276               THE A. M. E. REVIEW

       THE REVIEW AND THE ANNUAL CONFERENCES

    The Review cannot be said to be a rival of either of
the Recorders or the Voice of Missions. As the only maga-
zine in our denomination, it stands in a class by itself; it
is today unique in American journalism; for if we except
the A. M. E. Zion Quarterly, it cannot be said to have a
rival in the field of letters.
    It was our ardent hope, in aspiring to this post, to be
able to make it a bimonthly within a year. But alas! we
find, for the present at least, it is a hope that must be
deferred.
    The Methodist Review, published by the Methodist
Episcopal Church, changed from a quarterly to a bi-
monthly, but after a brief experiment returned to its old
moorings as a quarterly. No man can properly edit a jour-
nal of this character and spend half of his time going about
the country, flitting from conference to conference. Bishops
Shaffer, Lee, Coppin, Parks and Hurst each have an admir-
able plan for dealing with the publications of the Church.
They have a Committee on Church Periodicals, and they
see to it that this committee reports subscriptions, money
and names, and forwards the same just as they do to the
Financial, Church Extension or Missionary Departments,
so that editors and managers need not visit these Districts
save to stimulate interest or for social intercourse with the
stimulate interest or for social intercourse with the
brethren.
    This makes possible a great saving of money, time and
energy. Aside from these Districts, the Review has been
represented by agents Mrs. Emily Kinch in the Sixth and
Ninth Districts, Mrs. Nora F. Taylor in the Twelfth Dis-
trict and Dr. J. T. S. White in the Tenth District. In those
Districts to which we sent no special representative the
Review fared badly.  There are some ministers who, just
to comply with the law to take at least two of the publica-
tions of the Church, will subscribe for one of the Recorders,
the Voice of Missions or perchance the Review. All this
may be well enough as far as it goes. But the Review




			

African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, Vol. 29, Num. 3

Editorials

Volume:  29
Issue Number:  03
Page Number:  260
Date:  01/1913