Onward by Editor | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 15, 1883

Onward.

By Editor

THE following cheering report of progress we copy from the English "Department" of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, of Feb. 2, 1883:—

On the first Sabbath of 1883, four new names were attached to our roll of covenant members at Ravenswood. Our Band of Hope, which was organized the last of November, has held its regular fortnightly sessions on Tuesday evenings. The exercises consist of singing, recitations, and readings, by the youth and children. The meetings are under the management of a committee of six, all under twenty years of age, selected by the members from their own number.

The roll of membership already numbers sixty-three. These are not only pledged to abstain wholly from the use of intoxicating liquors, but also from tobacco in all its forms, and not to gamble, or use profane language. Twenty of these members were added on "boxing night."

We have already placed the "History of the Sabbath," by Eld. J. N. Andrews, in over sixty of the one hundred free libraries of the United Kingdom. A number of these reading-rooms have the SIGNS OF THE TIMES on their tables. The librarians report that the book is kept in constant use, and that the Signs are "eagerly sought, and would be greatly missed."

In a nation as old as this, where every reform moves slowly, we are glad to see increasing evidence that our seed-sowing is not in vain. Some idea may be formed of the amount of effort put forth during the last three months by reading the following:—

REPORT OF MISSIONARY MEETING.

The National Tract and Missionary Society of Great Britain held its quarterly meeting in Southampton on the evening of Jan. 21, 1883. The report of labor for the quarter just closed is as follows:— No. of missionary visits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,662 " ships visited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 " letters written. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 " printed letters sent out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,498 " letters received. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 " new subscribers obtained for periodicals. . . 33 " periodicals distributed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,624 " " sold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750-11,374 " pages of tracts loaned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,915 " " " " given away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,939 " " " " sold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,765 " " " " books furnished to libraries. 37,960-191,579 Cash received on sales and donations. . . . . . . . £ 34 0s. 11d.