p. 5 | A Church Paper

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 18, 1916

A Church Paper

A CHURCH paper was considered of such importance that a large share of the second day’s session of the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was given to a discussion of the official organ of that church. The subject came before the conference in a report of the committee of publishing interests, in which the progress of the paper was reviewed. The committee recommended that the present assessment for the church paper be continued, and that an effort be made to secure 1,200 new subscribers.

One of the delegates sought to have the annual assessment withdrawn, but his proposal was met with defeat by an overwhelming vote. He said that the conference had given the paper support for twelve years, and that it now should be on a self-supporting basis. The vote of the conference, however, was a vote of approval, indicating that they considered that a church organ was well worth conference support even though it might not be self-supporting.