With the Publications and the Workers
By Editor
“The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.” ON a recent Thursday our Book Department sent out nearly a ton of books. The orders were not for stock to go to tract society depositories, but for shipment direct to canvassers. PARENTS or teachers are invited to send to Dr. G. A. Hare, Iowa Circle, Washington, D. C., special questions regarding the physical or mental health of school children. These will be answered in the “School Children’s (November) number of Life and Health. Questions should reach Washington not later than September 20. HAS any one begun a canvass of the members of your church, for the REVIEW? This is the special work to be done in the missionary campaign this month. If no one is at work trying to secure subscriptions from those of our people who are not subscribers in your church, why can you not take up this work? We mean you, dear reader. THE value of books sold in the Atlantic Union Conference during the first week in August was $1,176.42. This the Gleaner says is the largest amount it has ever reported for a single week. This good work shows that books can be sold, and in every conference there is still room in the ranks for new recruits to the canvassing force. A NEW catalogue of our publications is now in press. We hope to have it ready during September. One of the important changes made in this edition is the strict alphabetical arrangement of all the bound books. This will make it much easier to find any desired publication. Another new feature is that of placing a certain symbol before the title of each book to indicate to what class it belongs, whether subscription, trade, home workers’, or what. ALMOST every one loves to read stories of birds and animals, but all such stories, to be of value, should be true. A new book, “My Garden Neighbors,” is a book of nature stories, but is not a book of fiction. Dr. L. A. Reed, the author of the book, has written only what he knows to be true. For example, the story given in the chapter, entitled “A Disturber of the Peace,” is simply a plain narrative of actual events, yet it is an absorbingly interesting story. While there is no preaching, the whole story is a lesson on the power of evil, and consequently a parable of unmistakable import. The book is intended, first of all, to show some of the wonderfully interesting things that are daily happening at our very doorsteps, and is an attempt to get its readers to cultivate a closer observation of the things of nature. It is nicely illustrated with several colored plates, full-page drawings, and drawings in the text, and the price is one dollar. Order of your tract society or of Review and Herald Publishing Association. “Christ’s followers have been redeemed for service. Our Lord teaches that the true object of life is ministry. . . . By living to minister for others, man is brought into connection with Christ.”—“Christ’s Object Lessons,” page 326. “ENCLOSED find draft for fifteen dollars ($15.00) for which send the Youth’s Instructor for one year to the names and addresses as follows.” Thus begins a communication from a faithful Sabbath-keeper in Fresno, Cal. Twenty subscriptions were enclosed, and “will send more names soon” is the promise. Are there not others who could do equally well in securing subscriptions for the Instructor? We believe it to be the best youth’s paper published, and it ought to have twice its present circulation. Do your own children and your neighbors’ children have it? Subscription price, 75 cents a year. 40 cents for six months. Address Youth’s Instructor, Washington, D. C. SOME important changes were made at the last General Conference in the officers and departmental committees of the General Conference. In order to bring this part of the 1905 “Year Book” up to date, we have reprinted the four pages (pages 15 to 18 inclusive) which contain this information. We believe our people do not fully appreciate the value of this “Year Book.” The directories of our various organizations and the facts in regard to each conference and mission field are valuable, but in addition to this, the historical summary of the rise and progress of the denomination and data concerning the institutions and organizations connected therewith, chronologically arranged, together with the concise statement of the “fundamental principles of Seventh-day Adventists,” make this year’s “Year Book” invaluable to all our people. Send 25 cents for a copy. THE new book “Ministry of Healing” by Mrs. E. G. White, is dedicated “to the physicians and nurses of every land, who, as coworkers with the Chief Physician, the great Medical Missionary, are laboring bravely and unselfishly to heal the sick, to comfort the afflicted, and to teach the way of life.” In the words of the preface, “It presents a better way, which, though in the shadows of a sick world, is flecked with the sunshine of God’s love and ever-healing hope. It reveals to us a simpler, sweeter life, fuller of joy and gladness, with more room for that helpful service which it is ‘more blessed to give than to receive.’” Surely all will desire to lend a hand in quickly placing this book in thousands of homes. It will carry a message of hope and courage to afflicted souls, and more than one half of the retail price will be used to help build up our health institutions and for other relief work. The book will contain 544 pages, and will be ready for delivery September 12. The price is $1.50, postage 15 cents additional.