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and gold edges .................................... 10 25 Postage, 18 cents additional. MISSIONARY WORK IN THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE.
By Stephen N. Haskell
The work in which we as a people are engaged is, in many respects, unlike all other denominational enterprises. It is not a work which presents one or two main features merely, but every point of practical Bible truth is made a specialty. It not only inculcates the Sabbath reform, but every good principle contained in the Bible. We believe in heeding the instruction of the apostle to eat and drink to the glory of God, and to dress modestly, as becometh the church of Christ. “Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.” These truths are presented before the world as a specialty, having in view a definite object, namely, a preparation to meet God. To this generation it is said: “If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” Rev. 14 : 9–11. This truth is not of such a character that it makes no difference whether men believe it or not; but it presents as a warning against its rejection the most awful threatenings found in the Bible. It restores every lost or downtrodden truth of past centuries as presenting salvation to the receiver, and condemnation to those who reject it. The message is given in haste. Men and women who listen to this solemn warning will be witnesses of the outpouring of the vials of God's wrath; and those who reject it will receive the same, and be destroyed thereby. “And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth: and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.” Rev. 16 : 2. This is a warning which will never be given but once. There are prophecies which refer to events like the rise and fall of nations, which are repeatedly fulfilled, as those concerning “wars and rumors of wars”; but not so in this case. Like the rising of the sun as it lights up the eastern horizon, dispelling the fog and mist until the whole earth is lightened with its cheering rays, so it is with this work. It is represented in prophecy as small in the beginning, but gradually increasing as it gathers truths from every part of inspiration, until it goes forth in majesty and power, arresting the attention of people and nations, from the king on his throne to the humblest peasant in his cot. It will present itself before the world as embracing every genuine reform. And when the message has gone to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, has gathered together in the truth the meek of the earth, and they have enlisted under the blood-stained banner of Prince Immanuel,—then the curtain drops upon the scene, and the wicked are destroyed from the face of the earth. This people will have a different experience from those who have seemingly learned everything necessary to their advancement, and graduated in spiritual things. They will have the experience of genuine reformers; not learning to-day that the light of yesterday was darkness, but gathering additional light, and thus growing in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Ways and means will be devised to carry forward this work upon a larger and still broader scale, until the influence of it will be felt to earth's remotest bounds. The commandments of God and the faith of Jesus embraces all the practical truths applicable to the present time. God will honor this message. Those who have no other earthly interest, and whose lives are devoted to the promulgation of this cause; although they may be despised by men, will be honored in Heaven. It is not a high-sounding title which gives vitality and power to this work, but the spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ witnessing to every unselfish act. It may be the sending of the Signs of the Times to some unknown person, if it be done in love and faith, that the Spirit of God will make fruitful of good results. Therefore the first inquiry of the heart should be, How much can I do? How much of means, or of physical and mental strength, can I put into this cause during the few remaining days of my probationary time? How much of my past life can I redeem by using what I have acquired of means, experience, learning, and ability in this closing work? It is solemn but still glorious to live in these closing moments of the world's history. May God give us wisdom, integrity, and courage to finish our work, that with joy we may exclaim with the apostle, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”
