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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 21, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 8.

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BEHIND TIME!

By J. N. Ayres

WHAT is the trouble? Did you get a late start? Did you break down? Is the track washed out? These and many other questions are asked the conductor as soon as he sets his foot on the depot platform at the junction, after the other trains have left. Hear his answer: I started on time; but as I am running an accommodation train, I was compelled to stop at every station. Left stations 1, 2, and 3, on time. Side-tracked at 4, waiting for bill of lading, and finally had to start without one. At 5 side-tracked again; agent gone. Being behind time, did not dare to start till I ascertained that the road was clear. Arrived at No. 6, and found the office closed. Finally found the agent, and started again. Passed 7, 8, and 9; the agents were on hand, and everything ready. Arrived at 10. The agent was gone; side-tracked for the express to pass; but failed to find the agent. At 11, 12, and 13, found the agents impatiently waiting for us, and declaring we should miss connection at the Junction; and here we are, behind time, and the REVIEW Supplement gone without a report of the Kansas T. and M. Society.
The following is a summary of the work done by the Kansas T. and M. Society, for the last quarter in 1877:
No. of members, 222; reports, 68; donors, 43; families visited, 185; letters written, 124; new members, 22. New subscribers obtained for our periodicals, 67; periodicals distributed, 368; Annuals, 74; pages tracts and pamphlets, 47,360.
Rec’d for membership, $22.00 By donation, 63.06 From book sales, 26.85 On periodicals, 32.70
Total, $144.61
T. and M. members of Kansas, shall we be behind next quarter? Shall we have a full report? We have 222 names on the roll; (68 have reported for duty, 154 are on the sick list. The sickly season is now past. Shall we not have all reported for duty next quarter? What say you? Keep this, so you may know just what to report. Remember the time,—April 7. District meetings, April 13 and 14. Directors, see that your reports are mailed the 15th, and I will see that the Kansas train is on time. J. N. AYRES.