. Christian herald. rnalistic standards. TheRev. T. DeWitt Talmage of the Brooklyn Tabernacle,whose contributions had, from the very first issue,struck a popular chord all over America and abroad,was secured as editor. Since Dr. Talmages officewas largely that of a contributing editor, however,the actual routine editing continued under the imme-diate supervision of Dr. B. J. Fernie, who had servedin this capacity since the establishment of the paperby the Rev. Mr. Baxter. Three months after thechange of management, Dr. Fernie was made asso-ciate editor in collaboration with Dr. George


. Christian herald. rnalistic standards. TheRev. T. DeWitt Talmage of the Brooklyn Tabernacle,whose contributions had, from the very first issue,struck a popular chord all over America and abroad,was secured as editor. Since Dr. Talmages officewas largely that of a contributing editor, however,the actual routine editing continued under the imme-diate supervision of Dr. B. J. Fernie, who had servedin this capacity since the establishment of the paperby the Rev. Mr. Baxter. Three months after thechange of management, Dr. Fernie was made asso-ciate editor in collaboration with Dr. George , who joined the Klopsch organization atthat time as managing editor. Of the original Sandison, the present editor, now in the twenty- ^ third year of his administration, is yet alive and active in the this period onward the real development of The ChristianHerald began. In the first few years it had reflected a good manyof the journalistic tendencies of its British antecedent, both in form and. FOLDING AND INSERTING DR. GEO. H. SANDISONEditor of The Christian Herald in editorial bearing. It was tooapathetic, too un-American. early appreciated this con-dition; and sohe set aboutimproving TheChristianHerald phys-ically as wellas in editorialcontent. Beingone of the firstto realize quite fully the value of pictorial journalism, and the tre-mendous possibilities of color printing, he began toutilize these agencies to the end of making TheChristlan Herald brighter, more attractive andmore artistically beautiful. Fired with the enthusi-asm and zeal of the man who has found hislife-work, and possessed of a rare combination ofbusiness and literary faculties, he was partic-ularly well qualified to follow up the advantage thathad come to The Christian Herald through his firstingenious efforts in securing new readers. At onceradical and conservative in his methods, he was aclose observer of the popular trend in journalism,and yet appreciative of all that


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