Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-10-13
THE CHRISTIAN ALMANACK.

informing the patrons OF this Tract, and
the public in general, thai he has re-
ceived printed copy of the Christian
.4imanack for Illinois and Missouri
for The year 1897; accompanied BY
letter from WILLIAM A HALLooK, Esq
Corresponding Secretary oil thu Aneri-
can Tract Society, informing thai they
were to have been shipped Tor New Or
leans on the 25tb ullImo; and conse-
quently may be expected at 81. Louis
the fore part oil Noven Der.
Having sustained considerable loss
on the almanack for the current year,
the subscriber had determined not 10
print one Tor the next; but having re.
ceived propositions from the gentleman
named above, 10 have it printed al the
Society's press, Work, on good
paper, in very superior style, and at a
lower rate than can be sfforded here,
lowing to the difference in the price oil
paper, &c. he again ventured 10 con-
tract for 5000 copies.
The Courts OF Illinois and Missouri
were furnished by the underslgn d--the
Calculations were made by The same
gentleman who furnished those for 1926
for this meridian, and arc no doubt ac-
curate; and the work has been publish.
ed under the superintendent o, the Cor
responding Secretary oil the American
Tract Society; and is thought TO be SUI
perior to any ever offered for sale in the
western country.
One objection in the minds of some,
and which has injured the sale OF this
A I'm anack, is, its not containing prog
nosticstioDs concerning the weather. Il
would have been very easy matter for
the scientific gentleman who made the
calculalions-or for the printer--to have
gwen these prognostication and thus
to have made it the more acceptable to
many but as the learned are equally
as ignorant oil what The weather will be
as the unlearned; and as this A!manack
is published under the auspices OF Sd
ciely whose Publishing Committee are
among the most pisus as we'll as the
most enlightened men in the United
States; they would not impose on the
credulily OF the ignorant BY pretending
to tell 7uhat no man can tell. And it is
hoped tina this circumstance will induce
the more enlightened part OF community,
as well as the pious, to give it prefer
ence over those which do not endsavor
to set the popular prejudice right in this
particular; especially as the subscriber
will need their patronage, to save him
from loss.
The price to retailers will be as low
as any offered for sale in the two states;
and the subscriber hopes hat those gen.
temen who received his Almanacks for
1926, and others, throughout the two
states, will favor him with their orders.
JEREMIAH ABBOTT.
Spectator Office, Ed,OardsziAe,
October Is, 1926.
The following Address of the Editor,
will shew the objeci and design Of the
above work
TO THE PATRONS OF THE CHRISTIAN AL
MANAcK.
The liberal patronage hitherto bastow-
ed on the Christian Aimahack is pleas
ing and satisfactory proof OF the esti1a-
ton in which it is held by The public.
No, far from 100000 copies have been
circulated since II was commenced in
1921, by the American Tract Society;
aud i, is thought the increasing demand
will warrant the publication of larger
edition for the presen, year, than has hi
,herto been published. or this we are
glad, Not because it is source OF in
dividual profit; but because great good
to the temporal and spiritual interests
Of the community is anticipated from
such general distribution. The Chris
tian Almanack is not scheme for pri-
vate pecuniary benefit. 1t is project
OF Christian benevolence, and designed
only for public utility. !, is Tract,
published by the American Tract So
ciety and while it is intended to an.
swer the purposes OF common family
Almanack, 1t is also intended TO be We
hicle OF religious truth, and register oil
interesting facts and important statistics
connected with the prosperity Of the
church.
Much pains has been taken to have
the Calendar pages, and the statements
respecting the benevolent operations oil
the present time, as we'll as the register
Of Civil Officers, Courts, &c. accurate
and complete.
The predictions respecting the wea-
ther we continue TO omit, for the obvious
reason that man is not prophet; and
we deem it unnecessary to IMPOSE on