The New Volume by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 21, 1870

The New Volume.

By Editor

We once more change the figures which mark the volume of the REVIEW. The number thirty-six reminds us how long this paper has been in the field as the defender of the true Advent movement, the advocate of a harmonious explanation of the Bible, and a herald of the truth. With the exception of the Advent Herald of Boston, it is the oldest Advent periodical now issued. We here pause only to breathe the prayer that as the paper grows in years, it may also grow in power and usefulness.

The new volume is before us. It is like each new day or new year in every one's life. Its record is yet unmade. But the blank must be filled—filled with that which will tell either in the right direction or the wrong. Who will contribute by their pens and their prayers to make the record of the coming volume such as shall accomplish the greatest possible amount of good?

So our minds are called out to the future. “Forgetting those things which are behind,” we reach “forth unto those things which are before.” Through the blessing of God something has been accomplished in the past. Thankful for this, let us look and labor for greater things to come.