An Important Recommendation
By A. G. Daniells
As we are using the pages of the REVIEW to call the attention of our people to various important recommendations passed by the General Conference Committee at the College View Council, it would not be right to overlook the one recommendation that was passed in behalf of the REVIEW itself. It reads as follows:— The readings and a suggestive program for these conventions, together with detailed plans for the campaign, are to be published in the REVIEW, and in order that this essential information and the valuable instruction and interesting reports from the world-wide field which this paper contains, may be studied by all our people,— We recommend, That during the month of October, the librarians, church elders, and conference laborers seek to place it in the home of every Sabbath-keeper. There are two features in this recommendation that ought not to be overlooked. One is the purpose, character, and value of the REVIEW AND HERALD, and the other is that it should be an honored, cherished, permanent member of every family of Sabbath-keepers. The one great purpose of the REVIEW is to speak to Seventh-day Adventists. It is to gather interesting, instructive, cheering information from all parts of the great field in which the cause with which we are connected has been established, and convey the same to our people. The REVIEW has its eye on every nook and corner of the field. It knows every worker. It is a helpmeet to every missionary. It speaks for all to all connected with this great cause. This is its mission, and this it must do more perfectly until the work is done. Viewed from this standpoint, the REVIEW is of inestimable value to Seventh-day Adventists. I do not see how it is possible for any one to keep pace with this onward movement without reading the REVIEW. No other paper that we publish attempts to glean from the uttermost parts of the earth the details of experiences and development, and convey them to our people. Therefore those who do not read the REVIEW do not get these details. And those who do not get these can not keep step with the onward progress of this message. Furthermore, the REVIEW endeavors to instruct the people of God in all lines of gospel work. It must be plain to every believer in this message that service in all phases of true missionary effort is the supreme duty of this people. The angels that John saw in charge of this great threefold message were not sitting with folded wings, but were flying, and were proclaiming the message, as they sped on their journey, to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. Of those who die while the message is being given, it is written, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.” The third angel’s message means service to every one who embraces it. And it is the mission of the REVIEW to encourage and instruct the denomination in the lines of work planned from time to time. Much more might justly be said in behalf of this valuable and venerable servant of this denomination, but space will not permit. These considerations are weighty enough to justify the council in recommending that librarians, church elders, and conference laborers put forth earnest efforts to place this paper in the home of every Sabbath-keeper. Brethren, we are entering upon very interesting times for this denomination. The REVIEW will keep us informed if we read it. Let there be no failure in this move to place this paper in the home of every believer in this message.