Letter from Bro. Smith.
By Editor
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, as I think, contains much important truth, for which reason I wish for the current volume, commencing with the first number, and I will pay you whatever you may write me is the actual cost. But much more than that you need not expect, if the truth is mixed with error, as I anticipate. One believing in the Ten Commandments, (not nine,) and hoping for "an everlasting possession," not "in the air," not "in the clouds" only during the "storm;" but in this earth renewed, with ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB. Sherbrook, C. E., June 14th, 1852. We are encouraged, Bro. S., to learn that you think the REVIEW AND HERALD contains "much important truth." Some who have supposed that our views were all wrong, have since fully embraced them. It is with pleasure that we send you the paper. The terms, you will see on the first page. But as you wish to pay the actual cost, we will make a statement of the cost of the paper; not for your benefit only, but for others also. One dollar a year, with our present list of names, should all pay, is no more than the actual cost. Including postage, which we have to pay on all papers sent to Canada East, it would cost us $1,25 a year. The cost of a paper is affected by the circulation that it has. As the circulation of the REVIEW AND HERALD is not yet large, it costs as much as some papers two or three times as large.—If 2400 persons will each pay us $1 a year we can send them the paper weekly. We are glad that nine-tenths of God's law does not satisfy you. It is all "holy, just, and good." Yes, brother S., the saints' possession will not be above the heavens, nor in the heavens. But "the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom, UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVENS, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High." Never, till the whole earth is made new, will Abraham, Isaac and Jacob receive the "everlasting possession."