A Great Opportunity by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · May 20, 1915

A Great Opportunity

By Editor

WE are certainly facing what Dr. Frederick Lynch has been pleased to call "an acute crisis" in the controversy with Rome. Romanism was never more aggressive, never more determined, than now. The evidence of this appears on every hand. The dominating influence of Rome in the large cities, the agitation for a division of the public school funds, the long-continued campaign for legislation to establish a censorship of the press, the growth of the great Roman Catholic organizations under the absolute control of the hierarchy, the announced purpose to make America Catholic, followed by a large increase in the number of missions to non-Catholics,—these are some of the ways by which Rome is seeking to advance her interest in the United States.

There is a great lack of information among Protestants as to the teaching and the present activities of the Roman Catholic Church. Very few recognize the fulfillment of prophecy in current events. This leads to a feeling of indifference toward the whole situation. The Protestant Magazine is designed to be a channel for conveying reliable information concerning these things. It avoids the publication of mere rumors, does not exploit the misdeeds of individual Roman Catholics, but gives the most significant facts. Many readers appreciate this editorial policy.

Placing this magazine in the hands of clergymen and others who are molders of public opinion gives it a wide influence. Will not those who believe in its work make a very definite effort to enlarge its circle of readers? Try the plan of ordering twenty copies (at a cost of $1), hand them out to ministers and other professional men as samples, and later invite their subscriptions. Some may be inclined to send the magazine for six months or a year to a few of the leading men in their neighborhood. Five copies will be sent six months for $1.50, or a full year for $3. Why not try this manner of doing missionary work? Correspondence concerning plans for placing the magazine in the hands of leading men is invited.