The “Review” Extra by D. W. Reavis

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 20, 1914

The “Review” Extra

By D. W. Reavis

ALL our REVIEW subscribers will soon have an opportunity to examine the REVIEW Extra, as a copy will be sent to all subscribers soon after the mailing of this present regular number. This Extra is issued at this most intense time to give a concise, historical, and Scriptural answer to the anxious question in the minds of nearly every adult of the world, “What do these things mean?”

Since our work began, there has never been a time so favorable to the giving of our message as today. The interest is intense, and the public mind is brought to the solemn consciousness of the presence of some serious event in the history of the world. The people do not know what it is, but are ready and anxious to give thoughtful consideration to any interpretation offered. The present time is, therefore, our golden opportunity to let the light which God has intrusted to us shine with great brilliancy and power throughout the world.

Now is the time for minutemen to spring forward with all the fervor that the power of the message imparts, and become swift messengers for the King. There should be no excuses, no “lions in the way,” no waiting for a more convenient time. As suddenly as the opening of the way, our response should be made. God has opened the way. He has led our editors in the prompt preparation of matter needed just now, and we believe every REVIEW reader will spring into the work of circulating the REVIEW Extra with all his might. That is the call just now.

The work has begun with remarkable promptness and magnitude. Orders from near-by places began to pour into the office as soon as it was decided to issue an extra dealing with the situation in Europe, the signs of the end, and the coming of the Lord; and as the news spread, the orders increased. Nearly all the orders received run up into thousands. Office girls, working for small salaries, take 1,000 each; ministers order from 1,000 to 3,000; conference tract societies, 5,000. The church of Washington, D. C., plans for 25,000 for the city of Washington alone. And all this before the printed notice of the Extra reaches the nearest points.

What may we expect when all learn of the Extra, and feel the spirit and power of the time of the loud cry urging them into earnest effort? A million and copies of this message-filled Extra will doubtless be placed in the homes of the people by our faithful readers in a very short time. No one should rob himself of the blessing accompanying this special work by failing to take part in it.

The price of the Extra is placed at cost, 50 cents a hundred, or $4 a thousand, postpaid. All orders should be sent through the conference tract society. D. W. REAVIS.