p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 20. (5/19/1903)

Earlier text: Revival of the Canvassing Work

Why the Review Has Narrow Margins

By Editor

FROM some of the delegates to the General Conference we learn that the readers of the REVIEW in other countries wonder why the paper is trimmed with so little margin, and we are told that this greatly injures the appearance of the page. In explanation we will say that if we should allow the same margin on the papers sent to other countries as on those sent to subscribers in the United States, we should be required to pay just double the present amount of postage on our foreign edition. This would be quite a serious matter to the Office, and inasmuch as we make no extra charge for postage to countries in the Universal Postal Union, we hope our readers in these countries will be willing to accept our explanation, and make the best of the situation.

Extend the Review’s Circulation

By Editor

WE invite the presidents of our conferences to remember the interests of the REVIEW at their several camp-meetings, and to make a reasonable effort to extend its circulation. We feel warranted in expressing our confidence that the families which receive this paper every week will be kept in close touch with the advancement of our work, and that they will be blessed in their own experience through its ministry. We believe that the work of giving this message would be hastened if this paper could be read in every Seventh-day Adventist family in America. Will not those in charge of our camp-meetings co-operate with us in the effort to accomplish this? Sample copies for use at these meetings will be forwarded free on application. Please send in your requests early.

The Vital Life Fluid

By Editor

A SUBSCRIBER has forwarded to us a copy of a newspaper in which appears an advertisement by a certain doctor who makes these claims: “I have discovered the marvelous secret of life, and I can make you live, for I can make you well, no matter what your sickness; I can make you strong and well, no matter how weak or crippled you are. With my Vital Life Fluid, the secret of which is known only to me, I cure every known ailment of the human flesh.” We are asked to make an answer to these claims. We can do so in a few words. They are utterly absurd, and should not be given the least credence. It is astonishing that there are enough people who will respond to such advertising as this so it pays the advertiser, but it must be so, or he would not pay for the space. It only shows the folly and the credulity of poor human nature, longing for life, but unwilling to accept it upon the only possible terms. “Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” With God is the fountain of life, and from this source alone can the Vital Life Fluid be obtained.

River of God

“River of God, I greet thee, Not now afar, but near; My soul to thy still waters Hastes in its thirstings here; Holy River, Let me ever Drink of only thee.”

Rome Seeks Official Exposition Invitation

ROME never forgets to make use of a precedent that is to her advantage. To the invitation sent by the St. Louis exposition authorities to the Vatican to participate in the exposition, Cardinal Rampolla has replied that it is, above all, indispensable that the same procedure be followed as in the case of the Chicago World's Fair, and that the invitation come directly and officially from the United States government. To establish relations between herself and the United States government is a cherished project of the papacy, to gain which she is turning everything possible to account.