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selves valuable aid in their glorious work of diffusing Christian 

 light and knowledge. If every preacher would avail himself of 

 the facilities which this society offers, and act as a colporteur of our 

 own publications, he would doubtless find them valuable auxiliaries 

 to his ministry. 



The agent of our society reports that he has received during the 

 past year $2,224.04— that he has distributed 800,000 pages of tracts, 

 and given away upward of §1,000 worth of books and tracts. 



The board cannot conclude their report without urging upon the 

 society increased efforts to make our organization effective and suc- 

 cessful. With a humble dependence upon God, and with earnest 

 prayers for his blessing upon our labors, let us, brethren, renew our 

 exertions, and resolve to give to the good cause in which we are 

 engaged an impulse worthy of its character and objects. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



The following resolution was adopted at the annual meeting of 

 the society : 



Resolved, That all the preachers be earnestly requested to act as 

 agents or colporteurs in selling books and tracts, and where it is out 

 of their power to act themselves, they suggest proper persons to the 

 agent, and that none be appointed but with their consent or recom- 

 mendation. 



The title of this society was changed to " The Book 

 and Tract Society of the South Carolina Conference," 

 in 1858, under the following report on Book and Tract 

 Depository and Southern Christian Advocate: 



The committee appointed in reference to a Book Depository and 

 the Southern Christian Advocate, after giving to the subject referred 

 to them the consideration which its importance demands and their 

 time would allow, beg leave respectfully to report that they rec- 

 ommend to the South Carolina Conference to originate a Book and 

 Tract Society, to be formed and governed by the following 



Constitution. 



Article 1. This association shall be called and known by the 

 name of " The Book and Tract Society of the South Carolina Con- 

 ference." 



Art. 2. The objects of this society shall be: First, the estab- 

 lishment in the city of Charleston of a Book and Tract Depositor} 1 



