Opportunities

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 28, 1916

THE other day I saw two pictures. One was that of a young man who spent his time during the hot summer months in fishing. The other picture was of the same man when old age had arrived, and he was finding it extremely difficult to eke out an existence. The moral was evident.

There are other opportunities for us than those which present themselves to accumulate worldly gain. There are those present with us now which, if neglected, may cause embarrassment and hardship in the future.

There are agencies at work now which, if successful, will be the means of greatly handicapping our work. As witness, just think of the large number of bills introduced into the legislatures of the various States and into the Congress of the United States in the interests of the observance of the first day of the week and of the abridgment of the liberties of the press.

The majority of the Sunday bills being introduced nowadays have no exemption for those who observe another day than Sunday. The enactment of these measures into law would mean persecution.

Up to the present time not one of these bills has become law. Men have been raised up who have defended right principles. The Liberty magazine deals intelligently with these matters, and gives the trumpet a certain sound. It is doing a wonderful work wherever it goes. It is raising up stalwart champions of religious liberty in the halls of Congress, in State legislatures, and in the courts of our land; among jurists, lawyers, and editors. The great pity is that all these men are not receiving its regular visits.

There are men in your own community who should regularly have the privilege of reading this magazine. Will not every reader of the REVIEW appoint himself a committee of one to mention this matter to the elder or leader of his church, to the end that a liberal fund may be raised to send Liberty to the leading men of the community? When five or more subscriptions are sent at one time, Liberty will be mailed one year to each subscriber for 25 cents. Order through your conference tract society.