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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 20, 1876

LABORERS WANTED.

By H. A. St. John

We need laborers in Ohio; but we are not calling upon Michigan or the General Conference Committee for help; nor do we expect to appeal to any source outside of our own State for laborers. We shall certainly welcome any efficient help from other Conferences that may choose to come, but we feel that there are men within our own borders whom God would use in the glorious work of preaching present truth, if they would consecrate themselves to him. And we are of the opinion that the prosperity of the good cause in Ohio depends very much upon such persons moving out in the fear of God.

Three, or at least two, tents should be run in Ohio the coming season, and it seems to me that God would be pleased to have them run by men upon our own soil. Preparations should begin immediately for the summer campaign. I almost imagine I can hear my brethren in Ohio everywhere saying, “Amen, so let it be. Send out the cotton meeting-houses, and let the good work go forward.” But where are the men? Much caution and wisdom are needful in order to rightly relate gifts that will work well together; but first we must have the men from whom to select. I am anxious to hear from elders, directors, and anybody else interested, that can give a word of counsel, advice, or encouragement. H. A. St. John.