Quarterly Reporting Plan for the Vermont T. and M. Society
By A. S. Hutchins
OUR previous system of T. and M. quarterly reports has subjected the district secretaries to numerous inconveniences, which I think, can, and should, be avoided. It has frequently occurred that reports of labor from different members have not been handed to the secretary till the time of the quarterly meeting. This has brought an extra amount of labor upon the secretary, to be done hurriedly, and perhaps in a confused manner, besides sometimes delaying business meetings. Now this may be avoided by giving all reports quarterly, making the first following the present time, the first of April, and the next the first of July, and so on, reporting at the commencement of each succeeding quarter, provided the quarterly meeting should not be held at any time so as to demand an earlier report. I hope the members of the Vermont T. and M. Society will act on this plan hereafter. Let, then, the reports of all labor come in the first of next month. And let it be borne in mind that in our recent meetings through the State, a vote was taken in every church to pay into the T. and M. Society a sum equal to one-third of our S. B. This was to be paid quarterly in advance. But few however have paid for the first quarter. We need this in the Treasury at once, and invite each member to pay for the present and ensuing quarter on making the next report the first of next month. Our Treasury is now entirely empty, let it be replenished, and the good work of sending forth the light and truth go on, for the whitening fields show the harvest time near. A. S. HUTCHINS.