Insight (Adventist magazine)
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Insight is a weekly magazine aimed at Seventh-day Adventist
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

 young people, published by Review and Herald
Review and Herald Publishing Association
The Review and Herald Publishing Association is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America and is the oldest institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The organization publishes books, magazines, study guides, CDs, videos and games for Adventist churches,...

. It has been described as one of the "most important" Adventist magazines.

History

The Youth's Instructor was established in 1852 by James White
James Springer White
James Springer White , also known as Elder White was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and husband of Ellen G. White...

, husband of Ellen G. White
Ellen G. White
Ellen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. She, along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, would form what is now known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Ellen White reported to her fellow believers her...

. It was distributed primarily through Sabbath school
Sabbath School
Sabbath School is a function of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh Day Baptist and some other sabbatarian denominations.-Program Context:...

.

Under the editorship of Lora E. Clement in the early-mid 1900s, the circulation increased from about 25,000 to 50,000.

The magazine was replaced by Insight in 1970.

Editors

  • 1869–1871: Goodloe Harper Bell
    Goodloe Harper Bell
    Goodloe Harper Bell , born to David and Lucy Bell, was the first teacher at the first Seventh-day Adventist school and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist school system. This first school was located on the first floor of the old Review and Herald building in Battle Creek, Michigan...


...
  • 1923–1952: Lora E. Clement (who lived from 1890 to 1958)

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  • Mike Jones

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  • 2009 Dwain Esmond

See also


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Archives:
  • The Youth's Instructor from Adventist Archives (DjVu
    DjVu
    DjVu is a computer file format designed primarily to store scanned documents, especially those containing a combination of text, line drawings, and photographs. It uses technologies such as image layer separation of text and background/images, progressive loading, arithmetic coding, and lossy...

    format) – merely 3 issues from 1948, as of August 2008
  • Cover story archives, from 2006 onwards
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