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unworthy of life on any plane. Pharaoh is an example of thosewhose hearts harden instead of melt, under the influence ofGod's mercy.Consider, too, that what you now do and spend, is in part at leastto offset that formerly spent; to counteract former errors andmisrepresentations of God's character with the clearer light nowshining. Some of us who were for years very zealous in thespread of error, before the truth reached us, and who like Paulverily thought thereby to do God service, might almost despairof ever offsetting it with the truth, but for the fact that the moneyand energy we then spent accomplished little, compared withwhat even the same amount of each would accomplish now, inthe service of the truth, in this harvest time and with thefacilities our Lord has now put into our hands.Consider that "the time is short:" that where we used to give onedollar, or a hundred, or a thousand, we now have the privilege ofshowing the Lord our appreciation of the truth by using fivetimes as much, both of time and money; the results of which arebeyond comparison.Can we preach the good tidings in a better way than incirculating DAWN VOL. I., and these tracts? If some can affordto pay for the tracts, but cannot attend to having them circulated(and all should be able to do this also, unless invalids), theremay be other brethren and sisters who would be glad todistribute more tracts than they can purchase, and we will findsuch agents for you, if you desire.But we are not urging this work, but merely asking you toconsider the matter and act according to your own judgment.Here is an opportunity for extensive harvest work; and the timebetween the quarterly issues is ample for thorough distribution.====================R1109 : page 8Venango.EXTRACTS FROMINTERESTING LETTERS.DEAR BROTHER RUSSELL:--Your book, The Time is atHand, has been received and read with avidity. I can scarcelyrestrain myself from continually crying aloud, "Glory to God inthe Highest!" Hallelujah! for evermore. May the praises of Godand the Lamb be upon every tongue! How can it be otherwise?Who so great or so glorious as our Redeemer who gave himself,was slain, for the sins of the whole world--save the GreatJehovah who planned the redemption. I rejoice daily that I ammade wise even at this day, and yet my heart grows sad when Ithink of the years that I have been led by the blind. Why was I