p. 160 | THAT'S RIGHT! by G. W. A.

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 2, 1861

THAT'S RIGHT!

By G. W. A.

A GOOD brother came into the Office the other day, and presently handed in the names of some new subscribers for the YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, and money for the paper. He said he had a little business to transact with one of his neighbors, and as he went over he put an INSTRUCTOR into his pocket. After talking a while he remarked that he had a little paper for children, at a very small price, and asked if they would like to take it. They very readily agreed to it, paid over the "quarter," and they will certainly have some good reading in their house for the next twelve months. A few days later this brother did the same thing again as he chanced in at a neighbor's, and so along came another paying subscriber.

A few remarks on the foregoing. Not that it is any remarkable affair to get new subscribers, for our list is in a cheering condition, but it is the way in which it was done. Now these little efforts cost nothing, and they do a deal of good. They are a source of great encouragement to those engaged in the enterprise of the INSTRUCTOR. It was no tax on this brother to put a paper in his pocket, and when he happened among a family of children, to ask if they wanted to subscribe for it. Nor would it be a very great tax on scores of others to go and do likewise. I believe if this same missionary spirit was generally diffused through the church, the subscription list of the INSTRUCTOR would be increased by hundreds before we issue again.

We take great pains with this little paper. And we know its typographical appearance will compare with any child's or youth's paper in the country. It is always filled with choice reading, usually written every month. We don't revamp old stories twenty years old, that never were true, and print them for now. Its present reduced price also makes it as low as the generality of youths' papers published. We know what we are saying, for we have nearly all of them. Now brethren and sisters, Won't you take hold and help? We recently printed over two thousand extra copies, and mailed them to those we thought would be willing to assist in enlarging the circulation of this little paper. No one can possibly say aught against the price. It is placed within the reach of every one. All now that is necessary is to practice the example mentioned above, and hundreds of young hearts will dance for very joy.

Yours in behalf of thousands of perishing children.

G. W. A.