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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, July 16, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 5

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HOW CONVENIENT IT WOULD BE.

By A. S. H.

One who never stops to think, can hardly imagine how convenient it would be, if correspondents doing business with this office, would give the name of their post office, and their own names, when ordering books or sending for the Review, Instructor, &c.
This morning a letter containing money, and ordering the Review, was opened, but Bro. Aldrich was not told which of the United States to send it to. Now does any one suppose he has time to shut himself up and guess and guess till he hits upon the right State? Then again perchance he should not guess right, would you be satisfied? Will you say he doubtless did as well as he could, and we have no fault to find? No, you would probably wonder why the Review did not come. And you might complain, and say, I wish they would attend to their business at the Review Office. Now this is just what they want to do. They want to do their business and do it right. While they respectfully invite you and me to do ours ourselves.
But Bro. A. was determined to set the matter right if he could, so he opened his post-office book, found the name of the post office, but it happens that several States have a post office of the same name. What should be done? He could send the Review to each of these offices, then he would hit the right place doubtless. But who will pay for them?
As I left his room a persevering hunt was going on to find out by some means where to send said Review. And I venture to say it would be as easy for you to guess whether this moment I sit with my face to the east or west, or in some other direction, as it will be for him to guess into what State to send this Review.
As a friend to you and to our overworked brethren at this office, we close by urgently inviting you to give in the plainest manner your name and post office address, that your business may be done with dispatch.
Yours, straight forward and to the point. A. S. H. Review Office, B. C. July 14, 1867.