TO THE TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF IOWA AND NEBRASKA.
By Geo. I. Butler
I wish to say a word to you just before the district quarterly meetings are held. Our Society is in debt to the Office about $300. You have read the urgent calls from Bro. White for those in debt to pay up. This is right and reasonable. As the officers of your Society cannot pay debts when there is nothing in the treasury to pay with, we urgently request you to pay to your directors, at these quarterly meetings, such sums as you are able to pay, so that, at our general quarterly meeting at Victor, we may settle up all debts against us. Cannot every member of the Society put in something toward the payment of this just debt? Let those who are able pay their fives and tens, and those with less wealth pay smaller sums. The T. and M. work is languishing, because of our lack of interest. If we would have the cause advance in our Conference, we must arouse to the importance of this work, and not only pay our debts, but launch out on every side. Let the directors at all the district quarterly meetings earnestly solicit contributions, and let every one of us, brethren and sisters, try to pay a little, if it is not more than a dime. We are wronging the cause of God, and hindering the work of the Publishing Association, by leaving our debts unpaid. Unless you desire to discourage your officers at the very beginning of the work, let us pay up our debts. GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. Ia. & Neb. T. & M. S.