p. 22 | The Best of All Friends by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 11, 1916

The Best of All Friends

By Editor

IN olden times men generally communicated their counsels and their whole minds to their friends, especially in things in which they felt concern, or that might be to their advantage to know and to understand. This custom seems to have been established upon the example of Christ in calling his disciples “friends,” as recorded in John 15:15. He called them “friends” because he made known to them all things that he heard of the Father. If, therefore, Christ became a real friend to his followers because he revealed to them the living Father, may not any special means that he ordained for the furtherance of his work in the earth be regarded as a special friend? A Scriptural friend being one who imparts information, it is proper for our members to regard the REVIEW their friend, as many do. We give the following as an illustration of the relation of the REVIEW to its readers:—

“In regard to the good old REVIEW, I have been a reader of it for about fifty years. I could not, and I would not, attempt to get along without it. It is a dear, good old preacher to me. I have many friends about me that I respect, but the good old REVIEW is the best friend of all. I do not see how any of our people could do without it. It seems to me that to part with it would be like parting with my companion, who is now seventy-seven years of age.”

“L. M. WETTER.”

This same person has followed the suggestion made by the missionary secretary of the North American Division, that every REVIEW subscriber secure one new subscription for the REVIEW. If all our people would follow this good example, there would be no lack for REVIEW subscriptions. The good old paper would be in the homes of all the people, and its presence in the homes would mean a very pronounced special blessing upon its inmates. It would prove to be indeed a real friend to all of them.