NEW ENGLAND T. AND M. SOCIETY by D. A. Robinson; Eliza Thayer

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 26, 1879

NEW ENGLAND T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By D. A. Robinson; Eliza Thayer

The business session of the N. E. T. and M. Society was held in connection with the quarterly meeting at Amherst, N. H., June 8, at 9 o’clock A. M. In the absence of the president, Eld. D. A. Robinson, vice-president, occupied the chair. Meeting opened by singing, “He that goeth forth with weeping,” followed by prayer by Eld. G. F. Haines. The report of the previous meeting was read, also report of labor for quarter ending April 1. The financial report given was as follows:—

Rec’d on donations and membership, $196.65 “ “ Book sales, 225.96 “ “ Periodicals, 262.00 Total receipts, $684.61 Expended for publications, $205.56 “ “ periodicals, 262.18 “ “ freight, etc., 54.30 Total expenses, $522.04 Excess of receipts, $162.57 Due at beginning of qr., $868.25 “ April 1, $705.68

This indebtedness does not include the amount due on clubs of Signs for the year, but only to the time stated. An examination of this report shows a gain of $140 during the quarter. At the same rate the society might clear itself of debt in less than eighteen months. New Hampshire is doing a good work in this direction. One brother who visits among the churches carries with him a pledge paper soliciting donations and pledges for the tract society. He thus obtains the names of a large part of the brethren and sisters, and even small children, for sums varying from five cents to several dollars, as their various circumstances will permit. These donations, though small in themselves, amount to quite a sum, and prove a real help to the tract society; and He who notices the giving of a cup of cold water to a fellow-disciple will regard these offerings to his cause.

Eld. Robinson favored the meeting with very interesting and appropriate remarks upon the different branches of the T. and M. work, dwelling quite at length upon the subject of sacrifice, and showing it to be the privilege as well as the duty of God’s people to help with their means to advance his work. Such privileges will soon be past, and the means withheld from God’s suffering cause will be swept away. The sin of covetousness, though common, can never be accepted of Heaven, nor can those possessing it be admitted through the pearly gates. One of the Christian graces is a spirit of sacrifice; and in Christ, our pattern, we find an instance of sacrifice without a parallel.

Eld. R. was followed by others who spoke upon the same subject, and practical demonstrations were made in the form of pledges to a reserve tract fund and new tent for the Conference, to the amount of $300.

After further remarks upon the interesting results of the distribution of reading matter, the meeting adjourned.

D. A. ROBINSON, Vice-President. ELIZA THAYER, Secretary.