Sister C. Van Gorder writes from Portage, Ohio, to the sisters: “DEAR SISTERS: As I have been meditating upon our present lukewarm state, I feel led to address you. Doubtless you are looking forward to the spring conference for great spiritual strength, as I heard a sister say of the conference last fall, Now at this conference I want to get right into the work. “Dear sisters, do not wait for the next conference to get into the work, but if you are not now in the work, engage now, and when conference comes, we shall be already in the work. May the Lord bless you, sisters, and may you take hold of this work in earnest. The work is before us, and shall we stand idle and expect to share in the reward? No, let this be our motto, ‘Work while the day lasts.’ John ix, 4. Shall we seek for ease while others are burdened? No; let us share in the burden, and thank the Lord that we are counted worthy. “Dear sisters, I would say once more, Take hold of this work as for eternal life. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city.”