S. N. HASKELL. TRACT SOCIETY INSTITUTES.
By Stephen Nelson Haskell
Our experience thus far has fully convinced us of the utility of these Institutes. We believe the Seventh-day Adventists are the most willing people in the world, when they learn just how to work, notwithstanding there is so little accomplished in comparison with what might and should be done. The present magnitude of the work is such that but little can be accomplished without systematic effort in the missionary work. The time has fully come when there must be a co-operation of all our leading brethren and sisters; for without this, no tract society can prosper. Not only should clubs of Signs be taken in every church, but there should also be canvassers, both brethren and sisters, for each of our periodicals. These periodicals will accomplish far more in awakening a permanent interest than tracts alone. Let our ministers encourage this work, and co-operate with our leading brethren in the same, and in less than six months as many as twenty thousand copies of the Signs of the Times, and more than that number of Good Health, will be taken this side of the Rocky Mountains. Unless there is systematic action in each society, from the librarian to the State secretary, worse confusion will exist than if there were no tract society organization. In those conferences which have no correct system in doing business, should the brethren undertake to perform twenty times the present amount of missionary labor, in obtaining subscribers, remailing the Signs, etc., a large share of their business would be misunderstood, and not transacted correctly. First, instruct our brethren and sisters, especially tract and missionary officers and any that may become such, to do their business correctly. Ministers and lay members who labor in our churches, or in new fields, should become so thoroughly acquainted with the correct system of missionary work that they will be qualified to instruct members and officers respecting their duties. They should never leave a church, either new or old, without understanding what is being done in that church to forward all branches of the cause, and giving suitable instructions in regard to laboring successfully. The apostle Paul writes: “Teaching every man in all wisdom [or wisdom in all things]; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” This is the duty of each teacher among God's people. To teach men to pray, to repent and believe, to speak in meeting, etc., is a great and essential work; but if instruction ends there, the church will be much like Jonah's gourd. If you would have a strong church, one that can stand amid the fiery darts of Satan, teach them how to labor for others in an understanding manner, how to correctly transact business in the missionary work, etc. An understanding of these things will give them confidence in the work. They should be instructed to endure hardness as good soldiers, and learn from practical experience the meaning of these words: “In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.” To thus endure for the sake of the cause of Christ, will keep men and women from backsliding, and they will be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world through lust. In regard to conducting T. and M. Institutes, we design to practically illustrate every principle in the missionary work, and show one great cause of discouragement that has existed in the tract societies. At these Institutes we can teach one hundred and fifty or two hundred as well as ten. The time is short, and we cannot hold a number of Institutes in any one conference, but there should be at least one held in each State. We have but little heart to visit church after church, and endeavor to stir up our brethren to take hold and work in the missionary cause, when we have every reason to believe that the business will be done in a manner which will in a few weeks bring a greater discouragement on them than before. At present we are inclined to visit those conferences where they can give us at least a two weeks' meeting with the leading brethren of the State, including tract society officers and as many more as can attend. OUR MEETING IN SIGOURNEY, IOWA,
was well attended considering the time of the year, and other circumstances. Ten ministers who were laboring in the field were present, besides “honorable women not a few.” Quite a drawback was experienced in consequence of an epidemic which prevailed during the entire time. Some of the time nearly one-third of the number were detained at home on account of sickness. We were cheered with the presence of Eld. Geo. I. Butler during about a week of the time. One great source of encouragement was, that at the close of the Institute many seemed determined to go to work to advance the interests of the various church societies to which they belong. One sister who lives where there has been no tract society organized, took with her a set of Librarian's books, a set of the Testimonies for a circulating library, and an agency to obtain signers to the temperance pledge. Many others did the same; but she was the only one who represented a company where they had no organized tract society. She was from a company recently brought into the truth under the labors of Eld. McCoy. Seventeen churches were here represented, and ten districts, besides one in Kansas. At the tract meeting, Jan. 26, some important steps were taken which if judiciously carried out will prove a great blessing to the Iowa Tract Society. About sixty meetings were held, twenty-two Institute meetings of three hours each, twenty-two sermons were preached by the different ministers present, and, much of the time, two social meetings were held each day. We hope that good will result from these meetings. The resident brethren and sisters manifested great joy in having the privilege of caring for those from abroad; especially did they do all in their power to minister to those who were sick. Eld. McCoy did much to add to the interest of the Institute. WHAT ARE WE DOING?
