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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 14, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 20.

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MAINE T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By J. B. Goodrich; R. J. Goodrich

The annual session of the Maine T. and M. Society was held with the church at Norridgewock, Oct. 27, 1878, at nine A. M. The president, J. B. Goodrich, and two directors, Brn. Barker and Emery, were present. Meeting opened with prayer by the president.
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved.
The report of labor for the quarter ending Oct. 1, 1878, was read, which was as follows:—
No. of reports returned, 38 “ “ families visited, 153 “ “ letters written, 269 “ “ received, 34 “ “ new subscribers, 89 “ “ periodicals distributed, 1,782 “ “ annuals distributed, 57 “ “ page tracts and pamphlets distributed, 46,246 Money rec’d for membership, $5.25 “ “ by donation, 3.75 “ “ from book sales, 3.46 “ “ new subscribers, 8.35 “ “ by paying one-third, 10.62 Total amount rec’d, $31.43
The chair, having been empowered to do so, appointed G. W. Barker, A. W. Low, and E. C. Taylor the committee on nominations.
The committee reported the following-named persons as officers of the society for the ensuing year: President, J. B. Goodrich; Vice-president, S. J. Hersum; Secretary, R. J. Goodrich; Directors, Dist. No. 1, W. W. Putman; No. 2, T. S. Emery; No. 3, Frank Dexter; No. 4, C. R. Davis; No. 5, John Bell; No. 6, E. Shebom. These persons were duly elected.
The subject of a State Sabbath-school organization was introduced, and the constitution as given in the REVIEW was read and adopted. J. B. Goodrich was elected President of the State Sabbath-school Association; John Allen, Secretary; and J. B. Goodrich, R. S. Webber, and T. S. Emery, Executive Committee.
The subject of buying a mission tent was taken up and discussed. It was voted to buy a fifty-foot tent, and raise the money to pay for it by the first of March.
Remarks were made by the president upon the financial standing of the society. And it was voted that J. B. Goodrich appoint one in each church to collect means to pay the indebtedness of the society; the amount to be specified by him.
Adjourned, sine die.
J. B. Goodrich, Pres. R. J. Goodrich, Sec.