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The Publishing Ministry
all in their power to remove the prejudice that exists against us as a
people.—
Manuscript 27, 1894
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Long Articles Hurt the Papers—Let those who contribute to the
Southern Watchman do their best. And let the editors of the Review,
the Signs, and the Watchman remember that long articles hurt their
papers. Let the articles be short, and let them be full of moisture and
nourishment.—
Letter 351, 1904
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Short, Spiritual Articles—I wish to ask you [Elder S. N. Haskell]
[226]
to be sure and keep your articles in the Watchman constantly. Elder
R’s articles are long, and unless he changes, he will kill the circulation
of the Watchman. There should be short, spiritual articles in the
Watchman.... I cannot give my consent to have one man’s signature
to so many long articles.... There is need of deeper spirituality in the
articles published in the Watchman if the interest in the paper is to be
kept up.—
Letter 78, 1906
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Great Need for Health Journals—The people are in sad need of
the light shining from the pages of our health and temperance journals.
God desires to use these journals as mediums through which flashes
of light shall arrest the attention of the people, and cause them to heed
the warning of the message of the third angel....
Ministers can and should do much to urge the circulation of the
health journals. Every member of the church should work as earnestly
for these journals as for our other periodicals. There should be no
friction between the two....
The circulation of the health journals will be a powerful agency in
preparing the people to accept those special truths that are to fit them
for the soon coming of the Son of man....
Health reform will reach a class and has reached a class that oth-
erwise would never have been reached by the truth. There is a great
necessity for labor being put forth to help the people, believers and
unbelievers, at the present time by health talks, and health publications.
I cannot see why the health books should not have a permanent place
as well as the other publications notwithstanding human prejudices to
the contrary.—
Colporteur Ministry, 134
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Simple Articles in Health Journals—The minds of our Califor-
nia people are not advanced far enough in health reform to receive the
most good from Good Health. [
Good Health and Health Reformer
were two early denominational health journals. See SDAEN 573.