Tract and Missionary Societies.
By E. H. Root
The plan we have at present adopted in the Michigan Conference, is to appoint a librarian and an agent in each church. The duty of the librarian is to induce all proper persons to become members of the society, and to see that all are supplied with tracts and a blank book in which to keep a full record of their labor, and other items of interest. The members are to give a summary of this report to the librarian quarterly, upon a blank report furnished by the librarian, stating the amount of work they have done, &c., in time for him to report to the director of his district, so that the director can give a summary of the labor of his district at the quarterly meeting. The librarians of the different churches are to procure books from the directors in their respective districts. The duty of the agent is to collect dues, and renew subscriptions for our periodicals, and, with the counsel of the president and the director of his district, to see that subscriptions for the worthy poor are paid. In company with Bro. Woolsey, director of District No. 4, I visited the churches of Burlington, Newton, and Convis, as he had appointed. We found them ready to engage heartily in the work, and we are confident that the blessing of the Lord will attend them in so doing. E. H. Root.
Pres. Mich. T. & M. Society.