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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 23, 1908

CHRIST IN SONG

GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED

During recent months arrangements have been made by which we have purchased the plates and rights for “Christ in Song” for use in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination; and now no private individual has any interest in, or receives any profits from, our sales of the book.

It has been thoroughly revised, and a large number of new songs have been added, so that the new book will be

The Largest and Best Song-Book in the World

This is a strong statement, but we honestly believe it to be correct; and we further believe that in view of the present agreements between music writers and publishers, it is not possible for another book to be printed which would contain so nearly the cream of the musical productions of such a large corps of popular music writers as is found in “Christ in Song.”

All the favorite old songs have been retained in the new edition, and a large number of splendid, soul-stirring new songs have been added. There are such a large number of new compositions—comprising over one hundred pages—that if these had been published as a separate book, it would have sold readily at twenty-five cents a copy.

Can Use Old and New Editions Together

There will be no difficulty in using the new edition with the old books, for although the song numbers have been changed in some instances, the new edition gives in small figures the old number of each song. For instance, “Wonderful Love” is No. 245 in the new edition, while in the old edition it is No. 196; therefore both numbers are shown, but not in such a way as to be confusing.

When “Christ in Song” was first published, favorable arrangements could not be made with the owners of some desirable copyrighted music for its use in the book. As a result the compiler in several instances wrote special music, using the words of the original song. Such were, “What Shall the Harvest Be?” “None of Self, and All of Thee,” “Throw out the Life-Line,” “Praise Him,” and several others. In the new edition, these songs are replaced with the original copyrighted music. In most instances, the right to use such songs has only been secured by a liberal cash payment, and these permissions for the present edition have cost more than a thousand dollars. This is only one of many features which will commend the new edition to our people for general use.

Two Books in One

If only minor revisions or changes had been made, we would not feel justified in asking our people everywhere to buy this new edition; but since we are now practically giving two books in one in this very large and superior collection of music, we feel that no one will regret the purchase of the book, even though he already has a copy of the old edition.

Now in Press

This enlarged edition, printed from new plates, is now in press, and will be ready some time during the month of June. Definite date of publication will be announced later. Orders should be sent early to the regular sources of supply. Every person who reads this notice will surely want a copy of the book.

Notwithstanding the great expense in securing the use of these new songs, and notwithstanding the increased size of the book, there has been only a slight increase in price.

Prices

The new edition will contain 544 pages,—128 pages more than the old edition, and the prices will be only 60 CENTS IN FULL CLOTH and $1 IN HALF-MOROCCO. We shall still bind some books in cloth, flexible, similar to the old edition, though we do not especially recommend this binding for this large book. The price of this style will be 40 cents.

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