The Thanksgiving Number by W. A. S.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 15, 1908

The Thanksgiving Number

By W. A. S.

THOSE who have seen the special Thanksgiving number of the REVIEW agree that this will be the most striking review of our work that we have ever had to place in the hands of the people.

Just at this time, it seems apparent, this document, graphically showing what the message is actually accomplishing, will be a stronger testimony to our neighbors and the public than a paper filled with doctrinal articles. These latter we must always keep circulating; but for this Thanksgiving season the thing that seems to fit the time and the occasion exactly, the shaft that will go true to the mark, is just such a paper as this in preparation.

Menelaus, a Grecian warrior, was famous in ancient time for his ability to shoot three arrows from the bow at one time, each finding its separate mark. The effort with this Thanksgiving special is to accomplish three things at one stroke:—

1. It will prove a blessed experience to those who go out with the paper to leave it as a missionary souvenir with those who contribute to foreign missions.

2. It will gather in thousands of dollars for the missionary cause from those who otherwise would have no chance to give to this work.

3. It will be a blessing to the people who give, and will call their attention to the truth for this time in a very definite way.

This new plan comes to us in the very year when the growth of our work demands that from some source extra means must be forthcoming. Who can not see that such a plan has come to the front by special providence for such a time as this? W. A. S.