By E. H. Whitney
WHAT are we doing to save souls? What effort are we making to advance the truth? Had we half the faith that characterized the infancy of this cause, the willingness to sacrifice our time, means, and comfort, that those had who entered upon the work twenty-five or thirty years ago, we should see souls turning to the truth by scores and hundreds, on every side. But what excuse have we? The truth is ready, so to speak, to our hand; the complete chain of evidence as to the correctness of our position is before us. We have only to take our place in the ranks, bear our own responsibility, and do our own duty. The way is opened through the tract society organization for us each to work, and there is no excuse for even the feeblest to stand idle. Any one who has a mind to work has the material within reach, and the experience of others to help him. But what are we doing? The Spirit of God answers, Not one-twentieth part of what we ought to do. The thickening signs on every hand portend the dreadful events of the near future, and are attracting the attention of every thinking mind, even among the world. In this strange, unsettled state of the atmosphere, social, political and natural, they see the shadow of some momentous event,—we recognize the footsteps of the Son of man, who is near, even at the door. Can we sleep on amid all this, making such half-hearted efforts for the spread of the truth as we have done? Not that the truth needs us so much. God need not wait for us to do his work. He who holds the hearts of men in his hand need not delay for us to move on. But he has called us, and is willing to prove us, waiting that he may be gracious. Not much longer can he wait. The work must move on; and if we will not go with it, it will move on without us. The long years which to the view of angel watchers seemed but a little while have almost passed, till even to us whose days are as a hand-breadth there seems to be but a little while remaining. Soon it will be over, and then what account shall we have to render of wasted opportunities, golden moments forever lost through negligence, talents buried through lack of faith and energy, means hoarded, or spent upon ourselves, because we were too selfish and faithless to trust the loving hand that gave them to us, and give the Lord back his own again! Souls around us, hungering, and stretching out their hands for the truth,—soil that needs but the seed scattered and watered with prayers and tears to bring rich sheaves for the Master's garner,—oh! friends, shall these rise up in judgment against us? Had we half the excuse for backwardness in the Lord's work that the faithful servants have had in the past, had we half the difficulties to meet, the crosses to bear, the privations to undergo, the punishment of our sloth might be lighter than it will be if we fail of duty now. What if we do not always see the seed springing up where we have scattered it, shall we become discouraged, or will it be any less our duty to sow beside all waters? Our experience will be none the less genuine if we do not always see the result of our labors. We may never know, here, all that we have accomplished—it may not be best for us to know; but if we do all we can, not waiting for results, there may be some joyful surprises for us on the other side. Some earnest word for the truth, dropped when the heart was warm with communion with God, a tract chosen and given when we felt most conscious of our own weakness, may be the seed which, with God's blessing, will spring up and bear fruit many fold to his glory. If we are faithful in every place, it cannot be but that good will be accomplished. But it is ours to be faithful in our work,—His to look after the results.2 In the words of another, “If God bids me go and quarry in flinty rocks that defy the hardest steel, it is nothing to me if I can do no more than to dull my drill and sharpen it again. The rock may not be the worse for it; but my heart will be the better for it. If the rock has not yielded, my heart has grown stronger and has risen into a stateliness and might that only comes as a reward of faith clinging to duty for duty’s sake.” Though in some cases our labor may seem to be lost, it is not wholly so. The reflex influence of a labor of love for souls is a reward in itself, and seed will sometimes find lodging place where we least expect it. I wish I could say something to rouse the young to exertion. There are many among us, young men and women, just in the flush of life's morning, who are members of our churches, yet who, in mingling with the world in school and in society are half ashamed of the cross of Christ, who feel afraid to introduce the truth to their young friends, and can hardly acknowledge it to others without an inward shrinking. Dear friends, if you would lift the cross bravely and cheerfully, you would soon find yourselves lifted by it. You know not what hearts may be waiting for just the word you could speak, and God is giving you the opportunity to say it. It is a fearful thing to think that we shall be held responsible, not only for the evil we do, but for the good we might do and fail of doing; yet it is true. Oh, how worthless and contemptible will our excuses look when all is over, and we look back upon them when too late to recall them! If we could have a true sense of the nearness of the end, we could not rest, but should work night and day for perishing souls; but it is folly to wait for this. Where is our faith, if we wait for feeling. The more effort we make, the more we identify our interests with the cause of God, the more intensely we shall feel; but if we wait to feel all we would, instead of feeling more deeply, the burden of the work will leave us, and we shall grow hard and cold. Our position is much like that of travelers in the Arctic cold. If we turn our attention only to ourselves, and neglect others, our danger is imminent; but if we throw ourselves heartily into the work of saving others, our own chance of salvation is increased. May God pity our weakness and stupidity, and help us to work from principle, steadily and unfalteringly with a faith in him and his work which discouragements will not shake nor trials weaken, till he shall come. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE,
By Mrs. Eliza W. Jones
We've bid farewell to many a cherished dream,
That rose amid the shadows of the year agone,
And which we fondly hoped would realized have been,
Ere yet the old year rested in the silent tomb. But God has kindly spared our ill-spent life,
And stand we yet upon the shores of time;
With new resolves to battle mid the strife,
And higher up life's toilsome ladder climb. Oh! Eighteen Seventy-Nine, what record wilt thou bear
Of all we've planned and purposed now to do?
