Lanterna Rally

Author: Joseph Foulkes Winks

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-28

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781334087110

Excerpt from The Baptist Reporter, and Missionary Intelligencer, 1853, Vol. 10: Whole Series Vol. XXVIL The design of the Editor of the Reporter was, and yet is, to furnish that numerous class of readers in baptist churches and congregations, who could not afford to purchase a larger publication, with a cheap periodical, containing brief yet comprehensive intelligence of what was doing among the baptists, not only in this country, but throughout the world. It was conceived that such a publication would be acceptable in both sections of the body, provided discussion upon subjects on which they were not entirely agreed were avoided, and all their proceedings reported faithfully and impartially. Another advantage of no small importance would, it was hoped, accrue. Such a publication, circulated in both sections, might serve to draw those of them nearer together who had too long stood wide apart, and convince them that the great things respecting which they both agreed, were of far more importance than the lesser ones respecting which they differed. With regard to the leading design, success crowned the attempt. The circulation became extensive, and so far attracted the attention of the religious public, that Dr. Campbell was led thereby, as he himself stated at the time, to propose a similar cheap publication for the Independents. This was in 1843, and in 1844 the Witness appeared. Wishing to do for the baptists what the energetic Editor of the Witness proposed to do for the Independents, the Editor of the Reporter enlarged his pages to the same size and price. But we could not keep pace with our fast-going competitor. For several years we struggled hard to follow in his track and reach him, but we could not; for although the Witness slackened considerably in its speed, yet the Reporter was left far behind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.