Tract and Missionary Department by H. Nicola; Wm. H. Hankins

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 6, 1873

Tract and Missionary Department.

By H. Nicola; Wm. H. Hankins

Report of the Iowa T. and M. Society.

According to appointment in Review, the Tract and Missionary Society of Dist. No. 4, met at Richland, April 20, 1873, at nine o’clock A. M.

Meeting called to order by the President, H. Nicola. Prayer by Eld. S. N. Haskell.

After the business of the district was attended to, business which pertained to the general interest of the T. and M. Society was considered. Eld. S. N. Haskell spoke of the working and plan adopted by other Conferences, when it was voted that a committee of three be appointed to bring before the meeting some definite plan of action. H. Nicola, P. A. Roberts, and Lafayette Bralliar, were appointed said committee.

Adjourned to meet at two o’clock P. M.

SECOND SESSION.

Met, according to adjournment. The committee reported, and recommended the following:—

That each director furnish to the State Secretary the names of all the members in his district.
That money be raised immediately to pay off the delinquency on our periodicals; and what may be collected hereafter on said delinquency be used to send periodicals to the worthy poor and such as we have reason to believe may be benefited thereby.
That each district raise as many dollars for a tract fund as it has members; and also raise their respective proportions to pay arrearages on periodicals.
That we adopt the plan of State quarterly meetings; and that each district hold a quarterly meeting at least two weeks previous, and report the same to the Secretary in season for the general quarterly meeting.

On motion, the above report was received, and the committee discharged, after which each recommendation was taken up separately and unanimously adopted.

The remainder of the time was taken up by Eld. S. N. Haskell in explaining the objects of, and the way successfully to carry on, the T. and M. Society.

There was a good degree of interest manifested by all the members, and all showed a willingness to take hold of the work in earnest. H. Nicola, Pres. Wm. H. Hankins, Sec.