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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 12, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 9.

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Quarterly Meeting of the Ohio T. and M. Society.

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

The third quarterly meeting of the Ohio T. and M. Society was held at Clyde, July 13, 1873. Meeting convened at nine o’clock. Opened with prayer by Eld. S. N. Haskell.
S. N. Haskell in the Chair. Brief remarks were made by Bro. Haskell on the workings of the T. and M. Society, after which the report of the previous meeting was called for, read, and accepted, with amendment of 3d resolution: 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 the board of directors draw from the Missionary Fund to meet the want. The reports of the several districts were then called for and read, showing the distribution of publications during the quarter to be 43,729 pages.
No. of families visited, 90; No. of letters written, 68.
Received for memberships, $ 5.00
“ ” donations, $ 25.00
“ ” book sales, $ 12.14
Subscribers for REVIEW, 14; subscribers for Instructor, 12; subscribers for Reformer, 10.
Distribution of periodicals, REVIEWS, 285; Instructors, 22; Reformers, 178.
Cash in hands of Treasurer, $83.93.
Meeting adjourned to 12½ o’clock.

SECOND SESSION.

Meeting called to order by the Chair. Prayer by W. T. Carson. Remarks by Bro. Haskell on the necessity of a school as a means to prepare laborers for the closing work of the third angel’s message; after which pledges were made to the school fund to the amount of $146.50, making a total of $1799.00.
Decided by board of directors that the funds of the society be invested in tracts and small works to the exclusion of bound books and new works in pamphlet form.
Decided by board of directors that all persons doing business for the T. and M. Society should meet their own expenses in stationery and postage.
Decided by board of directors that all of the receipts of the several districts be held by the directors during the quarter, and all accounts settled at each State quarterly meeting.
Meeting adjourned to annual meeting.
O. F. GUILFORD, Pres.
M. E. REYNOLDS, Sec.