To the Members of the Ohio T. & M. Society.
By H. A. St. John
Dear Brethren and Sisters: I feel very anxious about the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. I mean by this that as our dear Bro. White has called for 10,000 subscribers for the SIGNS, east of the Rocky Mountains, at $1.50 per year, I am deeply anxious that we should do our part in furnishing them. This cannot be done without an effort, an individual effort. There is hardly a person, or at least but few, that can properly feel excused in this matter. They should not be gathered up carelessly, nor will it rarely be best to send the paper quite gratuitously. If the subscriber pays something, perhaps from twenty-five cents to $1.50, he will be far more certain to read it. Who is it that by diligent effort cannot obtain from one to four subscribers for the SIGNS? You need have no fears or scruples in recommending this excellent paper. Perhaps, as our proportion of the 10,000, we should raise 800 or 1,000. Shall we do it? Who says, We will? Now is the most favorable time to work for this. As a Society, shall we fail to discharge this apparent duty? Let the dear servants of God not call upon us in vain. If each individual member will obtain three or four subscribers, it will be done. Dear brethren and sisters, be entreated to take hold of the matter at once. Do not, I beseech you, let this opportunity pass by unimproved. You may distribute tracts, and especially Health Almanacs, while getting subscribers, but I think you may be excused for making the SIGNS a specialty for the time being. Now, if you have done nothing, I trust you are fully resolved to go about it at once. And as you start, allow me to say a word about doing the business properly. Write the name plainly, with P. O., county, and State, and the amount you get from each, pass them into the hands of your director, who will send them to the State secretary. And may God bless you in your noble mission. H. A. St. John.