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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 10, 1914

One Million Copies

By D. W. Reavis

IN the 'REVIEW of August 13 the first announcement was made of the issuing of the REVIEW War Extra, and on September 2—only twenty days after this announcement—one million copies had been ordered. Never before in the history of our publishing work has any one issue of any of our papers reached a circulation of one million, though some of them have been very attractive and important issues and the time of their circulation has in some instances been extended over a long period. It is, therefore, worthy of special note that the good old REVIEW, the voice of the denomination, which was born with the message and has ever been an inspiration to all believers, has the honor of first reaching the million goal, about which we have talked and for which we have planned for a long time, and that it did this in the remarkably short period of twenty days.

In 1853 Elder James White carried an entire issue of the church paper to the post office in a carpetbag; but during the past three weeks it has required the daily services of large wagons and trucks to convey the REVIEW Extra to the railway mail shed. On its account our local post office has had to work overtime, and mail clerks have been forced to postpone their vacations; and our presses have had to run twenty-four hours each day for a long time.

This shows the great possibilities before us in the circulation of our excellent literature. Let us not rest content with what we have already accomplished, but let us faithfully continue our efforts in the giving of the gospel message. Not only the REVIEW, but the Signs, the Watchman, and every one of our excellent periodicals should be circulated like the leaves of autumn. We have done too little; let us seek to do more. D. W. REAVIS.