Some angel softly smiles who hears our prayer,
And whispers gently, “To thy God be true.”
MRS. ELIZA W. JONES. NEW YORK T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By B. L. Whitney; E. H. Whitney
The quarterly meeting of this society was held at Adams Centre, N. Y., Jan. 18, 19. The report of labor for the past quarter is as follows:— Number of families visited, ................................ 363
Number of letters written, .................................. 332
Pages of tracts, etc., distributed, ......................... 73,036
New subscribers obtained for periodicals, .................... 173
Signs taken in clubs during quarter, ........................ 78
Annuals sold and distributed, ............................... 581
Number of periodicals distributed, ........................ 2,942 On the one-third, ....................................... $ 95 68
On donations, book sales, etc., ........................... 263 82
On periodicals, ........................................... 226 80
On European mission, ....................................... 48 00
On English mission, ........................................ 10 00
On Dime Tabernacle, ........................................ 39 65
Life membership to General Tract Society, ................ 110 00 Total, .................................................. $793 95 The heavy storms during the last month have been felt very much among us, the tract society meetings in several localities being nearly a failure and the reports being much delayed in the mails. Some have not yet reached us. Owing to this cause also the State meeting was not so generally attended as it would otherwise have been. Those present, however, seemed of good courage, and the presence and blessing of the Lord was realized. B. L. WHITNEY, Pres.
E. H. WHITNEY, Sec. ILLINOIS T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By G. W. Colcord; Lizzie S. Campbell
QUARTERLY meeting of this society was held at Belvidere, Ill., Jan. 19, 1879. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. The house was then catechised for a time by the president on different branches of the tract work. The remainder of the meeting was spent in listening to pointed remarks by Bro. Pottenger. The secretary read the following tabulated report:— | Total |
