Support the Review with Living Testimony
By Editor
We hope that none of the brethren or sisters in any part of the field will forget the wants of the paper in regard to reading matter. Selections may be good, and a limited number may be to the point and in place; but it is living testimony from the living actors of the age that betokens the life and prosperity of any cause. A person might publish a paper, and though he had not a sympathizer in the land, he could fill it with promiscuous selections; but then it could not be the organ, or speak forth the sentiments, of a distinct people, designed to throw light on particular and definite subjects. The organ of any cause must be sustained by the energy and testimonies of those who advocate and defend that cause. Nor should the burden of this rest upon a few. Suppose the brain of one person was prolific enough to write the REVIEW full, for instance, each week. The sameness of his style and ideas would soon become wearisome to all but very few at most of his readers. There is need of variety; and different gifts should be called in to make a paper lively and interesting. Let us hear from you then, brethren, in items of news, sketches of experience, and short and pointed articles on the reasons of our faith and hope. And may the Lord's Spirit inspire the hearts and move the pen of those who write. Our heart's desire is that the church may rise to a high and ever-increasing state of piety, holiness and prosperity in the Lord, and then let the REVIEW be its thermometer.