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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 28, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 5.

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Quarterly Report of the Wis. T. & M. Society.

By O. A. Olsen; Mattie A. Babcock

The sixth general quarterly meeting of the Wis. T. & M. Society, convened at Oakland, Jeff. Co., Friday morning, Jan. 8, 1875. Meeting opened with prayer by Eld. S. N. Haskell. He then gave us a history of the beginning and progress of the T. & M. and Vigilant Societies.
Voted, That this Conference buy a sixty-foot tent before the next camp-meeting.
Voted, That the means be raised by apportioning a share to each district to be paid by the middle of June next.
Voted, That we recommend that the number of names apportioned to each district for The Voice of Truth and Reformer, be raised.
Remarks by the president and others in regard to choosing a situation for the camp meeting.
Voted, That the next camp-meeting be held at Sparta, Monroe Co. Meeting adjourned to call of the Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

Prayer by Bro. Pratt.
Voted, That the time and place of the next general quarterly meeting be left to the president to appoint.
Voted, That we pay our secretary $25.00 for services for the past six months.
Voted, That the old sixty-foot tent be disposed of by the Conference Committee as they may think proper.
Voted, That Bro. Jordan’s bill of $11.57 against the T. & M. Society be allowed; also that Bro. O. A. Olsen’s bill of $11.18 be allowed. Adjourned to call of the Chair.

THIRD SESSION.

Minutes of the previous meeting read. The brethren approved of the measures taken by the committee in reference to the buying a new tent and the place of camp-meeting.
Report of the last general quarterly meeting called for, read, and accepted.
Report of the present quarter read, which shows the following results:—
No. of districts, 13; No. of districts reported, 9; No. of members at the beginning of the quarter, 425; increase of members during the quarter, 22; whole number of members, 447; No. of members reported, 127; families visited, 496; letters written, 136; No. of new subscribers for REVIEW, 8; Instructor, 48; Reformer, 361; Voice of Truth, 198; Advent Tidende, 20; REVIEWS distributed, 319; Instructors, 57; Reformers, 109; Advent Tidendes, 80; Signs of the Times, 14; True Missionaries, 45; Almanacs, 1030; pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed, 100,375.
Encouraging and interesting remarks concerning distributing tracts, raising subscribers, &c. Adjourned to call of the Chair.

FOURTH SESSION.

Prayer by Bro. Decker. Treasurer’s report called for, which stands as follows:—
Money on hand at the commencement of the quarter, $610.10 Rec’d for membership, 52.00 “ donations, 130.66 “ book sales, 48.18 “ delinquent fund, 5.00 Total, $845.94 Paid out during quarter, 513.21 Balance on hand, $332.73
The financial standing of each district read.
Voted, That a camp-meeting fund of $100.00 be raised.
Voted, To raise $450.00, to buy a tent. Meeting adjourned sine die.
O. A. OLSEN, Pres.
MATTIE A. BABCOCK, Sec.