Illinois Tract and Missionary Society Organization Meeting
By Mary Miller
Our meeting on the 19th and 20th was a good one, and the results will be good. The brethren were greatly encouraged by the words of good cheer, from Brn. B. F. Merritt and Whitham, they feeling that they must fill the break caused by the absence of Bro. Andrews. The Lord helped them to do the work well and faithfully. Also the remarks of sisters Merritt and Whitham on “dress reform,” and “care of the sick,” were timely. After these exercises, Bro. Whitham in the chair, we proceeded to organize our Tract and Missionary Society. Bro. Wright was appointed Secretary, pro tem.; Bro. A. J. Douglass, Treasurer; Bro. Reuben Green, Librarian; Mary Miller, Secretary. Adjourned to Wednesday evening. Met according to adjournment. Appointed on mission work, care of sick, sisters Whitham and Green, Brn. Cecil and Rupert. On looking after the poor, Brn. Green, Reed, and others. On administering to the poor, sisters Cecil, Reed, and others. As agents to canvass for our publications and tracts, Brn. Wright, Whitham, Green and Middough, and sisters Dryden, Douglass, Green, Whitham, and Hughes. Cash donated to Tract Fund, twenty dollars. Cash and other articles for the poor, about forty dollars. We hope to be able to administer to the temporal as well as the spiritual wants of the poor in our midst.