To the Directors of the T. & M. Societies in Wis.
By O. A. OLSEN
DEAR BRETHREN: You have been placed in a position where no small responsibility rests upon you. We have reached that season of the year which is specially favorable to tract and missionary labor, and every moment and opportunity should be improved. You have also seen from the articles in the REVIEW and True Missionary from Bro. Haskell and others that a greater effort than ever before must be made to put our publications and periodicals in the hands of those who will read. The truth which God has committed to our trust and the time in which we live demand this. But this cannot be done without an effort. If we assume an indifferent position, the Lord will remove us and raise up those that will labor and feel the responsibility. At the present moment, men and means are wanted—men that feel the burden of souls and go forth into the fields to work for Jesus, and means to carry forward these enterprises. As directors, it becomes your duty to visit the churches in your districts, and stir them up to the importance of present and decided action. Here is the different publications to be put in the hands of all that will read, and here is the 2700 names to be obtained for The Voice of Truth, and The Health Reformer, as you see stated by Bro. Haskell in the REVIEW for Nov. 24. Immediate action is necessary. These names should all be obtained before Jan. 1. It will therefore be necessary for the directors and all the brethren and sisters to go to work at once to obtain the names called for. The amount will be proportioned to each district and each director will soon receive the quota of names his district is to furnish, but do not wait for that but begin at once. And we say to our brethren and sisters who as yet do not belong to the T. & M. Society, Do not feel yourselves excused, whether you live lonely or connected with some church, but go to work at once, remembering the suggestion of Bro. Haskell in reference to obtaining names in a reckless manner. Report your labor and send what names you get, stating whether for The Voice of Truth or the Reformer, to the State secretary, Mattie A. Babcock, Monroe, Wis. Let all the directors make an effort at their coming district quarterly meetings to raise means, that the Lord's treasury be not empty. The Lord will bless his work. O. A. OLSEN.
Sparta, Wis., Dec. 4, 1874.