TO ILLINOIS T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By F. M. T. Simonson
Of course we have sent off our reports for the quarter ending Dec. 31, and are now turning our attention to the quarter already begun. To have effective work, we must not lay up our oars and float till the last week, and then begin to pull with short, rapid strokes; but every day, with long, steady strokes, bend to our labor. Friends, let us rise every morning with the determination to press all the missionary work possible into the day before us. Missionary labor does not consist alone in distributing tracts; but also in donating something with which to buy them. From now till reporting time we must do a little better than to give a sum equal to one-third of our S. B.; for our State is in debt, and we must pay. We can each find an opportunity to deny ourselves each day, and thus secure a few cents to donate. We have a heavy debt to meet, and we can and will meet it. Yours with new courage,
F. M. T. SIMONSON, Sec.