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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 16, 1876

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE N. E. T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By Stephen N. Haskell; M. L. Huntley

The New England Tract and Missionary Society held its sixth annual meeting Nov. 5, 1876, at South Lancaster, Mass. Meeting opened with prayer by Eld. D. A. Robinson. Report of the last meeting read and approved. The report of labor for the past quarter and also a summary of labor performed during the year were read. The report was as follows:—

Number of families visited, 1084; letters written, 854; new subscribers obtained for periodicals, 514; periodicals distributed, 6284; number of pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed, 599,903. About one-third of this amount of labor has been performed since the last quarterly meeting.

Money received during the year, $2096.-20; expended, $1643.89.

Report of the Vigilant Missionary Society showed that 561 letters had been written by that Society, during the past year, and 347 received. Of this number, 226 have been written during the last quarter, and 128 received.

On motion, Eld. Robinson, Eld. Rodman, and F. W. Mace were appointed by the Chair Committee on Nominations and to consider other matters of importance connected with the Society.

Adjourned to 5 P. M.

SECOND SESSION.

Prayer by Eld. Haskell. Committee on Nominations recommended the following as officers for the ensuing year:—

President, Eld. S. N. Haskell; Vice President, Eld. D. A. Robinson; Secretary, Miss M. L. Huntley; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. D. A. Robinson, South Lancaster, Mass.; Treasurer, M. Wood, South Boston, Mass. For Directors, Dist. No. 1, J. C. Tucker, Kingston, R. I.; No. 2, M. Wood, South Boston, Mass.; No. 3, S. Martin, West Rindge, N. H.; No. 4, C. W. Comings, Cornish, N. H.; No. 5, S. J. Twing, Montville, Mass.; No. 6, F. R. Richmond, Brightwood, Mass. Editor Missionary Worker for the ensuing year, Miss Mary Martin, West Rindge, N. H., all of whom were unanimously elected.

The Committee recommended that Amherst and Manchester, N. H., become connected with Dist. No. 3, instead of remaining with Dist. No. 4. They also recommended that another district be set off from Dist. No. 2, including Ipswich, Haverhill, and Georgetown, and that Bro. J. R. Israel be appointed director. After some remarks, these changes were effected.

The matter of purchasing a large tent was discussed, and was finally left in the hands of the Conference Committee.

Miss Nellie F. Heald then favored the meeting with No. 3 of the Missionary Worker, which was unusually interesting, the articles being short, varied, and much to the point. Interesting remarks were made with reference to obtaining subscribers for the SIGNS OF THE TIMES AND HEALTH REFORMER, but no definite plan was adopted at this meeting. There was a willingness and determination on the part of many present to do all they could in this direction.

This meeting was well attended by the brethren and sisters, and the interest from outside was never so great at any previous meeting of the kind.

S. N. HASKELL, Pres. M. L. HUNTLEY, Sec.