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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Nov 7, 1907

Visit the Lawmakers

By W. A. C.

A BROTHER in one of our conferences writes concerning Liberty as follows:—

“I feel very grateful to God that we have such an excellent paper to put before the people, and I am of the opinion that we must study to invent a plan to get the legislators to read this journal. I have visited two of our United States representatives in our State. Mr. ——— said he never read Liberty; that it went into the waste-basket. He asked me to put in writing our views on religious liberty, so that he could have the subject as it is without going through so much matter. I told him I would, and that I would be brief. He said, as I was departing, that he was very thankful for the visit, and if my letter to him was full of meat, he could read a long one. I can not begin to tell you of the interesting conversation, but will say that I believe it pays to visit our congressmen. Some of them understand the principles of religious liberty, and in reality believe that the seventh day is the Sabbath; but some are deplorably ignorant concerning these things. You can depend on our working for Liberty. May the Lord help you in your work, and lead us on to victory.”

This shows the value of individual effort and personal contact. Men are much more likely to read a periodical after they have become interested in the subject on which it treats through a personal interview. W. A. C.