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QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE ILL. T. AND M. SOCIETY

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 8, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 49, No. 6.

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QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE ILL. T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By G. W. Colcord; F. M. T. Simonson

The quarterly meeting of the Ill. T. and M. Society was held at the Marsh school-house near Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill., Jan. 14, 1877, convening at 4 P. M. After singing, Bro. I. Colcord offered a fervent prayer, which was followed by the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting and their acceptance. Report of work for the closing quarter was as follows:—
District No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 Total
Membership 25 24 47 31 8 10 47 16 66 17 27 375
No. reports 104
No. drops 48
Families visited 50
Families written 62
Letters written 187
New subscribers 100
Periodicals distributed 656
Tracts & pamphlets distributed—pages 17,983
Tracts & Almanacs distributed 31,405
Received on what? & fund 450
Amount received by donation $111.10
Amount received by book sales $92.50
Membership fees $2.15
Amount received from each district $31.00
Dist. No. 5 received praise for the labor performed with its small membership. It was held up as an example to other districts. It was found that Dist. No. 9 had distanced the others in several particulars, which can be seen by an examination of the tabular statement.
Bro. Ivory Colcord made remarks concerning donations, which made some wish for a short-hand reporter, that all the members might get them through the REVIEW. He spoke of the cost of tracts, of their character as eye-openers, and their great utility in missionary labor. He hoped all would remember that by frequent small additions to our donations we swell the sum even beyond our expectations.
Eld. G. W. Colcord then called attention to Eld. James White’s suggestion to proportion donations according to possessions, approving of a sum equal to one-third of the donor’s S. B. Eld. R. F. Andrews stated that without funds we must close operations, or get an immense debt over our heads. He offered the following motion:—
Moved, That this body approve and recommend to the State Society the plan recommended by the General Conference; viz., the donation of a sum equal to one-third of our S. B. Carried.
As Dist. No. 11 had assisted Dist. No. 6, it was voted to suggest that Dist. No. 4 assist Dist. No. 8, Dist. No. 3 help Dist. No. 10, and Dist. No. 2 aid Dist. No. 7.
Some cases of affliction then occupied attention. Attention was called to judicious distribution. It is not the number of pages that will tell as much as the number of readers.
The members were catechised upon the Constitution. District secretaries were requested to reduce Almanac distribution to pages, as it is highly necessary that all use the same standard in computation. Then followed instruction in parliamentary usage.
Adjourned sine die.
G. W. Colcord, Pres. F. M. T. Simonson, Sec.
P. S. Dist. No. 7 is entirely out of debt by a recent payment by themselves.
F. M. T. S.