The Summary by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 20, 1913

The Summary

By Editor

It is with feelings of gratitude to God that we publish this last monthly summary for 1912. The Lord has especially blessed our colporteurs month by month during the year. The grand total of orders taken for our subscription books amounts to over one million dollars. Not all these orders have been delivered; but on the whole, the per cent of deliveries has been high during the year, even in some of the most difficult and fanatical fields.

The magazine colporteurs also have done a splendid work during the year. Those who have been at work in the United States have placed in the homes of the people over 2,300,000 copies of our ten-cent magazines.

Life and Health takes the lead in circulation in this country, having averaged over 43,000 copies a month for the year. The Signs of the Times follows with an average of over 33,000, and the Watchman has had a circulation of over 26,000 a month.

The periodical work in other countries has been signally blessed. The two papers published in England have had an average monthly circulation of over 150,000 copies. The Herold der Wahrheit, a semimonthly paper published in Hamburg, takes the lead among our denominational missionary papers. Its total circulation for the year has been 2,280,000 copies, or nearly as many as the total circulation of all the magazines published in the United States combined. Its average circulation each issue has been over 95,000.

We are sure that the readers of the Review will rejoice with us over the successful work that is being done by our colporteurs in all parts of the field. The workers have started in with a strong determination that the present year shall show even better results than 1912. To this end let us pray and work.