Special Meeting by John W. Bacheller

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 4, 1871

Special Meeting.

By John W. Bacheller

The Review and Herald Literary Society was called April 2, at 3 P. M., by the president. He stated that the object of the meeting was to consider the question of making an appeal through the Review, to our people, to take hold of the work of obtaining subscribers for the Reformer. Three thousand subscribers can easily be obtained, if all will interest themselves in the work. After briefly stating the matter, the following resolutions were presented, and unanimously adopted:

Whereas, About three thousand copies of the Health Reformer have been sent, post paid, to as many subscribers of the Review and Herald who do not take the Reformer, with an appeal to them to become subscribers to the Reformer, with the liberal offer of the last four numbers of the current volume, and the next volume complete, for the small sum of $1.00,

Resolved, That we consider it the duty of our ministers, and the officers and leading members of our churches, and our brethren and sisters generally, to make a special effort at this time to secure all our people as permanent subscribers to the Health Reformer.

Whereas, the Health Reformer is being raised in interest and importance to meet the wants and the feelings of the people generally, and,

Whereas, There seems to be a readiness on the part of many to become subscribers to this journal; therefore,

Resolved, That we earnestly invite all true health reformers to cherish a free-will missionary spirit, and labor to gather up subscribers for the Reformer wherever they may find men and women whom they can interest in this important subject.

Since the report in last week's Review, the Corresponding Secretaries of the Society have written a number of letters, in behalf especially of the Reformer.

John W. Bacheller, Sec., pro tem.