ONE YEAR AGO by Editor

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 11, 1856

ONE YEAR AGO.

By Editor

ONE year ago the present arrangement on which our paper is published was commenced at this place. It then labored under various, and some of them heavy, embarrassments. It had become evident to Bro. White and others, that, as an organ of the church, the REVIEW was not founded upon a proper basis. The move was made to establish it here, according to the plan upon which it is now issued; and should we consider this an experimental move, we can now say that the experiment has for one year been tried, and found successful. In view of this, as from the present stand-point, we take a retrospect of the past year, we cannot withhold an acknowledgement of our gratitude for the blessings that have attended us.

The REVIEW may now be considered to be firmly established. The heavy bills which had then necessarily accumulated upon our hands, have nearly all melted away before the benevolence of our friends; and the present volume, through the promptness of very many in renewing their subscriptions, starts off with a degree of energy and vigor which will compare favorably with any previous period.

While it may be our lot, dear brethren and sisters, to serve you in the capacity of editor, we shall endeavor to do so cheerfully, maintaining an anxious solicitude for the good of the cause, and the salvation of souls; while at the same time, we can but crave your indulgence for our failings, which we are well aware are neither few nor small.

During the past year unfavorable circumstances have compelled us a few times to be a little irregular in the weekly issue of the paper; but such contingencies we trust will not exist in the future, to interrupt its regular publication.

Our "heart's desire" shall constantly be, that both the REVIEW and the church, may exhibit from day to day, more strength, more vigor, and more spirituality, as we hasten on towards the close of this final work.