The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-11-25
PROSP ECTUS
For publishing a Monthly Periodical in Wash
ington, D. c., called
THE NATIONAL RECORDER
IF RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY IN
BY l.. ID. JOHNSON


BY l.. ID JOHNSON
TINE National Recorder" will contain xieen qua rio
Il pages, with single or double cover, for dollar
year
ing usually found Ia periodicals Of this kind II Will be
mainly devoted 10 the following Obje Is:
First give information OF all that may be done the
Legislative aRd Executive Departments of The General
Government relating TO the interests of Religion
In the Legislative Department ii will embrace the
spirit of all that may be done IN Congress this subject
including the services of Chaplans i'll the House and
Senate with bret sketches OF the sermons that may be
de ivered efore Congress.
In the Executive Department ii will embrace all that.
relates the Chaplain service IN the Army Navy.
Military Posts during Campaigns ht Nj itary and
Naval Schools, IN gong vessels and receiving shpsa
Homes Asylums BY the facilities for obtaining nor-
nation the Departments in Washington, and by
Pondehce WIN CnaPiahs we shal be enabled TO pro-
duce much that Is inte resiing 10 The public.
The second object viii he 10 collect Statistical nf0r
nation and publish, under The head of each State
Territory all that relates 10 the general interests Of Re
hgon This Will embrace The number of officially recog
Missed clergy employed pastor, Otherwise the
number Of church edhces aud church members together
with the number added annually 10 each distinct church
organization. We shall enter upon such plan of
respondence as VIII enatle US TO reach this information
with more than approximate accuracy, together with
many ether facts and statistics relating religious
tiers which enter into the schedules OF The
United States census.
The third object will be notice all that is and
interesting in Literature and Science, emitting TO be-
special attention upon the of Lectures
ally delivered and the scientific Developments made
known the Smithsonian Institution also at the Coast
Survey Office tn National Observatory, and OF the Sci
rnhc Arts" at the Patent Once We shall furnish
tees Literary Conventions and Teachers Associations
and also OF books aud periodicals intended
TO promote popular education.
1t will be readily that the whole practical value OF
this work lies in the complete accomplishment of the
objects proposed To effect ths shall need the kindly
operation three classes OF meIedtors eiergymem
and he respected heads OF all the institutions OF science
and learning The United aes and for each we
have a distinct prOpOsIuon.
The first number of the Recorder will be dated Jan
uary 1889 but, il will contain among other things
an important memorial 10 Congress- which should FIRST he
placed in the hands OF every clergyman of
tins periodical will be neither political in
cbaracter al an earlier date, intend issue the
first number early IN December We therefore re-
sprc fully propose TO all ergymen who will send US
with their address, dollar that will send them the
Recorder two years, numbers for one year or
The first number only TO all who will enclose four esr
stamps. ..
To the editors Of all periodicals. and newspapers-ex
cepung those which are only political aud secular-svho
~lli give ths Prospectus one insertion, and
number containing H. we propose advertise the name
year For Presidents Principals all Lite rary ns
uilons who subscribe fo the Recorder will insert
tie name and place of their institution, proposed to
editors. -
Address National Recorder Washington, d. CO.
Tar RELIGlOUs REcoRDKR-We can freely commend
10 the patronage of the religious public the paper OF
which the prospectus appears IN another column, the
edIor, Dr. Johnson, having been from the
of them the reporter AID writer of the weekly SabbaD
RrHtuS which have appeared in the Iateigencey
several years pasl and boh his character ana talents
highly appreciated by the religious city,
as well as by ourselves-Nat. Iatelige1eer. go