From its first issue dated March, 1840, Signs of the Times went around the world and added believers to the new faith. Early leaders helped to make it a great missionary journal that brought thousands of readers to a knowledge of Bible truth.The Living Witness contains Signs articles by representative writers, whose names have become familiar to Signs readers through the years, from James White to Arthur S. Maxwell. Each article is typical of the period they represent and of the writers who produced them. The articles are compiled to cover the main doctrines of the church as set forth in logical expositions produced by early pioneers along with some shorter articles in more popular style featured in later years.