The “Review” a Special Missionary Paper by D. W. Reavis

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 9, 1911

The “Review” a Special Missionary Paper

By D. W. Reavis

No claim is made by the publishers that the REVIEW is a missionary paper; yet there are conditions under which it is as effectual along missionary lines as any periodical the denomination publishes.

It has been demonstrated many times that individuals who desired to know more of the faith of our people, having been supplied with the REVIEW by their Adventist neighbors, and being pillars in their own churches and acquainted to a greater or less degree with the manifestations of the Holy Spirit, have found in the REVIEW spiritual food they had not found in any other religious paper. This they have repeatedly affirmed. Among such acquaintances and neighbors, the REVIEW certainly has a very favorable influence. Used in this way, it is an effective missionary paper.

As an illustration of the influence the REVIEW has upon many, we quote the following statement written by an attorney to one of our sisters, who had used a REVIEW as a missionary paper under circumstances similar to those mentioned above:—

“DEAR MRS. MILLER: Of all papers received from you, I never had one to impress me as the last one did, the REVIEW. That is a wonderful paper. It had the desired effect. I have been made better by the reading of the REVIEW. I have thought more seriously of a Christian life and of what God would have me do, than ever before. I want your prayers to that effect. Remember me kindly to your husband, and accept best wishes for yourself.”

The same Spirit which accompanies our workers in all parts of the world, the Spirit which is the power upholding the third angel’s message in the world, accompanies the REVIEW. It serves as the voice of this denomination in communications between the workers and the members. Its work is upholding and promoting the general interests of this great message throughout the world. The REVIEW may be made a strong factor in bringing individuals to a keen realization of the existence of a special message in the world at this time.

It will make friends for our members in their local communities, and in the possession of their neighbors, it will place them in a better light than it will be possible for them to appear in without its influence. It will be well, therefore

for our members to pass their papers on to their neighbors, after they have read them. It will be good work for our members frequently to secure extra copies of the REVIEW, and use them in their missionary work, handing them, with an appropriate statement, to those whom they know, or sending them by mail to other acquaintances, with a friendly letter calling special attention to some particular article, which especially appealed to the writer.

The REVIEW has a peculiar power and influence readily recognized by the spiritual-minded everywhere, and will lead many to a knowledge of the truth.

D. W. REAVIS.