| 559 the present time, when, in obedience to the dictations of the Spirit, he took an active part in an effort to revive the work of God. This resulted in an attempt at an organization of the church and the gathering of a few to his standard. Missionaries were sent out to different parts of the country, and some agitation of the issues raised by his address was had in different places in the church. This interest, however, was not permanent, and gradually the influence of it died out. At present there is little or nothing being done by the advocates of his theory. The address was examined editorially through the Herald, and quite an extended controversy was had between the editors of the Herald, and Elder Whitmer and others associated with him.
Under date of March 6, 1887, M. Walker wrote a communication which was published in the Herald for March 19, urging the necessity for a magazine devoted to the interests of the young people of the church, and proposed to commence the publication of said magazine upon conditions that a sufficient interest was taken to justify the movement; proposing that if she could receive fifteen hundred subscribers she would commence the publication. The suggestions leading to this movement, and the authority by which it was to be undertaken, were presented by her as follows:
During the session of General Conference at this place last spring, it was suggested to us that the church needed a publication for our young people, which should be intermediate between the Herald and Hope. This suggestion came from more than one elder actively engaged in the work, and men whose judgment the church respects. Again the plea was often presented when we were trying to enlarge the Hope, and letters to this effect were published in the Home Column, until we are constrained to believe the want is a wide-felt and almost an imperative one.
Under a pressure of feelings such as these, when the Board of Publication met at this place on the 10th of January, 1887, we laid the matter before them in the form of a proposition, that we ourselves would edit such a periodical, assuming all financial responsibility, provided it met their approval. The answer was favorable, and having taken time to consider the matter, we now present it to you. If indeed this want is felt, the church is abundantly ably to supply it to themselves, and we are willing to devote our time to it. That we can not do this without obtaining a support from it, will be evident to all when we tell them that at least
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