p. 16 | The Closing Volume by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 29, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 50.

The Closing Volume

By Editor

THIS issue completes volume 13 of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. The first number of volume 14 will be dated January 6, 1888. We wish to express our thanks to the kind friends who have encouraged us by their words of appreciation, and to those who have worked in various ways for the paper. While the words of commendation which the SIGNS has received, are very gratifying to us, yet we are not satisfied with the volume that is just closing. This is not because we have not done our best for it, but because our best is so far below our idea of what the paper ought to be. We confidently trust, however, that added experience and the help of God will enable us to make the next volume better than any previous one. We are sure that the SIGNS OF THE TIMES has a mission to accomplish, and the greatest source of encouragement to us are the reports that frequently come to us, of people being brought to a saving knowledge of the truth through its influence. We ask, not as any special favor to ourselves, but for the sake of the cause of truth, that our friends aid us in this work, by their correspondence, and by laboring to increase the circulation of the SIGNS. How many readers of the SIGNS are there, who could not secure one subscriber for 1888? Who will try. We are certain that everyone who will make a little determined effort will succeed.