THE CHRISTIAN UNION
IS AN UNSECTARIAN RELIGIOUS WEEKLY, UNDER THE
EDITORIAL MANAGEMENT OF
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
This journal has had a very remarkable success, in one year attaining
a circulation surpassing that of any other religious weekly in the United
States (one only excepted, and that one over twenty-two years old).
WHY IS IT?
BECAUSE, First, HENRY WARD BEECHER is its Editor, and his
Editorials, Star Papers, and occasional Literary Reviews and Lecture-Room
Talks are sought for by thousands, while the auxiliary editorial
labor is in the hands of cultivated journalists; the CONTRIBUTORS
being representative men of ALL Denominations.
BECAUSE, Secondly, ITS FORM, sixteen pages, large quarto, Sttched
and Cut, is so convenient for reading, binding, and preservation, as to
be a great and special merit in its favor.
BECAUSE, Thirdly, It is called “the Most Interesting Religious Paper published,”
being quoted from by the press of the entire country more extensively
than any other. The critical Nation (N. Y.) says it is “Not only
the ablest and best, but also, as we suppose, the most popular of American
religious periodicals. At all events it is safe to predict that it will
soon have, if it has not already, greater influence than any other religious
paper in the country.”
BECAUSE, Fourthly, It has something for every Member of the Household:
admirable contributed and editorial articles, discussing all timely topics;
fresh information on unhackneyed subjects; reliable news of the Church
and the world; Market and Financial Reports; an Agricultural Department;
excerpts of Public Opinton from the press: careful Book Reviews,
with Educational, Literary, Musical, and Art Notes; much matter
of a high and pure religious tone, a Household Depa tment; choice
Poems; Household Stories; and Chat for the Little Ones.
BECAUSE, Fifthly, All subscribers are entitled to
TWO SUPERB OIL CHROMOS,
“WIDE AWAKE” and “FAST ASLEEP,”
A pair—no cheap colored prints, but splendid copies of Oil Paintings, by
an eminent English artist. The pair, by a fortunate arrangement which
one of the partners of this house was able to make with the proprietors
of the pictures in Paris, during the late siege are furnished to the Publishers
at a rate entirely exceptional. So that, although the selling price
of them is ($10) Ten Dollars, at which price thousands have been sold in
America, and still are selling and will be sold by the picture trade generally,
the Publishers of The Christian Union give away the two pictures.
of course unmounted, to every subscriber to the paper. Or, if preferred,
subscribers will receive a fine impression of Marshall's Household Engraving
of Washington, of which Darley, the celebrated artist, says: “It is,
beyond all question the best head engraved in line yet produced in this country,
as well as the finest copy of Stuart's portrait I have ever seen.”
TERMS:
| One Year's Subscription (including unmounted Chromos), |
$3 00 |
One Year's Subscription (including Chromos mounted on cardboard,
sized, varnished, and ready for framing), |
3 25 |
The Christian Union and Plymouth Pulpit, mailed for one
year to one address (including Chromos as above) for |
5 00 |
☞ Canvassers allowed liberal Commissions.
An old agent who knows, says: “I have never presented anything for
sale that met with the approval of the entire reading community as nearly
as does Henry Ward Beecher's CHRISTIAN UNION. Sorry I did not
work for it sooner. Think it the best business for canvassers ever offered by any
firm, to my knowledge.”
J. B. FORD & CO., Publishers,
27 Park Place, New York City.
