Our Foreign Papers by W. C. W.

The Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · December 18, 1879

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 25

Our Foreign Papers.

By W. C. W.

At the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Houses there are issued four periodicals in English, and one each in Danish, German, French, and Swedish. While all of the reasons offered for the wide circulation of our English papers hold good for these sheets in foreign languages, there is one grave reason why a greater effort should be bestowed upon the wide distribution of the foreign papers than on any other; namely, that we have less than a dozen men preaching in these four tongues, and the great part of the hundreds of thousands in Europe and America speaking these languages who will be warned by the message, must receive this warning through these papers.

The Clubbing Plan.

The plan of furnishing these papers in clubs of ten or more copies to one address, at greatly reduced prices, then they are to be used for missionary distribution, places it within the reach of all to send a large amount of reading matter containing precious truths, to their friends or to strangers, and then by careful correspondence to draw them to the truth.

The publication of the papers has never been a source of profit to their publishers, but they have pushed it forward with the same spirit of love and sacrifice that characterizes other missionary enterprises. The publishers offer the following liberal

Clubbing Rates for 1880.

When sent to one address to be used exclusively for missionary purposes:—

Advent Tidende, for 1 year, five to ten copies, 65 cents per copy; ten or more copies, 60 cents each.

Stimme der Wahrheit, five to ten copies, 40 cents a copy; ten or more copies, 35 cents each.

Les Signes des Temps, five to ten copies, 90 cents a copy; ten or more copies, 80 cents each.

Advent Harolden, five to ten copies, 50 cents a copy; ten or more copies, 45 cents each.

The Trial Trip Plan.

Many who on the first solicitation could not be induced to subscribe for a paper with which they were unacquainted, would pay a few cents for three or four numbers on trial. And many would be willing to pay a small sum for a few numbers of the paper to be sent to their friends a few months on trial. After reading these trial numbers very many thus can be persuaded to subscribe. This is not intended to take the place of the plan of subscribing for clubs and remailing the papers to friends, but it is a special offer made at the beginning of the year, by which those who wish to send the papers to one person for a considerable time can do so without the expense of remailing.

Rates for Papers on Trial.

Advent Tidende for two months, four numbers of the paper, 10 cents.

Stimme der Wahrheit for three months, three numbers, 10 cents.

Les Signes des Temps for three months, three numbers, 25 cents.

Advent Harolden for six months, six numbers, 25 cents.

In sending papers to persons in Europe, two cents for each paper must be added for postage. The trial trip to friends in Europe would stand thus: Tidende, four numbers, 18 cents; Stimme der Wahrheit, three numbers, 16 cents; Les Signes des Temps, three numbers, 25 cents; Advent Harolden, six numbers, 37 cents.

Who will not spend a dollar or two in sending the precious truths contained in these papers to their friends? Let the names come in. We look for twenty thousand before the first of February. W. C. W.