	$6289 99	$19087 24

*Taken from mailing list of Signs of the Times.

MISSOURI T. AND M. SOCIETY.

The fifth annual session of the Missouri T. and M. Society was held at Windsor, Henry Co., Mo., Oct. 12, 1879. Opened with prayer by Eld. Geo. I. Butler. Officers present: Eld. Geo. I. Butler, President; Eld. J. G. Wood, Vice-President; D. C. Hunter, Secretary; H. H. Fisher, N. W. Allee, A. E. Flowers, J. F. Klostermeyer, Directors. Three directors absent. Minutes of last meeting read and approved.

On motion, the Chair appointed a Committee on Nominations; viz., Wm. Evans, H. H. Fisher, and J. M. Gallemore.

Adjourned to call of Chair.

SECOND MEETING, Oct. 13, 1879.—Prayer by Eld. C. H. Chaffee.

The Committee on Nominations reported as follows: For President, Geo. I. Butler; Vice-President, J. G. Wood; Secretary, D. C. Hunter; Director of District No. 1, H. H. Fisher, Gallatin, Daviess Co.; No. 2, Wm. Evans, Hamilton, Caldwell Co.; No. 3, A. E. Flowers, Kingsville, Johnson Co.; No. 4, J. F. Klostermeyer, Rockville, Bates Co.; No. 5, Clarence P. Santee, Poplar Grove, Jasper Co.; No. 6, W. H. Beddoe, Rolla, Phelps Co.; No. 7, H. D. Clark, Mason City, Macon Co. All of whom were severally elected.

The Secretary presented his annual report, as follows:—


No. members,	188
“ added,	15
“ reports returned,	117
“ families visited,	1,584
“ letters written,	2,019
“ Signs in clubs,	422
“ new subscribers,	424
Tracts and pamphlets loaned, pages,	263,394
“ “ given away, pages,	8,155
Periodicals distributed,	14,845
Annuals given away,	60

FINANCIAL REPORT.


Received on membership and donations,	$345.91
Book sales,	15.95
Subscriptions,	410.95
Total T. and M. funds,	$898.06
Amount paid out,	762.30
	$135.76
Reserve fund collected,	114.65
Cash on hand,	$250.41

Adjourned, GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. D. C. HUNTER, Sec.

QUARTERLY REPORT OF NEVADA V. M. SOCIETY,

OCT. 1, 1879.

This society was organized July 1, 1879.


No. active members,	11
“ families visited,	95
“ letters written,	72
“ letters received,	31
“ papers distributed,	806
“ pages tracts mailed,	545
“ “ tracts and books loaned,	33,276
“ Signs taken by members,	31
“ “ in club by society,	10
“ additional members Oct. 1, 1879,	6
Present number,	17

D. C. HUNTER, Pres. WM. G. MOSSBERGER, Sec.

THE TIME TO WORK.

By William C. White

The present month is without doubt the best time in the year for our tract and missionary societies to work. The past season was generally a prosperous one for farmers, and there is less of the usual cry of “hard times” than there has been, so that not only is this the best season of the year for booksellers, canvassers, and agents, but this year is more favorable for this work than either of the last three years has been.

There are thousands of families where our papers should be read, that could be induced to subscribe for one or more of them if our brethren and sisters would introduce these papers, bearing precious truths, before the people have subscribed for other papers.

The recent General Conference has occupied the time and thoughts of so many of our leading workers that we are a month late in issuing the Supplement and starting the canvass. But if our T. and M. officers and members will begin at once, very much can be done in a few weeks. The REVIEW AND HERALD, Signs of the Times, Good Health, Youth’s Instructor, Advent Tidende, Advent Herald, and Stimme der Wahrheit, should each receive attention from those best qualified to work for them.

The REVIEW will continue to be our denominational paper, and should be read by every S. D. Adventist. Price, $2.00 per year, with “Way of Life” as premium to new subscribers.

The Signs of the Times will be our pioneer paper for missionary distribution. Price, $2.00 per year, with “Way of Life” as premium to new subscribers. In clubs of ten or more copies for missionary use, $1.20 each copy per year.

Good Health should be introduced into twenty thousand families before March first. Its usefulness in the past is abundantly attested by those who have read it, many of whom would not dispense with it for ten times its cost.

