p. 762 | AN IMPORTANT CHANGE by Arthur G. Daniells

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 19, 1901

AN IMPORTANT CHANGE.

By Arthur G. Daniells

In the reorganization of our work since the last General Conference, important changes have been made in the management of what we call religious liberty work. The International Religious Liberty Association has been discontinued, and the special work that the association was organized to conduct has been placed under the direction of a committee of five, to be known as the Religious Liberty Committee. This committee is appointed by the General Conference Committee, and constitutes what is called the Religious Liberty department of the General Conference.

In making this change it is not intended that we as a people shall cease to proclaim the principles of true Christian liberty. The preaching of the gospel is the best, truest, and most effective proclamation of religious liberty. Instead of doing less to enlighten the world regarding these principles, we should do far more than heretofore. This work should not be left to either the officers of an association or the members of a committee. It should be done, and it will be done, by every person who knows the joy of religious liberty; and it cannot be effectively done by any others.

In making the change referred to above, the Religious Liberty office in Chicago has been closed. The president of the former association, Elder Moon, is chairman of the present committee, and Brother H. E. Osborne is secretary. While these officers will not devote their entire time to this specific work, they will give it special attention, and will lend any special campaign that may be necessary to meet dangerous movements that may arise.

The Sentinel of Liberty has been taken over by the Pacific Press Publishing Company, and transferred to New York City. It has been changed to a monthly magazine of sixty-four pages, and cover. Its name has been slightly altered. It is now called the Sentinel of Christian Liberty. The first number in the new form will be sent out November 15.

The publishers promise to make the Sentinel a broader, better paper than it has ever been. Brother John D. Bradley has been chosen editor. He is to be assisted by editorial contributors, among whom are Brethren A. T. Jones, M. C. Wilcox, and L. A. Smith.

Since instruction has come to us to the effect that the mission of the Sentinel is not ended, and since the publishers are planning to enlarge the scope of the journal, it is plain that earnest efforts should be made to place it in the hands of those for whom it is to live. The publishers and editors must have the co-operation of the rank and file of the people in the circulation of the Sentinel, or their expense and labor will be to a large extent lost. The situation calls as earnestly for the circulation of the paper as it does for its publication. A duty, and a privilege, therefore, rests upon the people as well as upon the publishers and editors. Let us all do our duty in behalf of the Sentinel of Christian Liberty. A. G. DANIELLS.