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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 31, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 41, No. 3.

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Tract and Missionary Department.

By P. Z. Kinne; B. L. Whitney

N. Y. & Pa. T. & M. Society.

The quarterly meeting of the N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society was held at Adam’s Center, Dec. 8, 1872.

The meeting was called to order by the President, and the minutes of the last quarterly meeting read.

The Secretary’s report for the quarter just closed was then read as follows:—

No. of families visited, 456; No. pp. tracts and pamphlets distributed, 115,846; value, $14.80; Reviews distributed, 322; Reformers 202; Instructors, 94; new subscribers for Review, 27; Reformer, 231; Instructor, 121.

Thirty new subscribers were added to the Society during the quarter, making a total membership of 499.

Donation to T. & M. Society. $96.77. “ “ Delinquent Fund, 122.70. “ “ Widow and Orphan Fund, $42.25.

The office of Vice President being left vacant at the annual meeting, Bro. J. M. Lindsay was elected to fill the place.

Bro. E. B. Gaskill, through Bro. J. M. Lindsay, tendered his resignation as Treasurer of the Society, and Bro. T. H. Lindsay was appointed in his stead.

It was voted that Chemung and Steuben Counties, N. Y., and Tioga Co., Pa., now known as Dist. No. 11, be changed to Dist. No. 9, and that the counties of Chatauqua and Cattaraugus, N. Y., and adjacent brethren in Pa., known as Dist. No. 9, be changed to Dist. No. 11.

Several interesting and encouraging incidents in the experience of those who had been engaged in the circulation of tracts were related where good fruits were already seen as the result of prayerful and earnest effort.

The Hygienic Book Fund was considered, and $307.25 was pledged by those present.

The brethren and sisters separated with feelings of encouragement, and a determination to carry on the work more earnestly than ever.

P. Z. KINNE, Pres. B. L. WHITNEY, Sec.