Districts |
No. 1 |
No. 2 |
No. 3 |
No. 4 |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
No. 10 |
No. 11 |
|---|
| 306 |
No. of Members |
21 |
28 |
33 |
27 |
17 |
13 |
20 |
46 |
49 |
33 |
19 |
| 173 |
No. of Reports |
16 |
26 |
28 |
11 |
15 |
4 |
11 |
33 |
32 |
23 |
13 |
| 297 |
No. of Families Visited |
85 |
101 |
101 |
32 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
18 |
19 |
14 |
96 |
| 818 |
No. of Letters Written |
107 |
24 |
28 |
12 |
13 |
54 |
13 |
31 |
30 |
130 |
18 |
| 829 |
Periodicals Distributed |
100 |
109 |
62 |
67 |
14 |
143 |
61 |
57 |
73 |
54 |
74 |
| 73,036 |
Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets Distributed |
1,946 |
1,083 |
4,280 |
4,296 |
4,950 |
9,012 |
8,792 |
9,980 |
3,100 |
10,358 |
10,358 |
| 581 |
Annuals Distributed |
68 |
24 |
25 |
— |
— |
151 |
45 |
257 |
— |
— |
— |
| 102 |
New Subscribers Obt’d. |
35 |
8 |
— |
10 |
— |
34 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
— |
| 181 |
Money Received |
21 |
31 |
31 |
4 05 |
8 |
20 50 |
34 81 |
20 50 |
31 70 |
8 51 |
8 05 |
Following the reading of the foregoing, the treasurer read as follows:—
### STATEMENT.
Indebtedness of Society to Review Office, .... $610 74
Credit of Society at Signs Office, ............ 5 75
Value of Publications in State Depository, ..... 450 00
Indebtedness of the Districts to State Society, 486 61
Unpaid Pledges to $1,200 T. and M. Fund, .... 552 00 Remarks were made by several, in reference to the organization and workings of this society, and fourteen members were added. Two vigilant missionary societies were organized—one in Belvidere, the other for Rockford. The propriety of effecting a temperance organization for Illinois was considered, and the following was adopted:—
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that we solicit the co-operation of the American Health and Temperance Association in organizing a subordinate society in Illinois; and to this end we request the executive committee of said Association to correspond with the president of our conference. By a rising vote it was cheerfully said, “We accept the tithing vow, as recommended by the General Conference.” A mutual agreement, entered into by the State officers present, was presented to the meeting, and readily adopted by all. This covenant, stated in brief, is: We together will earnestly endeavor to labor more in this part of the cause than ever before. Voted, To adjourn to Serena, in April, 1879.
G. W. COLCORD, Pres.
LIZZIE S. CAMPBELL, Sec. and Treas. TEXAS T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By R. M. Kilgore
The quarterly meeting of the Texas T. and M. society was held Jan. 19, 1879. The meeting was opened with prayer by Eld. R. M. Kilgore. The following is a summary of labor performed by the society during the past quarter:— No. of Members,........................................ 75
Reports returned,........................................ 40
Members added during quarter,............................ 14
Families visited,........................................ 68
Letters written,.......................................... 55
Subscribers obtained for periodicals,.................... 100
Pages of tracts and pamphlets loaned,..................... 2,754
Pages of tracts and pamphlets given away,.................. 18,352
No. periodicals distributed,.............................. 159
No. of annuals distributed,............................... 146
Total receipts,........................................... $61 50
R. M. KILGORE, Pres. IOWA T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By L. McCoy; Lizzie Hornby
The quarterly meeting of this society was held at Sigourney, Iowa, at the close of the Tract and Missionary Institute, Jan. 26, 1879. Report of labor during the past quarter was read as follows:— NAMES OF DIRECTORS.
F. H. Chapman; A. E. Lingo; Wm. Harkness; Wm. Cochran; J. W. Hodges; J. L. Hughes; A. W. Simmer; M. W. (?) ; W. B. Earhart; G. W. Hoskins; A. C. Hilday.| Report |
Total |
|---|
| Districts |
|
| No. of Members |
484 |
| No. of Reports Returned |
164 |
| No. of Members Added |
43 |
| No. of Families Visited |
499 |
| No. of Letters Written |
278 |
| No. of Signs Taken in Clubs |
223 |
| New Subscribers on Periodicals |
142 |
| Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets Dist’d |
8,781 |
| Pages of Tracts and Pamph. Given Away |
16,921 |
| Periodicals Distributed |
356 |
| No. of Annuals Given Away |
377 |
| No. of Annuals Sold |
345 |
| Money received on Membership |
43 43 |
| Rec’d on Sales |
32 00 |
| Rec’d on Periodicals |
80 32 |
| Rec’d on Signs |
68 00 |
