Why We Prize the Review by Stephen Nelson Haskell

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 24, 1865

Why We Prize the Review.

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

We love the Review. We hail its weekly visits with gladness. We know not how we could do without it. The following are some of the considerations why we prize the paper.

1. It warns us of the danger of being led astray by the "Lo here's and lo there's." A few years since the messenger party started under full colors, with sails hoisted, and a fair breeze for a prosperous voyage, and cried "Come on board anti-visionists, age-to-come believers, and all disaffected ones." A timely warning was given. Some who were hesitating, did finally give heed to the warning, and were led to rejoice in process of time that they did not sail in that "leaky boat," as she was wrecked upon the reefs of iniquity. Other crafts have "sailed along side" since then, under various titles, and have called for the disaffected ones to come on board. But a timely warning has been, and is being given, and those who give heed to the warnings will yet be led to rejoice in it.

2. It treats upon doctrinal points. The "third angel's message" is like getting hold of the right end of a snarled rope. It brings things all out straight. The various links in the prophetic chain is made clear by a correct understanding of the third angel's message. Hence we have weekly treats upon doctrinal points, which if thoroughly examined will enable us to be rooted and grounded in the faith.

3. It keeps us posted on the progress of present truth. Scarcely a week passes but we have items of interest from nearly all quarters of the great harvest field, showing that in spite of opposition the cause is steadily advancing, which is a source of encouragement to those who love present truth and believe in its final triumph.

4. We have the experience of different individuals who are trying to serve the Lord. Many who have never seen each other, and probably will not in this life, but are serving the same God, having the same hope, the same faith, the same baptism, the same calling, and are looking for the same things. While they possess different temperaments and are placed under different circumstances there is a variation in their experiences; yet in their variations there is a similarity, which produces a harmony, like the different notes upon a musical instrument; all of which shows that God is in the work, leading them by the same truth, fitting them for the same home, and to enjoy the same blessings, even in his "presence where is fullness of joy, and at whose right hand there are pleasures forevermore."

Who would not thank God for a paper like this. It is truly meat in due season to the waiting flock of God.

S. N. HASKELL.