THE first issue of THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES was published in the year 1874, by Elder James White. It was given to the world by those who knew that God had given them a message for the people of this generation. Its beginning was small, and in its earlier career it passed through many changes. It was issued at first as a weekly, at $2.00 a year, but during the first year—from June to December inclusive—only twelve numbers were printed. Scarcity of funds and lack of subscribers were the chief hindrances. It was then an eight-page folio, size of reading page 10¼ x 15¾ inches. Its paid circulation was limited to a few hundred copies. From that time to the year 1895 its circulation ranged from 5,000 to 15,000, reaching at one time for a little while, on short-term subscriptions, an issue of 20,000 copies. In 1895 more diligent efforts were put forth for the paper on the part of its publishers and friends. The circulation immediately began to increase, till for the last two years in the neighborhood of 40,000 copies were circulated each week; the regular circulation of the paper stands at present little above the last-named figure; but as the paper is sold in many of our largest cities, these editions are frequently exhausted, and a new edition is printed. Our Thanksgiving number reached 60,000 copies, with orders for 2,000 still unfilled. We confidently hope that this issue, which marks the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of its publication, will exceed 1,000,000 copies, the largest number, we believe, ever issued by any wholly religious newspaper ever published. To God give we all the glory.