The "OVERLAND MONTHLY"
magazine was a publication started by the journalist and author, Francis Bret Harte, and
published in San Francisco, California. In late 1908 they requested Pastor Charles Taze
Russell to write a series of articles on "The Divine Purpose" which began to
appear in February, 1909. The response to this series was so large that his articles on a
variety of subjects continued to appear monthly until his death on October 31, 1916.