p. 111 | Tract and Missionary Department

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 17, 1872

Tract and Missionary Department.

By S. N. Haskell; M. L. Huntley

Quarterly Meeting of the New England Tract and Missionary Society.

Agreeably to appointment, the New England Tract and Missionary Society met at the time of the New England camp-meeting, Aug. 30, 1872.

The meeting being opened in the usual manner, the report of the preceding meeting was read and accepted. After some remarks, the report of missionary labor during the past quarter was called for and read, which showed the total distribution of publications to be 35,467 pages. Number of REVIEWS distributed, 155, Instructors, 15, Reformers, 112. Subscribers obtained for REVIEW, 19, Instructor, 11, Reformer, 112. Number of bound books presented to libraries, 149. Present number of members, 178. Number added during quarter, 25. The quarterly report of the Vigilant Missionary Society showed the number of letters written by its members to be 88, and 66 received. Distribution of publications, about 2,944 pages, also quite a number of subscribers obtained for periodicals.

Financial report of the Tract and Missionary Society.

Cash on hand, May, 1872, — $209.69 Rec’d for membership, — 25.00 “ on donations, — 19.75 “ “ sale of books, — 5.33 “ “ delinquent fund, — 6.70 $266.74 Paid for publications, — $59.52 “ on periodicals, — 43.01 “ widow and orphan fund, — 3.50 Freight, postage, &c., — 28.05 Am’t. on hand, — 132.39 $266.47

A statement of the standing of the periodicals in this Conference being called for, a report from the general agent showed 1132 subscribers, of which more than one-half have paid in advance; and of the remainder, only about thirty-seven are more than one volume in arrearage, and but very few more than one year.

Brief remarks were made by Elds. Littlejohn and Andrews with reference to their faith in the efficiency of Tract Societies, and the importance of carrying forward the work begun. Owing to the press of other important matter, it was impossible to devote that amount of time to this department, which would doubtless have been both interesting and beneficial.

S. N. HASKELL, President.

M. L. HUNTLEY, Secretary.