p. 2 | A Personal Appeal by M. M. Pincott

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 17, 1915

A Personal Appeal

By M. M. Pincott

DURING the whole six years of the existence of this magazine I have not made a personal appeal to its readers for their assistance in extending its circulation. I have felt that perhaps my work on the magazine was the best appeal and that it would be better for me to make no other.

The intensity of the present situation has moved me to change my mind and to call for help. “We are certainly facing what Dr. Lynch has been pleased to call ‘an acute crisis.’” Romanism was never more aggressive, never more determined than now; the evidences of this appear 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 establishing 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 interests 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. This generally leads to a feeling of indifference toward the whole situation. I have tried to make this magazine a channel for conveying reliable information upon the controversy with Rome, avoiding the publication of mere rumors and not exploiting the misdeeds of individual Roman Catholics, but giving the most significant facts. Many readers appreciate this editorial policy.

Now I ask that those who believe in this magazine should do something definite toward enlarging its circle of readers. Order twenty copies (at a cost of $1.00) and distribute them among friends and neighbors; then try to secure a few subscriptions. As a special inducement the magazine will be sent for the remainder of the year, and the issues for May and June will be included as long as they last, for fifty cents.

I wish to add that this appeal does not involve any financial benefit to myself, and that the magazine has been published at a loss since it was established.

How many will respond to my first appeal for cooperation? Remember the motto, “Do it now.”

Yours for the advancement of genuine Protestantism,

M. M. Pincott