During the coming year each number will contain a large amount of valuable and interesting matter on the subjects of Health, Temperance, Popular Science, General Literature, and other topics of interest. The practical information in its pages on sanitary science, public and domestic hygiene, and topics of kindred nature, gives it a scope and field of usefulness peculiar to itself, and unoccupied by any other journal.

An illustrated article on practical hygiene, or some other topic of general interest, will appear in each number, as a new and permanent feature of the journal in the future. In addition to this, the department of Questions and Answers, which has contributed so much to the success of the journal in the past, will be revived in a practically useful form, and made more valuable than ever before. Notwithstanding the increased value to the reader, and the additional expense to the publishers, the same liberal offers made to old and new subscribers for 1879 are renewed for 1880, with some new and magnificent offers in addition. For particulars read last cover page, the offers on page 382, and the club list, in Good Health for December.

The same liberal terms are offered to canvassers who obtain over twenty subscribers for Good Health for 1880 as were given in 1879, and in addition to this a magnificent list of valuable prizes is offered to those who can only canvass their neighborhoods, and thus get from three to twenty subscribers. We have space for only a few of these offers. For full list, see list of prizes in December number of Good Health.

We offer to those obtaining new subscribers for Good Health at $1.00 per year without premium, and $1.25 per year with Household Manual as premium, the following prizes:

For THREE NEW SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following: One year’s subscription to GOOD HEALTH .... $1 00 Young Man’s Counselor ........................ 1 00 Young Woman’s Counselor ...................... 1 00 Or any $1.00 book published by GOOD HEALTH or Review and Herald Publishing Companies.

For EIGHT NEW SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following: Plain Facts for Old and Young (enlarged edition, 8vo, with chapter for Boys and Girls) .... $3 25 Smith’s Bible Dictionary ........................ 3 00 Josephus’ Works (Porter & Coates’ edition) ....... 3 00 The People’s Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary (cloth) .... 3 50

For TWELVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following: Gibbon’s Rome (5 volumes) ........................ $5 00 D’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation ............ 5 00 Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry (1000 royal octavo pages, gilt edge, elegantly bound in gold and black) .... 5 00 Oxford S. S. Teacher’s Bible, No. 711 ............. 5 00 Patent Lithograph (Packet Note size) .............. 5 00 Macaulay’s History of England (5 volumes) ......... 6 00 Illustrated Family Bible, containing the Apocrypha, Bible Dictionary, Concordance, Comprehensive Notes, etc., etc. .... 5 75

For TWENTY NEW SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following: Oxford S. S. Teacher’s Bible, No. 715, with improved Index .... $9 50 Illustrated Quarto Family Bible ............... 10 00 Oxford S. S. Teacher’s Bible, No. 716 ............ 10 25 Letter Copying Press, with Copying Book, Rubber Pads, Brush, and Water Bowl, all complete .... 10 00

The Youth’s Instructor can be introduced into thousands of families by a prompt effort on the part of our canvassers, ladies, and young people. Even children have canvassed for the Instructor with good success.

There will be two editions of the YOUTH’S INSTRUCTOR for 1880:— 1. The Monthly Edition, 8 pages. Price, 50 cents. 2. The Weekly Edition (with Sabbath-school Department), 4 pages. Price, 75 cts.

The “Child’s Poems” will be given as a premium to each new subscriber for either edition at the above prices. Those who have taken either edition and change to the other, are not new subscribers.

LIST OF PRIZES.

If you will send us six new subscribers for the INSTRUCTOR, Monthly or Weekly, or both, we will send you your choice of Sunshine Series for Little Ones, Song Anchor, or one of the three volumes of Golden Grains: Vol. 1, The Hard Way; Vol. 2, The School-Boy’s Dinner; Vol. 3, The Growing Tommy.

For ten new subscribers, your choice of Vols. 1, 2, or 3, of Sabbath Readings; or the Game of Life.

For fifteen new subscribers, your choice of The Life of Captain Joseph Bates, Thrilling Life Sketches, or the Bible Atlas and Gazetteer.

For twenty new subscribers, your choice of No. 7 Old Testament Map of Palestine, or No. 9 New Testament Map of Palestine, size 42x28 inches, or Cruden’s Concordance, the Bible Dictionary, or Bound Volume of Weekly INSTRUCTOR for 1879.

