p. 141 | Why Don’t They? by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 18, 1871

Why Don’t They?

By Dudley Marvin Canright

MEN are strange beings. They reason so strangely. Sometimes they are sound on some points, but on others are perfectly insane. I will give an illustration: Here is a brother who heard, carefully weighed the evidences for, and finally embraced, present truth. Certainly that was consistent. He now tries to get his neighbor to come and hear, or at least to read a tract. But no, his neighbor will do neither. He does not care to investigate. He says he is satisfied to live and die as his father and everybody else does. Our brother pronounces him a very unreasonable man, and has little hopes of him. Very well. Now go carefully up to this same good brother and introduce to him the health reform, and ask him to take the Reformer a year, and investigate the subject. What a change comes over him! He has no interest in it, he does not care to read, he does not want to hear anything about it, he is satisfied with his way of living, he wants nothing better, he and his family have good health, he don’t want the Reformer, &c.

Where did he learn such profound argument? Of that neighbor probably. Now a man in this condition is no better judge of the merit of the health reform than that neighbor is of the present truth. To such we say, Be consistent, and do not condemn this thing till you have investigated it and tried it. We have no fears if you will do this.

The Reformer this spring comes to us with new life and interest. It is greatly improved in many respects. We are sure that every family would be benefited by it. Try it friends. Don’t delay. Take it now. It costs only one dollar. It may save you fifty in the coming year. Are the leaders in our churches doing their duty in this matter? Do they take an interest in extending the circulation of this valuable journal? Why don’t they? D. M. CANRIGHT.