TERMS OF THE REVIEW by Editor

Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Jun 12, 1855

TERMS OF THE REVIEW.

By Editor

By the advice of the Committee, and agreeable to the wishes of the many friends of the cause with whom we have recently conversed, and, also, those who have written to us on the subject, we state the following terms of the REVIEW, after the close of the present Volume, which will close with No. 32. For one volume of 26 numbers, $1; to the poor (whether paid for by themselves, or by the church) for 50 cents a volume; and any person ordering the REVIEW sent to distant friends, (who are not subscribers,) can have it sent to such for 50 cents a volume; to be paid in all cases in advance. The REVIEW will be sent free to preachers who devote their time to the cause of truth. Also free to widows, orphans, aged or infirm, who are the Lord's poor, and who do not reside in the vicinity of some church who provide their poor with the REVIEW.

We much regret our inability to send out the REVIEW weekly at $1 a year, as we proposed to do one year since. This we could do with 4000 paying subscribers. But as we have not more than 2300, and about 800 of them have been indifferent both as to their own duty in the case, and our calls for help in time of need, we were obliged to issue the REVIEW only semi-monthly. Since that time it has been sustained principally by donations from the old, liberal friends of the cause who had before paid the price of their paper. And the present prospect is, that at the close of this volume receipts will fall about two hundred dollars below expenses. This however should be soon made up by those who have neglected to pay for the REVIEW.

We are also advised to commence a new Volume, with this new arrangement, after issuing one more number, that receipts may not fall far behind expenses. The cost of a few numbers of the REVIEW would be a very trifling sum with our readers, while it would bring the Office one or two hundred dollars in debt. We are satisfied that the friends of the REVIEW would rather renew their subscription immediately than that the Office should become more embarrassed. But if any who have subscribed the past year require it, they shall have the full amount of their subscription.

Any thing like a dun seems much out of place in a Second Advent paper. They are indeed loathsome. It is also unpleasant to drop from our books the names of any of our readers, although they may neglect us. But of the two evils we shall choose the least. We shall remind delinquents of their carelessness by dropping their names, after first notifying them of our intention by writing their names on the last paper we shall send to them, (till they renew their subscription,) in RED INK. If we should, through mistake, drop the names of any who have paid, they will please notify us, and such mistakes shall be promptly corrected.

We are anxious that all who wish to read the REVIEW should have it. Those who have not ready means, can send us their promise to pay soon, and their paper will be continued. Or if they are unable to pay at all, and there is no one to obtain the REVIEW for them at half price, let them write to this Office, and it shall be sent free.

We have been thus definite in this statement that none may have a reasonable excuse for having their paper discontinued. Those who have not sufficient interest in the REVIEW to comply with these terms probably would not read it if sent to them; therefore it will be our duty to drop their names from our books, after waiting a suitable length of time, unless we hear from them.

Let each church see that the Lord's poor in its vicinity have the REVIEW. Scattered brethren should also see who in their neighborhood, town, or vicinity should have the REVIEW, and if necessary obtain it for them.

We would say to those who have sent in their donations for the REVIEW, that all the means thus sent to the Office has been used up for this object, and they cannot expect us to send the REVIEW to them in the future without pay, unless others send donations to meet the expense.

We are confident that this arrangement will meet with a hearty approval by the friends of the REVIEW, and that its publication will now go forward free from embarrassment.