TO THE BRETHREN IN ILLINOIS.
By G. W. Colcord
My dear friends in Illinois, why can we not arise and “put on strength”? For one, I am determined to come nearer to God. I have been reading Testimony No. 28. It is a solemn warning. Brethren and sisters, you need the testimony therein given. Send for it, read it, and profit by it. The Lord is on the giving hand. He favors us here in Illinois in many ways. The Illinois Central R. R. Company are very generous to us as a people, and two other companies are now desiring to charter coaches to run to our campground. There is work to do in Illinois. Our State should be districted; and our churches must have more aid, or we shall lose strength. My dear friends in the message, should we not work? If we do not, we shall be left behind, and be lost! G. W. COLCORD.