The State quarterly meeting of this society was held with the Norridgewock church, April 21, 1878, at 9 A. M. The attendance was good. President in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and accepted. There are six districts in this State, and reports from four of these reached us before the meeting. The other two have since been received. A summary of the labor performed during the quarter was as follows:— Number of reports returned, 95
“ “ new members, 12
“ “ families visited, 821
“ “ letters written, 748
“ “ “ received, 165
“ “ new subscribers obtained for periodicals, 88
Number of periodicals distrib't'd, 3,101
“ “ Annuals “ 633
“ “ pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed, 62,444 Received for membership and donations, $88.04
“ on book sales, 53.11
“ “ periodicals, 34.50
Total receipts, $175.65 The labor performed by the Maine Vigilant Missionary societies, acting in connection with districts 1 and 3, was as follows:— Number of periodicals distrib., 1,607
“ “ pages of tracts and pamphlets distributed, 10,910
Number of letters written, 412
“ “ “ received, 165
“ “ families visited, 111 The correspondence that has been carried on by members of this society has developed some very interesting cases, some of which have previously been reported in the REVIEW. Also as the result of this kind of labor in Dist. No. 4, one family consisting of five persons are now keeping the Sabbath and rejoicing in the truth. We mention this for the encouragement of others.