| Received on One-Third |
184 93 |
| Donations |
63 82 |
Pages of books furnished to libraries, 900. Due Review Office last quarter, $1,626 66
Publications drawn from Office, 678 00
$2,304 66
Paid during the quarter, 1,979 06
Due Office, Jan. 26, 1879, $325 60 This indebtedness is more than covered by the amount due from the districts, leaving the amount pledged to reserve fund on hand, in books and unpaid pledges. On motion, The Chair appointed a committee of three on resolutions; namely, C. G. Johnston, Maria L. Huntley, and A. J. Stiffler. Eld. Haskell made remarks in reference to raising the two thousand dollar reserve fund, showing the importance of holding it as a State fund, the districts not being entitled to draw publications in return for donations to the same. The subject of a State depository and other points of interest to the society were considered, and afterward brought before the meeting in the form of resolutions. Eld. McCoy made remarks respecting the numerous calls for ministerial labor constantly being received, and recommended that each district should be assigned to some one of the ministers in the State, who should consider that his especial field of labor, and co-operate with the director in the tract and missionary work. Report of the committee on resolutions being called for, the following were submitted:— Resolved, That, recognizing the hand of God in the movement known as the third angel’s message, we feel called upon to urge upon each member of the tract society, renewed effort in the work. Resolved, That the librarians be requested to be particular in giving the number of members in their various church societies, with the names of those who may have joined during the quarter. Resolved, That we recommend that each church procure, at its own expense, a complete set of the Testimonies, to be kept in the church library for the use of those who may be interested to read. Resolved, That we recommend each director and minister to make the completion of the work of taking pledges for the reserve fund a3 special effort during the coming quarter, that the two thousand dollar fund may be made up by next quarterly meeting. Resolved, That we will and do hereby establish a State depository of tracts and books to be kept by our State secretary; and to this end we hereby appoint L. McCoy, Lizzie Hornby, and Phoebe A. Holly a committee to look after the establishment of the same, and to see that all society books in the State are deposited therein. Resolved, That with a view to harmony in all matters of business, we recommend that each church procure a complete set of the “Librarian’s Blank Books” for use in the church. Resolved, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated such a sum of money as the president and directors may recommend to pay the State secretary for services. These resolutions were taken up separately and adopted. On motion, adjourned. L. McCoy, Pres.
LIZZIE HORNBY, Sec. MICHIGAN T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By J. Fargo; Mrs. S. H. Lane
The State quarterly meeting of this society was held at Barker Creek, Dec. 29, 1878. Report of last meeting, held April 21, called for and read. On account of the meeting being held earlier than usual, the report of labor is very incomplete, the secretary of nearly every district from which a report was received stating that he was not prepared to make a full report. The following is obtained from the reports of twelve districts:— No. of families visited, ................................ 664
Letters written, ........................................ 1,148
Pages tracts and pamphlets distributed, ..... 132,173
Periodicals distributed, ............................... 9,827
Annuals distributed, .................................. 2,371
New subscribers obtained, .............................. 73 For membership, .................................... $ 9 65
Donations, .............................................. 102 93
Sales, .................................................. 142 12
Periodicals, ........................................... 136 57 Total, ................................................ $391 27 As several ministers were present who had recently visited different districts in the State, having in view the interests of the society, verbal reports were made, which showed, in most cases, a good degree of interest by the members in different places. The importance of having a reserve fund was spoken of at some length by Eld. Haskell and other ministers, all agreeing that such a fund is highly essential for the prosperity of a tract society. Adjourned to call of Chair. OHIO T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By Dudley Marvin Canright; J. B. Gregory
