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IOWA AND NEBRASKA T. AND M. SOCIETY

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 8, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 7.

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IOWA AND NEBRASKA T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By H. Nicola; C. G. Johnston

This society met in quarterly session at Marion, Iowa, July 21, 1878, at 9 o’clock A. M. The president, H. Nicola, and three of the directors, Brn. Chapman, Andre, and Adams, were present. Meeting opened with prayer by Bro. Mitchell.
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved.
The report of labor for the quarter endingJuly 1, 1878, was read, a condensed statement of which is as follows:—
Total
Families Visited 480
Letters Written 282
Money Received 218.87
New Subs with Premiums 30
Papers Sent to Friends 155
Periodicals Distributed 2,465
Annuals Distributed 485
Books Pres. to Libraries 16
Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets Distributed 1,294,769
Number of Members 578
Reports Sent Out 1,165
No. Reports Returned 206
The report of the financial standing of the districts showed that Dists. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 15 are in debt as follows: Dist. No. 1, $13.59; No. 5, 12.79; No. 6, 6.09; No. 7, 4.07; No. 8, 11.58; No. 9, 6.10; No. 10, 126.98; No. 12, 34.81; No. 15, 2.35. Dists. 2, 3, 4, 11, 13, and 14 have credits as follows: Dist. No. 2, $67.41; No. 3, 35.90; No. 4, 30.49; No. 11, 67.68; No. 13, 40.18; No. 14, 45.70.
The matter of a State Sabbath-school organization having been called up, the following resolution was adopted:—
Resolved, That we approve of the proposition of the General Conference to form State Sabbath-school organizations; and to this end recommend that each Sabbath-school, at the time of the election of delegates to the State Conference, elect a delegate to meet other like delegates at the camp-meeting, there to form such organization.
On motion, the following resolutions were adopted:—
Resolved, That we hereby invite Bro. Haskell to attend our annual meeting to be held in connection with the Iowa camp-meeting, and that we request Eld. Farnsworth to write him to that effect.
Resolved, That we approve of the General Conference plan of raising means for the erection of a tabernacle at Battle Creek, Mich., and we recommend our librarians to carry out the plan suggested.
Adjourned. H. Nicola, Pres. C. G. Johnston, Sec.