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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 7, 1912

Progress of the Work in the North Texas Conference

By W. A. McCutchen

A BRIEF report of the work in this conference may be of interest to the readers of the REVIEW. In a general way the condition of the work and the progress it has made in our field the past year have been encouraging.

For a part of the year we operated seven gospel tents, besides schoolhouse meetings and work carried on by seven Bible workers in five different cities, and have held three camp-meetings for the white people and one for the colored people. At the general State meeting at Cleburne, July 25 to August 4, in connection with which the annual conference was held, reports were rendered which showed encouraging growth for the year in all departments of conference work.

At this time seven churches were admitted to the conference, which is by far the largest number ever received in any one year of our history. The total membership of these new churches is one hundred twelve, an average of sixteen to a church. In addition to these, a number were added to several of the old churches of the conference, making a very encouraging total increase. There was a still greater increase in the number and membership of the Sabbath-schools, there being thirty schools at the

beginning of the year and fifty-one at its close, an increase of twenty-one Sabbath-schools for the year. Several of these are family schools.

Neither in the matter of finances was there anything discouraging. Though we have had three years of severe drought, the total amount of tithes, offerings, and special collections and pledges for local purposes aggregate about $36,000 for the past year. The book work has more than held its own in spite of the continued drought, sales for the year amounting to $37,072.18 to date, and will be increased largely above this by the close of the year.

For all these evidences of God's blessing upon the work in our conference we give thanks, and take courage for renewed efforts for the coming year.

W. A. McCUTCHEN.