An Old Friend

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 21, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 21.

An Old Friend in a new form, and face, and dress, is hard to reconcile with affections of years' standing. It can not be done at once; the shock is too violent. We get to loving the old form and face. The stoop in the shoulder, the halt in the step, and the wrinkles in the face, are all dear. They speak eloquently of heavy burdens borne, of weary journeys taken, of anxious care, all for the good of loved and needy ones. And we would not change them. Like the hoar hairs, they are honorable being found in the way of righteousness. These thoughts were suggested by the new form and face of the old Review and Herald, tho not by any means feeble or senile. The new is nice, and neat, and modern, and perhaps it may be best; but we are not yet used to it. We will come to that after a while, we wish; but we hope the changers—we know not who they are—will be patient. The form is convenient. We are glad to have the Missionary Magazine merged with the paper. We get the news weekly rather than monthly. The matter of the new Review is good, alive, and earnest, but we are not yet used to its arrangement. We are, however, trying to adjust ourselves.