The Press Bureau Work by W. L. BURGAN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 28, 1912

The Press Bureau Work

By W. L. BURGAN

THAT the brethren in the United States are planning to conduct the newspaper campaign in connection with our work along more organized lines is indicated by the action recently taken by the Ohio Conference Committee in establishing a press bureau for that conference. That Ohio has taken the lead among State conferences in adding this important department to its force of operations for the dissemination of the gospel, ought to serve as an incentive to other State conferences to do likewise. Two union conferences—the Southeastern and Pacific—also have bureaus, and the work that has been accomplished through them was described in recent issues of the REVIEW AND HERALD.

Since the Ohio brethren joined heartily with the movement, begun the first of the year, to bring our doctrines more prominently to the attention of the world through the newspapers, they have had success in their efforts. Quite a number of articles have been published in the newspapers in various sections of the State, with the result that Seventh-day Adventists there are to-day much more widely known than before making use of this powerful medium.

That Elder E. K. Slade, president of the Ohio Conference, is in favor of continuing to give our message publicly through the newspapers of that State, is evident from the following statement made by him:—

“I wish to say that I consider the use of the public press a splendid means of giving publicity to the great movement with which we are connected. I believe that the Lord designs that all agencies providing for rapid transmission of knowledge in these days should be brought into operation in helping to make prominent these truths that mean more to humanity in this time than anything else one could know or consider. The work that has been accomplished through the Press Bureau during the past twelve months has been effective, but I believe that it is only a beginning of what we may do in the future if we properly avail ourselves of the opportunities afforded by the public press.”

There is just as much news among the other conferences in this country as there is in Ohio; and with a press bureau secretary to gather up the information and prepare it for the newspapers, the reason for our existence as a denomination would be made known to the vast concourse of people in this country much faster than it could did we not take advantage of the many opportunities before us.

W. L. BURGAN.