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many who so soon will find themselves assaulted with the errorsof Infidelity, Spiritualism, etc.It seems as though the language of Jesus, (Matt. 20:7,) isapplicable now--"About the eleventh hour (five o'clock P.M.--only one hour before the labor of the day would cease) he wentout and found others standing idle....He saith to them, 'Go yealso into the vineyard and whatever is right that shall yereceive.'"The church is God's vineyard and we are just at the close of theGospel day. Let us all go in, thankful for the opportunity to beco-workers with God here; and if faithful hereafter also. There isso great a variety of work that all may find employ--all werehired in the parable. If you have a half hour, or an hour, or two,or three, you can use it and it will be acceptable with the Lord ofthe harvest. Who can tell the blessings which may flow fromone hour's service under God's direction.To those so situated that they can give one-half or more of theirtime exclusively to the work of the Lord, we have a plan tosuggest. [We refer to those who have not families dependent onthem for support-- both men and women,] viz: That you go forthinto large or small cities, according to your ability, asColporteurs or Evangelists, seek to find in every place theearnest Christians, many of whom you will find possessed of azeal for God, but not according to knowledge; to these seek tomake known the riches of Our Father's grace, and the beauties ofHis word, giving them tracts; and as a work of kindness and loveto them, endeavor to sell them the "Day Dawn," or to take theirsubscription for the "Watch Tower," [or if interested, but toopoor to purchase, presenting the same as a gift from God.]As few could afford to travel, pay their board and clothethemselves without some income, we propose to furnish theTRACTS and DAY DAWNS free, and to allow any such personto take subscriptions for the WATCH TOWER, using the moneyobtained from both of these sources, ("Day Dawn and WatchTower,"-- the Tracts are free and must not be sold,) in defrayingnecessary expenses. Should your receipts be more than would beneeded to pay expenses, (not at all probable,) you would beexpected to make some returns to us.Now, who has a burning desire to go and labor in the Vineyard,and has been praying that the Lord would open the way. Is notthis the way? This offer is made to you by the"WATCH TOWER TRACT SOCIETY."The immense proportions which the tract work seems to beassuming suggested the idea of a combination of effort in thisdirection, and the result is the forming of this Society. There is agreat demand for tracts. Over 900,000 pages have already goneout, and we are now making contracts for several millions of