General Quarterly Meeting of the Mich. T. & M. Society by E. H. Root; Mary Gaskill

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 11, 1875

General Quarterly Meeting of the Mich. T. & M. Society.

By E. H. Root; Mary Gaskill

ACCORDING to appointment, the second quarterly meeting for the year was held at St. Charles, Feb. 20, 21. For some cause this was not so large a gathering as is usual at the general meetings. Only three of the directors were present; but we were unexpectedly favored with Bro. Haskell’s presence. The meeting was opened in the usual manner. The President in the chair. Report of the last meeting was read and accepted. The Secretary’s report was as follows:

No. of families visited, 1425; No. of letters written, 143; No. of periodicals distributed, 597; No. of new subscribers obtained for the REVIEW, 78; for the Instructor, 30; for the Reformer, 769; for The Voice of Truth, 1804; whole number of new subscribers obtained for these periodicals, 2681; pages of tracts and pamphlets taken by the different districts, 2,983,636, also 10,060 almanacs.

The following is the financial report:— Amount on hand at the commencement of the quarter, $2502.77. Receipts during the quarter, 922.65. Total, $3425.42. Expenditures, 3239.24. Amount on hand to balance, $186.18.

Following the reading of this report, remarks were made by Bro. Haskell. He spoke with his usual freedom and warmth when dwelling upon the Tract enterprise, calling for workers, and warning that if they had no taste for self-sacrificing labor they must get it or fail of the kingdom of God. He said that the Tract Society must do a large share of the work in preparing the way for the minister, as our reading matter is well calculated to remove prejudice, and thus prepare the mind for the solemn, testing truths of the third message; and that our country with its settlements of the different nationalities, varying in number from hundreds to thousands, is a field for labor not found elsewhere.

At the close of these remarks, on motion, the following resolution was adopted:— <em>Resolved,</em> That we recommend to all of our missionary workers, especially those who are canvassing for The Voice of Truth and Health Reformer, to continue the same, irrespective of the number allotted to each district, until the quota for our State is made up.

It was also voted that, at our next quarterly meeting, the expense of sending The Voice and Reformer to those whose names have been sent in by the Tract Society would be apportioned to each district.

After faithful instructions and earnest effort on the part of Bro. Haskell to incite the brethren and sisters to energetic action in the work given us to do, the meeting adjourned. E. H. Root, Pres. MARY GASKILL, Sec.