THE REVIEW AND HERALD by Editor

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 3, 1861

THE REVIEW AND HERALD.

By Editor

In this volume of the Review and Herald, which commences with the present issue, we design to give the reasons of our faith and hope as far as possible without crowding out other important matter. The first three pages, for one volume at least, may be better filled with the strong evidences of our position than with selections from various sources. This will leave five pages of each paper for practical remarks, experience, exhortation, &c., to be occupied by the editor and many correspondents. This will give a good variety of the theoretical, practical, and experimental.

Those who first subscribed for the Review and Herald, and who sustained it by their liberal donations when its friends and supporters were few, and who at an early date in the history of the message learned well the reasons of our faith and hope, may not regard the first three pages of the paper with all that interest on their own account as if filled with a greater variety; yet for the sake of twice their number, who should read and re-read those clear expositions we propose to give, they will be glad to see a portion of the paper occupied with the reasons of our faith and hope. And it will probably help the faith and piety of the best-informed and most devoted to refresh their minds with those subjects. The apostle addresses his brethren as follows: "Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth." 2 Pet. i, 12.

Our appropriate heading, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, justifies the heralding abroad, and making very prominent, the Sabbath of the Lord; also often reviewing the past Advent movement in the light of prophecy which establishes the third angel's message. And then the mottos on the first and fourth pages, "Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus;" "Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth," show that the specific work of the Review and Herald is to teach obedience to the truth connected with the third message. This title, and these mottos, the paper has worn eleven years, and they now seem to shine brighter than ever.

The circulation of the paper should be greatly increased, and now is the time to make a special effort to obtain new subscribers, as such would have set before them the main evidences of our position in this volume. Let all our brethren and friends who do not now take the Review and Herald be solicited to subscribe for it, and all who are able should become permanent subscribers, paying the full price. Then let the friends of the cause order it for their friends east, west, north, and south, at half price.

We shall print about five hundred extra copies of the first two or three numbers of this volume, so as to be able to send back numbers to new subscribers. Let no one delay ordering the paper for themselves or their friends on any account. If you have not the ready means, do not delay in this case until you obtain it; but send the names right in, and the pay at your first convenience.