Our Literature in China

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 8, 1916

Our Literature in China

A LETTER written April 7, by Elder James E. Shultz, editor of the Chinese Signs of the Times, says: “Our magazine circulation here is steadily growing, so that our greatest anxiety in these war times is to be able to buy paper on which to publish it. The war is not restricting its circulation, as you will realize when I tell you that recently I received a code telegram from the most western dependency of China, asking us to print a citizens’ petition in our paper. This petition came from Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan, and was signed by the most prominent people of the city. They have evidently thought our magazine the most influential in China. I hope through this to get a number of subscriptions. This is the way that our message is being spread in China.

A short time ago word came that a pastor in Shan-si bought nine copies of our magazine, which he carefully studied, with the result that he is now a full-fledged believer in the third angel’s message, and has believers in sixty villages. He brings with him schools, church buildings, and one advanced school in which are teachers who are graduates of the Peking and Tientsin universities. Thus our work is spreading, and thus the Lord is encouraging us in pushing it forward. We pray for a faithful heart, that we may be able to present the truth in a clear, attractive way.”