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AMERICAN AGrRICULTURIST. 
[Jakuart, 
WEEKLY WITNESS. 
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Months on trial. Circulation, December, 74, 80,000. 
THE NEWSPAPER PRESS THE SECOND 
LEVER POAVER FOR ELEVAT- 
ING THE WORLD. 
It is an oft-repeated savintr tliat the newspaper is tlie 
greatest power of tlie times, and the nniversality of news- 
gaper reading in lite rail car, the street car. the steam- 
oat, the tamily, and the office, morning, noon, and night of 
everv day. appears to conlirm the saying. Nevertheless, 
highly as' we appreciate tlie power of the press, and much 
as we are inclined to niaffnify our oface, we believe the 
living voice of the Gospel ministry is, and must always 
(Decause of its special divine appointment) he the greatest 
power in societv. But unquestionably, next to the living 
ministry, the printed page is most important, and news- 
papers exert probablv more influence than all other kinds of 
printed pages put together, with the exception ol the Bible. 
Now, dear reader, whoever you are, is it a matter of in- 
difference to you what kind of newspapers circulate in your 
vicinity and throushont the Union ? Can you see journals 
of a degrading and demorahzing character circulating with- 
out longing for the power to supersede thein with those 
that are pure and elevating? Can you with indifference 
let this second greatest power in the nation remain any 
longer in the hands of the god of this world, who has long 
wiehled it? 
We do not at all ignore the fact that many excellent reli- 
gious papers are published, and that they have accomplished 
avast amount of good, but it is KEWS-papers of a religious 
temperance character at a low price that can alone super- 
sede XBWs-papers of an opposite character. 
And now when an effort is made at a very heavy expense 
to accomplish this great work, and that effort has every 
appearance of proving, by the Divine blessing, eminently 
successful, is it not incumbent, on all who care lor the 
public weal to do what tliev can to make that success 
rapid and great?— iVVir York Weekly yyitneas. 
The following are a few extracts horn many hundreds of 
somewhat similar letters received In the course ol business 
at The "Witness office : 
New Britain, Coxn. 
The "Witness is the best and cheapest paper I ever had. 
If I can do anything- in N. B. to extend its circulation I 
shall be most happy to do ir. I have a large family, but in 
the "Witness is food for all, old or young. I would like to 
see it in every family. J. "\'^ile. 
liiPON, "Wis. 
I am so well pleased with your paper that I cannot (hop 
it. Your sonndness on the Temperance question, and 
other important questions, is cause of gratiflcation. May 
you reach the 100,UOO subscribers, and that speedily, 
Btbox Kingsbury. 
Cambeidgeboro. Pa, 
I am greatly pleased with your paper ; it has the right ring 
about It. Let your practical motto continue to be, "No 
compromise with sin, and no surrender.'" The good and 
true are with you, and so is '-The Lord of Hosts." 
" The Children's Letters are very popular." 
Fort Dodge, Iowa. 
Believe me that the Witness is read in my family, and 
that, too, with an avidity in no small degree complimen- 
tary to that paper. It is trulv a superior publication, and 
on the right track on all i;i-eat living issues 
J. H. Lazier, Pastor M. E. Church. 
Olathe, Kansas. 
I am a reader of the Weekly Witness, and esteem it 
highly. I have never known a religious paper before in 
which all classes conld be listened to. I rejoice the bar- 
riers are giving way to free thought and speech. It seems 
t6 me the Witness is doing a good work. 
r. A. Beckwith. 
Broadhkad, Wis. 
For more than thirty years I have labored as a Congre- 
gational pastor in Wisconsin. I have enjoyed the reading 
of some of the best of our religious journals, but with none 
of them have I been better pleased than with the Witness. 
Its ring is clear, positive, and pre-eminently Christian. I 
ran sately place it in tlic hands of my parishioners as a co- 
laborer witii their pastor. Hiram Foote. 
LETTER PROM REV. DR. CrVLER. 
Lafayette Avenue CnrncH, ) 
Brooklyn, Nov. 16, 1874. J 
Dear Friend DorcALL— I'.ysome unhappv accident your 
kind invitation to the late "merry-making" of the friends 
of the Witness was mislaid. So I neither came nor sent 
my apology. I should do myself an injustice by not telline 
you liow lieartily I rejoice in the measuie of success thai 
has thus far attended vour noble enterprise. Thank God 
for a daily paper that w'ill not "how the knee to Baal ! " 
I have several times recommended your excellent WiT- 
XESS to my congregation from the pulpit. Cannot other 
pastors do the same? 
Kven at this late day let me tell you how much I regret 
my not being with yon. and our dear old friend Robert 
Carter and the other staunch friends of the Witness. 
Long life to yon and your brave, unflinching advocate Of 
God's right against Satan's wrong ! 
In haste, yours cordially. 
TilEODORK L. CrTLBE. 
The above letter was received after the Witness 
50,000 Celebration. 
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JOSEPH HARRIS, Moreton Parm, Rochester, N. T. 
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D. H. GOODELL, Antrim, N. H. 
COTSWOLD SHEEP, 
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Imported from the best breeders in England. The flock is 
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Address 
JOSEPH HARRIS, 
Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
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