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The Cause in Iowa

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 14, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 11.

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The Cause in Iowa.

By E. W. Farnsworth

We are thankful that Bro. Canright is coming to our Conference. We have felt for some time that our brethren and sisters were not doing as much as they should, and we have also felt that this lack resulted not so much from the want of a disposition to labor, as from a lack of appreciation of the importance of their part of the work. Our Conference is one of the strongest, and we ought to be doing as much as any other; but this is not so, we are sorry to say. These meetings that are soon to be held will afford our people a better opportunity to understand the wants of the cause and also their own wants; but in order to accomplish this, it will be necessary that they attend. The meetings will not benefit you unless you attend them. Make some sacrifice to come.
I shall have a good assortment of our books at these meetings. I have our new blank book for church records, and the S. B. books. We hope every church will want these, for we greatly desire to see a uniformity in these matters. We shall look after our delinquent subscribers for our periodicals, also for our S. B. fund. So we hope if any are behind on their paper, they will come prepared to pay up. If they do not take it at all, it is high time they did; so let them come prepared to do so. Let every one feel a burden in this matter. Let those who have the paper, read this to those who do not have it. We make a special request to all our T. and M. workers to see that every Sabbath-keeper has the REVIEW, and if possible the REFORMER and INSTRUCTOR. When any of our brethren get so low, spiritually, that they do not take our papers, it is about time to write a spiritual obituary; at least there is cause of alarm in their cases. No one can expect to enjoy much of the grace of God who does not improve the means of grace within his reach.
In conclusion, we request that your Sabbath-school be not postponed when we come. We do not want you to fix up something pretty, for we want to see just what you have generally. We want you to have just such a school as you have every Sabbath. Let us all come praying that God may be with us.
E. W. FARNSWORTH.