For thirty new subscribers, your choice between one of the Double Sheet Maps of Palestine, size 58x41 inches; No. 6 Old Testament Palestine; No. 8 New Testament Palestine, or the “Bird’s Eye View of Palestine,” a beautiful chart of the Holy Land.

For fifty new subscribers, your choice of a Nonpareil Oxford Teacher’s Bible, with Index, Concordance, and Maps (an entirely new edition), size, 4½x7x1¾ inches; or Cloth Map No. 5, the Peninsula of Mt. Sinai, illustrating the wanderings of the Israelites in their journey from Egypt to Canaan.

Librarians, and S. S. officers should encourage those young people to canvass who will have a good influence wherever they go and who are most likely to succeed. In some places several of the S. S. scholars may join together and earn a map for the school.

We have mailed to the secretary of each State T. and M. Society packages of the agent’s subscription books, in which the name and address of each subscriber is to be taken, subscription blanks on which to send in the names to the Office, and instructions how to canvass. These, with the premium book as sample, constitute a complete outfit. Those wishing to canvass who have the premium will be furnished with the remainder of the outfit free on application to the Office or to the T. and M. officers. The premium can be obtained from the T. and M. Society or from the Office, by mail, for thirty cents.

If this is pushed before the holidays are over, thousands of subscribers can be obtained.

The Advent Tidende is now published as an eight-page semi-monthly, size 21½ by 30 inches, a little smaller than the REVIEW. It is a neat-looking and ably conducted paper, intended as a pioneer sheet for the Danish-Norwegian people of Europe and America. Terms to American subscribers, $1.00 per year. To new subscribers the Way of Life will be given as a premium, for $1.25. In clubs of ten or more copies to one address for missionary distribution, 60 cents per year for each copy. To European subscribers, $1.25; with Way of Life to new subscribers, $1.50.

The Svensk Advent Harold will be changed somewhat in form and name. Its title will be Advent Harolden. It will be a sixteen-page monthly, printed on heavy tinted paper, without covers; size of page, 7½x10½ inches; size of whole sheet, 30x42 inches. It will be stitched and trimmed, and the tinted paper will make it so neat in appearance that its old friends will scarcely miss the cover. It will contain three-fourths as much reading as it does now, and the price will be reduced in proportion. Terms to American subscribers, 75 cents per year; to new subscribers, with the Way of Life as a premium, $1.00; to European subscribers $1.00 per year; with Way of Life to new subscribers, $1.25.

The Stimme der Wahrheit, the last, though by no means the least important of our papers, will hereafter be issued monthly, eight pages the size of Advent Tidende. Price to American subscribers, 50 cents a year. In clubs of ten or more to one address, for missionary distribution, 30 cents a year per copy. To European subscribers, 75 cents a year.

We hope our brethren of other nationalities will appreciate the liberal terms on which these last three papers are offered, and that they, with our American brethren and tract societies in those parts of our country where there are many who speak the German, Danish, and Swedish, will give these papers a very wide circulation.

W. C. WHITE.

TENNESSEE STATE QUARTERLY T. AND M. MEETING.

By G. K. Owen; Clinton Owens

This meeting was held at Edgefield Junction, Oct. 14, 1879, in connection with our camp-meeting. Reports for the quarter were received from all the churches.


No. members,	32
" reports returned,	4
" new members,	12
" families visited,	37
" letters written,	31
" " received,	4
" subscribers for periodicals,	6
" pages of pamphlets sold,	788
" " tracts given away,	4,918
" periodicals distributed,	154
" Annuals sold (1880),	58
Books furnished to libraries, pages,	5,840
Received on book sales,	$21.50
" " periodicals,	7.87
Total,	$29.37

During the quarter there was pledged $180.25, to create a missionary fund. This sum will be raised to $250.00, before next quarter, $29.25 having already been paid. The whole amount is to be paid by October, 1880. This will clear our society of debt, and leave us a full stock of books in the depository. G. K. OWEN, Pres. CLINTON OWENS, Sec.

IOWA T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By E. W. Farnsworth; Lizzie Hornby

The first meeting of the seventh annual session of the Iowa T. and M. Society was held on the camp-ground at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 25, 1879, at 4:30 P. M. The President in the chair. Minutes of the previous annual meeting read and approved.

