To Our Dear Readers:—
As this is the beginning of our eleventh-year, we would seek to express our deep thankfulness for the increased number of readers, and for their fellow-ship in having assisted in putting the paper into the hands of others; and for the prayers of so many, to which we attribute the blessing which has resulted from its pages.
Much prayer and thanksgiving have been offered to God for this work, realizing that it is through His grace that He has given us the privilege of sending out so many papers, and into so many homes; and that He should permit us to know that He has seen it to use them with blessing to souls.
We trust if we are left here for another year, or any part of it, that the writers will take fresh courage, and, in dependence on God, seek to write short and pointed articles accompanied with prayer.
We are glad to make known to such that we have an edition of nine thousand papers per week; but what are these among so many perishing souls, if they have not His blessing, but with His blessing how far reaching they may be. Many of the papers, after being read, are passed on to others, and in one case, we learned that one paper was all a little Sunday-school had, and the teacher read it to all of the children.
We trust the eleventh year will be with increased blessing, and for this we ask much more prayer.
ML 05/02/1909