Articles for the “Review”
By Editor
THE REVIEW cordially solicits from all its readers contributions to its columns. Especially shall we be glad to receive articles from our ministers and workers throughout the field. If God has given you a rich experience or a good thought, write it out for the benefit of others. Present some phase of the special message for this generation. We have in our files at the present time a number of excellent contributions. In some of these the subjects are well treated, and the thoughts concisely expressed. These will appear in due time. Many other articles are received which, while they contain some excellent things, are too long and prosy for use. As a rule, long articles are dull and tiresome. It is not for these we ask, but rather for the short, spicy ones, which come directly to the point, and are filled with sparkling thought and quickening life. The REVIEW seeks each week to present a variety of topics. The publication of long articles makes this impossible; hence in the very nature of the case, short articles must be given the preference. As a rule, no article should contain more than from one thousand to fifteen hundred words, and if the thoughts can be condensed within the limit of five hundred words, or even less, this is far preferable. Write plainly with pen and ink, on one side of the paper; send your manuscript in folded, not rolled. Do not seek to cover too many points in one article. Select one or two leading points in the subject, and clearly elucidate these. Later, if desired, write on other phases of the subject. “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little,”—this is the Bible method of imparting truth and instruction, which all may profitably follow. Write naturally; write for the paper as you would write a letter to a friend. Do not copy the style of another; be yourself. It is left, of course, for the editors to determine the merit of your production for publication; you, however, may be sure that it possesses the merit of conciseness and brevity.