p. 158 | Tract and Missionary Department

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 29, 1873

Tract and Missionary Department.

By O. F. Guilford; M. E. Reynolds

Quarterly Meeting of Ohio T. and M. Society.

The second quarterly meeting of the Ohio T. and M. Society was held at Clyde, March 23, 1873. Meeting convened at 9 o’clock. Bro. St. John being present, addressed the congregation briefly on the subject of missionary labor from Eccl. 11:6.

Business meeting at 10½ o’clock. Opened with prayer by Bro. St. John. O. F. Guilford in the Chair. Report of the previous meeting was called for, read, and accepted. Reports of the several districts of missionary labor for quarter ending March 23 showed the following results:—

Pamphlets and tracts distributed, 70,417 pages; No. of families visited, 167; No. of letters written, 117.

Received for Memberships, $10.00 “ “ Donations, 29.57 “ “ Book Sales, 11.89 Total, $51.46

Subscribers obtained for REVIEW, 81; Instructor, 49; Reformer, 49.

Distribution of reading matter, REVIEWS, 97; Instructors, 52; Reformers, 81.

Money raised for delinquents, $218.60 Paid out “ “ 195.21 Balance, $23.39 Cash on hand at the Office, $54.34 “ in “ of Treasurer, 74.73 Total, $129.07

Moved, That the Chair appoint a committee of three to draw up resolutions. Carried. Committee on Resolutions: H. A. St. John, John Mears, and Emory Hutchins.

Resolved, That each church furnish the worthy poor of its number with our periodicals.

Resolved, That the T. and M. Society furnish the worthy poor outside of the churches, who desire our periodicals, with the same, and charge to the Missionary Fund.

Resolved, That the director of each several district decide who are worthy to receive our periodicals free, or below subscription price, in their districts, and draw from the Missionary Fund to meet the want. Resolutions adopted.

Moved to adjourn to first Sabbath and Sunday in July. Carried.

O. F. GUILFORD, President.

M. E. REYNOLDS, Secretary.