p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 9. (3/1/1906)

An Important Announcement

By Editor

In harmony with the request of the Religious Liberty Bureau, which is concurred in by other members of the General Conference Committee, the Review and Herald Publishing Association will begin, with as little delay as possible, the publication of a quarterly magazine the same size as Life and Health, which will be devoted to the promulgation of the principles of religious liberty. In addition to the discussion of the principles involved, the magazine will also contain reports, notes, and comments upon the current history of the rights of conscience.

When the publication of the Sentinel of Christian Liberty was suspended in 1904, it was understood that this paper or some periodical to take its place might be issued at such time as the interests of the cause of truth might demand, and that time seems to have arrived. There is an increasing call for religious legislation. There is an ominous activity on the part of those who are educating the public in the wrong direction. The recent exposures of wrong-doing in the political and financial world have created a demand for reform legislation, and many think that this means religion by law. There is, therefore, special need that a voice shall be heard which shall speak the truth concerning all these things, and the most economical method of reaching the public is through a regular publication.

The new magazine will be called Liberty. It will be issued quarterly, with such extras as special circumstances may render necessary. The subscription price will be twenty-five cents a year, including the extras. The price of single copies of the regular issues will be five cents each, and the price of the extra issues will be governed by their size. The editorial staff will be as follows: L. A. Smith, editor; W. A. Colcord and W. W. Prescott associate editors. The first number will appear before the close of the present quarter, and will contain practically the same matter as has just been put out in the pamphlet entitled “Liberty.” The first number of the quarterly will therefore take the place of future editions of this pamphlet.

This preliminary announcement is made in order to secure the hearty co-operation of our readers in general; and of the officers of our conferences and tract societies in particular, in working up without delay a list such as will enable the new publication to meet the purpose for which it is issued. We invite the members of the REVIEW family to send in subscriptions for themselves and for others. We invite orders from those who are willing to sell this magazine. To such agents the price will be two cents and a half a copy for orders for twenty-five or more copies at one time. We invite orders from those who will take a definite number of each issue during the first year for general distribution or for sale. We invite individuals or tract societies to secure and forward subscriptions for Liberty. The commission on subscriptions will be the same as on Life and Health, forty per cent, or ten cents on each subscription. We believe that it will be an easy matter to secure subscriptions to this publication.

We urge all to act promptly in this matter, as we must obtain a list, secure second-class entry, and issue the first number of the magazine during the next month. Address all communications concerning Liberty to Review and Herald Publishing Association, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Elder Morris Lukens Visits Washington

ELDER MORRIS LUKENS, of Philadelphia, who has been invited to serve as president of the Chesapeake Conference, spent a day in Washington last week.

Petitions Against the Proposed Sunday Law

THE Seventh-day Adventists of the District of Columbia have presented petitions to the District Commissioners asking them not to recommend favorably the proposed Sunday law which was referred to them.

Elder Daniells Visits Northern Union Conference

Elder A. G. Daniells left Washington last week to attend the Northern Union Conference at Minneapolis, Minn. He planned to make brief stops at Battle Creek and Chicago on his way to the conference, and to visit several places in the South before returning to Washington. He will be away from headquarters about a month.

Sanatorium du Leman Announcement

FROM Dr. P. A. De Forest, the medical superintendent of the “Sanatorium du Leman, Gland,” we have received copies of the announcement of that institution, printed in French and in German. This sanatorium is a continuation of the work formerly conducted at Basel. The new location is ideal, and we hope the institution will be greatly prospered in its work.

For March

By Editor

WE invite the attention of our readers to the March number of Life and Health, just out. We trust our friends will take an interest in this health journal, and will do all they can to bring it before the general public. It is accomplishing a good work, and our agents report that the people like it very much, and buy it with but little effort on their part. The great majority of the workers with Life and Health are having excellent success. The average sales for February were larger than for any month previous, the general average per hour by adult agents being twenty copies. Children do very good work in selling Life and Health.

The March number will be found to be very practical on such topics as, Prolonging Life, Divine Healing, Hygienic Methods of Eating, Vegetarianism, Drug Effects upon the Public Health, Fraudulent Representations of Patent Medicines, Moderation in Work, Effects of Environments; Relative Nutritive Values, Compositions and Preparations of Food; Fatalities Resulting from Popular Games of Amusement, The Tendency of Modern Civilization Manifested in These Games; Essentials Involved in Self-Cure; Warnings against “Perfectly Harmless” Anti-this and Anti-that Headache Powders, etc., etc.

Those who are not subscribers for Life and Health should write to the publishers for sample copies, and suggestions on methods of work with Life and Health, and a Suggestive Canvass for the March number.

The Religious Liberty Magazine

By K. C. Russell

WE believe that our people will extend a hearty welcome to our new religious liberty periodical which the Religious Liberty Bureau of the General Conference has requested the Review and Herald Publishing Association to publish.

For some time our people have been appealing for a religious liberty organ, and some conferences have expressed their desires in the form of resolutions. The strongest demand and appeal, however, for such a publication is the lack of the knowledge of the true principles of religious liberty which is indicated by the ever-increasing tide of religious legislation.

The journal will be especially adapted for those who are not familiar with the third angel’s message, and, of course, will be indispensable to every Seventh-day Adventist for his own use, and as a medium for disseminating the principles of Christian liberty.

We hope that all our people will show their appreciation of this new magazine by subscribing for it at once for themselves, and also for others to whom they desire to present these principles.

K. C. RUSSELL,

Chairman Religious Liberty Bureau.