Why Articles Are Rejected
By Editor
SOME of our good contributors may wonder why their articles do not appear in the REVIEW, and a word of explanation may be helpful. In the first place, it is impossible to publish all articles submitted, as our space will not permit this, and some must necessarily be rejected. Many considerations determine the decision concerning an article: it may be too long and not of sufficient merit to justify the effort to condense it, or the subject may be good, but the treatment of it may be too commonplace, or the subject may have been recently presented in the paper, or the writer may be given to fanciful ideas or interpretations of Scripture, or an article that might pass the test at one time might for special reasons be rejected at another time, and so on to the end of the list. Well-written articles upon vital subjects, and short articles upon specific phases of Christian experience, are always welcomed. The editor can do no more than to use his best judgment in deciding whether to use a contribution, and he often regrets being compelled to decline that which has evidently cost a writer much effort. He hopes, however, that those whose experience and ability enable them to instruct the people to their profit will continue to furnish articles for the REVIEW.