The Christian Statesman, of Oct. 24, 1874, closes a quite lengthy article on “Our National Government and the Sabbath,” with these words: “The practical lesson of all this is obvious. A genuine Sabbath reform must go to the national government, and place it, in its fundamental law, and in all its action resting upon that law, in harmony with the divine law of the Lord’s day. The Constitution of the United States must be made to pay a truer and more influential homage to the Sabbath of Christianity than is found in the phrase ‘Sundays excepted’?”
LIBERAL PROPOSITION.
By James White
We propose to continue all our periodicals at present prices, notwithstanding the heavy draft upon the Office in the prepayment of postage on periodicals, provided,
1. That all our regular patrons promptly pay the subscription prices, excepting only the very poor.
2. That our preachers everywhere call attention to our periodicals, and labor to induce as many as they possibly can to subscribe for them at full prices.
3. That they forward the names and addresses of new subscribers, and collect money and forward it to this Office, without premiums, commissions, or any pay whatever, excepting that we will furnish them, by mail, note paper, and envelopes with the printed address of this Office.
4. That the T. & M. Societies also, with no other pay than what we offer to our ministers, solicit full-paying subscribers for our periodicals, and forward their names and addresses, with the subscription prices, to this Office, and that they so labor to collect full prices from the poorer brethren that the number of half-pay poor will be no larger than duty really demands.
5. In short, we ask the hearty co-operation of our ministers, leading brethren, and T. & M. workers, in the direction of increasing our number of full-paying subscribers, and all our periodicals shall go out to all the world, post-paid, without increasing the subscription prices.
Such a victory would ever be regarded as worthy a strong and united effort. Shall it be won? We hope to receive many affirmative responses; and orders for note paper and envelopes. J. W.
OUR PUBLICATIONS.
By James White
We have designed to do justice to all parties concerned, in setting the prices of our various publications, and in giving discount from published prices. We have finally settled upon the following rates of discount, the receiver in all cases paying freight and express bills.
The discount on Bound Books will be 30 per cent.
“ “ Pamphlets, “ 40 “
“ “ Tracts, “ 50 “
or one half.
HEALTH PUBLICATIONS.
Until the first day of January, 1875, we will discount one-half on our health tracts, pamphlets, and bound books, to Tract Societies, canvassers, or others, provided the orders be accompanied with cash, excepting by special contract to Tract Societies and others.
After January 1, 1875, the prices and discounts of health publications will be the same as our denominational works; also the Way of Life will be furnished at one-half discount for cash in hand until January 1, 1875. It will be an object to canvassers to obtain a supply during 1874.
JAMES WHITE, Pres. S. D. A. P. A.
Large Mail Shipment Sent From Office November 2
Sixty-five bushels of mail matter were sent out from this Office on Monday Nov. 2; the largest amount yet sent out in a single day.
Bible Circulation Reaches Thirty Million Copies Worldwide
A New York publishing house has circulated a single reprint of an English work to the extent of 30,000,000 copies and in sixty languages, during the last fifty-seven years. The book is popularly known as the Bible, and the American Bible Society did the publishing.
Economy as the Means of Helping Others
The world is full of need; unless we wisely spend our means, we are sure to require them all and more. But that is a poor life which helps no one. And it is only by economy that one can possibly have the joy of assisting others. This, too, is worth planning for.
Christendom's War Spending Versus Missionary Giving
CHRISTENDOM paid last year for the support of her war system, two thousand millions of dollars. Christians—all who profess and call themselves by that name—paid for missions in the same time, five millions of dollars.
Diligence in Saving the Soul
A SMALL insect, the most inconsiderable part of the creation of God, will struggle hard to preserve the life he hath. Many of the creatures below us will take pains, and drudge, and toil to sustain a short perishing life; how much more ought man to make haste and bestir himself, who hath a soul to save!—Outram.
THE NEW POSTAL LAW.
By James White
The new postal law, regulating the postage on periodicals, which will take effect at the beginning of the year 1875, requires that the postage shall be prepaid. By this new law the postage on periodicals is very much reduced, so that the yearly postage on the Review and Herald, weekly, will be only about ten cents, and the postage on the Health Reformer, monthly, will be only about five cents a year.
We observe that some publishers are taking advantage of this change, and are adding to the prices of their periodicals a sum equal to the amount of present rates of postage. Should we do as others are doing in this respect we should put the price of the Review at $2.25 per year, and the Health Reformer at $1.15 per year. But we shall do no such thing. We shall not rob our patrons of the advantages of the reduction in rates of postage which the law provides for them. J. W.