AN EARNEST APPEAL / To the General Conference Committee the quot Picked Men quot at Buttle Creek the Committees of the State Conferences nnd the Officers of the Several Branches of our Tract and Missionary Society DEAR BRETHREN W e take up our pen to ad apos z dress you with assurance that the Lord has been leading out our mind to consider the present condition of our people and the wants of the cause such as we never felt before In our RockyMountain retreat