SUMMARY OF MISSIONARY LABOR.
By M. L. Huntley
The summary of missionary labor for the quarter ending April 1, as given below, is the largest ever presented for one quarter. With the exception that it includes a report from Dakota in place of Quebec, a difference of fifty-four in membership, the summary of labor in America this quarter embraces reports from the same societies as that of last quarter, and exceeds it by 659 reports returned, 99 members added, 4,414 missionary visits, 751 letters written, 518 SIGNS taken in clubs, 2,324 subscribers obtained for periodicals, 560,061 pages of tracts and 22,753 periodicals distributed, also $3,295.48 received. The last annual summary represented the labor of only 18 per cent. of S. D. Adventist church-members; the summary last quarter, 21 per cent.; this quarter, nearly 26 per cent. In the different Conferences the per cent. is about as follows: New England and Nebraska 40, Texas 39, Pennsylvania 35, California 34, Iowa 33, Ohio 31, Illinois 28, Dakota 26, Vermont 25, New York 24, Minnesota and Tennessee 22, Michigan 21, Wisconsin 17, Kentucky 15. Of the T. and M. membership, the average per cent. reporting is over 50. Another encouraging feature which shows progress in the right direction is the addition of new members,—661 within the last two quarters. And still another is the large number of missionary visits made. An increase of book sales and periodical business is also apparent, particularly in some States. Of the entire amount of money reported, $8,889.51 was received as follows: Memberships and donations, $2,376.15; book sales, $2,718.16; periodicals, $3,795.20. The remainder was received on the T. and M. fund and for periodicals, but the reports did not state how much for each. In New York the book sales amounted to $931.96, Pennsylvania $345.62, New England $308.36, Ohio $214.95. REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING APRIL 1, 1880. *Number written in April.
†Number distributed in two quarters.