This society held its State quarterly meeting Jan. 19, 1879, at 10 A. M. Meeting opened in the usual manner, with prayer and singing, after which the minutes of the previous quarter were read and approved. Then the report of the present quarter was read, showing the following:— | NAMES OF DIRECTORS. |
E. Glasscock |
J. M. Mann |
W. Charnock |
A. St. John |
C. Boardman |
E. Hannas |
Total |
|---|
| Districts |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
| No. of Members |
125 |
29 |
86 |
4 |
60 |
— |
237 |
| Reports Returned |
20 |
17 |
39 |
63 |
— |
— |
139 |
| New Members |
20 |
17 |
39 |
136 |
20 |
— |
232 |
| Signs Taken in Clubs |
— |
32 |
37 |
136 |
— |
— |
205 |
| Families Visited |
25 |
254 |
76 |
20 |
— |
— |
375 |
| Letters Written |
33 |
172 |
40 |
— |
— |
— |
246 |
| New Subscribers Obt. |
11 |
43 |
52 |
2 |
— |
— |
192 |
| Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets Loaned |
203,292 |
7,123 |
6,401 |
8,000 |
— |
— |
15,831 |
| Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets Given Away |
3,360 |
7,123 |
6,401 |
8,000 |
— |
— |
52,987 |
| Books Furnished Libraries |
266 |
34 |
658 |
8 |
— |
— |
8,157 |
| Periodicals Distributed |
39 |
34 |
207 |
658 |
8 |
406 |
7,283 |
| Annuals Sold |
39 |
207 |
37 |
— |
— |
— |
283 |
| Annuals Given Away |
42 |
40 |
27 |
367 |
20 |
— |
496 |
| Money Received on Periodicals |
7.45 |
6.60 |
70.83 |
55.05 |
3.75 |
— |
142.84 |
| Rec’d on Dime Tabernacle |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
84 |
| Rec’d on Oakland Church |
— |
— |
13.47 |
59.75 |
— |
— |
273 |
| Received on Book Sales, Membership, etc. |
21.96 |
10.04 |
149.79 |
23.44 |
5.50 |
— |
210.73 |
Indebtedness at commencement of quarter, .......... $179 91
Total receipts during the quarter, ................. 309 86
Total expenses during the quarter, .................. 300 70
Indebtedness at close of quarter, ................... 170 75 INDIANA T. & M. SOCIETY.
By S. H. Lane; E. A. Wilhelm
The State meeting of this society was held at Rochester, Fulton Co., Ind., Jan. 19, 1879. The report of labor during the quarter is as follows:—
Subscribers obtained........................................143
Pages of tracts loaned..................................9,594
Pages of tracts given away............................32,477
Pages of tracts sold......................................4,800
Periodicals distributed..................................1,298
Annuals sold................................................1,522
Annuals given away............................................49 From book sales........................................$ 34 80
New subscribers.........................................$ 33 49
Donations................................................$132 54
Total.....................................................$200 83 A motion was offered to drop Dist. No. 8, and attach the same territory to Dist. No. 4; also to drop Dist. No. 7, and attach the same to Dist. No. 6. The meeting was then converted into a T. and M. school, showing the workings of the society, and the importance of harmony, and of each member doing all in his power to further on the cause. This exercise was instructive and beneficial. MINNESOTA T. AND W. SOCIETY.
By Nettie L. Grant
REPORT for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1878. No. districts in the State, ............... 10
" of members, .......................... 323
" of districts reported, ................ 5
" reports returned, ..................... 99
" members added, ........................ 12
" Signs taken in clubs, .................. 294
" families visited, ..................... 443
" letters written, ....................... 231
Pages tracts and pamphlets loaned, ....... 1,706
Pages tracts given away, ................. 45,815
Books to libraries, ...................... 331
Periodicals distributed, ................ 2,713
Annuals sold, ............................ 151
Annuals given away, ...................... 46
Subscribers obtained for periodicals, .... 74
Subscribers for periodicals on trial, .... 9
Rec'd for membership, .................... $ 13 50
" " book sales, ........................ 19 85
" " periodicals, ....................... 98 28
" " one-third (17 paying), ............. 109 34
" " donations, .......................... 9 19
Total, .................................. $250 16
Am't paid by Dist. Sec. to State Sec., ... $239 05
Am't paid State Sec. by agents, .......... 34 33
Total am't paid to State Sec., ........... $273 38