p. 24 | Circulation of Our Literature by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 16, 1916

Circulation of Our Literature

By Editor

THE movement with which we are connected has been greatly accelerated by the circulation of our various publications. It is interesting as one visits a large assembly of Seventh-day Adventists, to learn what a large percentage have accepted the message for this day through reading. Thousands of others who have not yet made a decision have received favorable impressions which will lead them ultimately to identify themselves with the remnant people of God. Who can measure the good accomplished by the circulation of gospel literature?

And the conditions which have arisen on the earth do not unfavorably affect the circulation of the printed page. On the contrary, as our papers and books call attention to these conditions, and show that they are signs of the times, the demand for reading matter is greatly increased. This has been demonstrated in the largely increased sales of our agents, not alone in the United States, but even in some of the troubled countries of the Old World.

In this country, the last two years have witnessed a marked increase in the circulation of the Watchman and the Signs of the Times, and in the sale of the REVIEW AND HERALD Extra, and also such small books as “The World’s Crisis,” “The Vatican and the War,” and “The Shadow of the Bottle.” We believe that the two books, “Armageddon” and “The Other Side of Death,” which are being put out by the Review and Herald and Southern Publishing Associations, will have a large sale. We earnestly hope that our brethren and sisters throughout the field will take advantage of the existing desire to read on these subjects, and will place these and similar books in thousands of homes. Now is our golden opportunity for the circulation of our literature. Let us be faithful in improving it.