District No. 3 Tract Society Quarterly Appeal
By M. H. Brown
DIST. NO. 3, N. Y. AND PA. T. AND M. SOCIETY.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: We are drawing near the close of another quarter in our Tract Society, and what have we done? No member should feel satisfied without obtaining at least one subscriber for the SIGNS and the HEALTH REFORMER. This can be done without much effort. But, dear brethren, can it be said that we have done what we could, if we do no more than that? Can we not look back in our experience, and see where we have failed to do all we could in sowing the precious seeds of truth? When are we going to begin to redeem the time and carefully and wisely use the golden moments as they come to us laden with the responsibilities of the hour? The time for labor in this cause will soon be past, and who will come again rejoicing bringing their sheaves with them? Will it not be those who go forth weeping, bearing precious seed? We have many tracts and pamphlets in our libraries, that ought to be out preaching the truth in the homes of the people. They will do their work faithfully and well if we only do our duty. Shall we allow the quarter to end, and not spend at least one or two days in carrying the light to those who sit in darkness? Can we be so lukewarm as to look on with indifference, and see so much that ought to be done, and still plod on in our worldly pursuits, heedless of the storm of wrath which is so soon to burst upon a world lying in wickedness? When shall we heed the counsel of the True Witness, and become more alive to the wants of God's cause and its claims upon us? We have no time to lose; the enemy is stealing a march on us, I fear, and we shall only learn our situation when it is too late, if we do not heed the stirring testimony of God's servants, and move forward as the Lord has so plainly pointed out by his Spirit and his providence. Our pledges to the Tract Society, of a sum equal to one-third of our s. B., should be handed to the librarian with our quarterly reports, at least one week previous to our quarterly meeting, which will be held about March 4, of which due notice will be given. Let us be prompt with all our work, and not sleep as do others. May we be able to put on the whole armor, and thus do good service in the Master's cause. A little way in the future we shall know how much we love these truths, and how much they have affected our lives. May God grant that we may not deceive ourselves in these things.