p. 23 | Report of Ohio T. & M. State Quarterly Meeting

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 20, 1876

Report of Ohio T. & M. State Quarterly Meeting.

By H. A. St. John; M. E. Underwood

The first State quarterly meeting of the Ohio Tract and Missionary Society for the year commencing Oct. 4, 1875, was held at Clyde, Jan. 1, 2, 1876. Meeting convened at the hall at 10:30 A. M.; opened by prayer by Eld. H. A. St. John.

No meeting having been held the previous quarter, the first thing in order was the reading of report of labor for the quarter just closed, which showed the following results:—

No. of families visited, 107; No. of letters written, 37; No. of new subscribers for the various periodicals, 74; No. of periodicals distributed, 400; pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed, 67,823. The financial standing of the Society is as follows:—

Money on hand at commencement of quarter, $120.67 Receipts, 170.53 Total, $291.20 Expenses, 230.08 Balance on hand, $61.12

The subject of the indebtedness of Dist. No. 5 was introduced by the President for the consideration of the Board of Directors. After due consideration, it was moved that it be laid over until next meeting. Carried.

The propriety of making some changes in the districts was next considered, and it was decided to divide Dist. No. 5 by setting off the counties of Williams, Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert, and Mercer, into a new district, to be entitled Dist. No. 6, of which Bro. C. G. Daniels was appointed director.

Bro. Wm. Cottrell, director of Dist. No. 1, having removed from that district, sent in a request that Dist. No. 1 be merged into Dist. No. 2, thereby releasing him from the responsibilities of his office. After due consideration, it was decided to let the districts remain, release Bro. Cottrell, and appoint J. W. Lucas to act as director in Dist. No. 1.

The necessity of adopting some method for transferring memberships within the Tract Society was next considered, and decision made that members moving from one district to another, within the limits of the State, should be supplied with certificates of membership from the director.

Many interesting remarks were made by the President, which were well calculated to inspire courage, hope, and zeal, in the hearts of the people, and to encourage them to devote their energies to this good cause. Though feeble results mark our efforts in the past, yet all hearts are cheered. The cloud is lifting, and we hope ere long to see this branch of the work accomplish its object in the spread of the last message.

Meeting adjourned to first Sabbath and Sunday in April, to be held at Clyde.

H. A. St. John, Pres.

M. E. UNDERWOOD, Sec.