The Secretary’s report was called for and read, as follows:—

No. of members, 705 “ “ reports returned during the year, 918 “ “ members added, 108 “ “ families visited, 2,021 “ “ letters written, 1,177 “ “ Signs taken in clubs, 417 “ “ new subscribers for periodicals, 798 “ “ pages of tracts and pamphlets loaned, 254,638 “ “ pages of tracts and pamphlets given away, 919,514 “ “ periodicals distributed, 15,599 “ “ Annuals sold and given away, 2,210 “ “ books furnished libraries, 15

TREASURER’S REPORT.

Rec’d from districts, $2,076.88 “ “ individuals, 67.59 “ for widows and orphans, 22.09 “ on reserve fund, 866.30 “ “ tent fund, 239.64 “ “ missions, 950.36 Total receipts, $4,222.86

Paid to Review Office, $2,449.29 “ “ Signs Office, 388.84 “ on missions, 950.36 “ “ tent fund, 234.32 “ to State Sec. and for postage and freight, 200.05 Total paid out, $4,222.86

Report accepted.

The following Committee was appointed on Nominations: C. A. Washburn, J. T. Mitchell, and A. W. H. Millard.

Adjourned to call of Chair.

SECOND MEETING, Sunday P. M., Sept. 28. The Nominating Committee reported as follows: For President, Eld. Geo. L. Butler, Mt. Pleasant; Vice-President, Eld. J. H. Morrison, Schonberg; Secretary and Treasurer, Lizzie Hornby, Davenport; Director Dist. No. 1, F. H. Chapman, West Union; No. 2, J. T. Mitchell, Lisbon; No. 3, W. H. Hankins, Sigourney; No. 4, Jas. S. Houseman, Mt. Pleasant; No. 5, Noah Hodges, Sandyville; No. 6, Jacob Shively, Woodburn; No. 7, A. J. Stiffler, Winterset; No. 8, Thos. J. Bryceson, Soldier Valley; No. 9, J. W. Ballard, Hook’s Point; No. 10, S. M. Holly, State Center; No. 11, G. W. Hoskins, Danbury; No. 12, Ole Olsen, Emmittsburg; No. 13, A. C. Hardy, Forrest City. The nominees were duly elected.

Adjourned.

THIRD MEETING, Sept. 29, 6 A. M.—Encouraging remarks were made by Elds. Butler and Farnsworth in reference to the financial condition of the society. Interesting instances of persons being prepared to receive the truth by the faithful labors of tract workers were then related; and the necessity of each member entering more heartily the missionary work if we would see souls brought to Christ the coming year was fully set before us.

On motion, adjourned.

E. W. FARNSWORTH, Pres. LIZZIE HORNBY, Sec.

Growth Out of Decay: Trial Refines Men and Nations

By E. W. Robertson

As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.—E. W. Robertson.

FINANCIAL STANDING OF THE T. AND M. SOCIETIES.

The following table shows the approximate financial standing of the various State tract societies, after the completion of the last quarter’s business. All dues from districts and unpaid pledges are not included. Upon the basis here employed, the following State societies have a balance in their favor; viz., Iowa, $387.68; Ohio, $308.21; Nebraska, $268.78; New England, $1805.71; New York, $506.60; Michigan, $200.64; California, $698.71. Other societies doubtless have a balance in their favor, but not having the necessary data, it is impossible to give it at this time.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY.

	Due Review and Herald.	Due Signs of the Times.	Publications and Cash on hand:
Iowa	$245 75	$152 70	$786 13
Wisconsin	968 42	74 65	786 13
Indiana	344 58	53 67	.....
Ohio	103 53	.....	411 74
Illinois	484 42	109 70	444 77
Nebraska	295 96	.....	564 74
Dakota	431 73	15 45	309 00
Wyoming	73 76	.....	.....
Quebec	90 20	.....	.....
Texas	1217 88	46 45	.....
Kentucky	150 61	.....	.....
N. Pacific	130 22	59 87	.....
Maine	326 99	61 60	312 60
Vermont	23 23	5 37	29 50
New Eng.	361 29	.....	2167 00
New York	209 43	147 42	863 45
Penn.	439 95	40 17	126 39
Minnesota	625 89	.....	663 34
Missouri	588 77	253 30	235 20
Kansas	1341 03	.....	.....
Michigan	.....	745 66	946 30
California	.....	.....	698 71
Total	$8453 64	$1766 01	$9345 10