YOUR THOUGHTS-WHERE? by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 27, 1879

YOUR THOUGHTS—WHERE?

By Editor

The old adage says, “Think twice before you speak.” But some of our correspondents do not seem to think even once before they write. Notwithstanding the repeated notice given from this Office that no attention is paid to anonymous communications, and notwithstanding this is a rule which, so far as we know, prevails universally, letters still frequently come without any signature.

Sometimes a correspondent requests an answer by mail, yet gives only the initials of his name, or perhaps his name, but no post-office, or perhaps his post-office and no name, and perhaps neither name nor post-office.

It is often the case also that we wish to write to the correspondent, but cannot, because of some such failure as one or all of those mentioned above. Remember that simply the initials of your name, if you are a stranger, are not sufficient. We must have the name in full (unless you are so well known that the initials are just as good), and the P. O. address. Your name will not be divulged if you so request; but it should be given every time to the office to which you write. And it would be, if your thoughts were not—where?