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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 16, 1905

Our Publishing Work

By Editor

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Psalm 68:11.

ANY publication mentioned on this page may be ordered through your conference tract society or from any of our publishing houses or their branch offices. See last paragraph on this page for addresses of our publishing houses.

PLEASE read again that list of the contents of the four special numbers of the Signs as published on this page in last week’s paper. Do you not think there are a goodly number of people to whom you ought to give the opportunity of reading these message-filled papers? Do not delay.

OUR new printing-office at Takoma Park, D. C., has its roof on, and the windows will soon be in. There has been considerable delay in getting the necessary material as rapidly as it was needed, but our builder, Brother Whalin, is very resourceful, and has pushed the work just as rapidly as could be done under the circumstances.

THERE has been a good demand for the little book on “Colds,” by Dr. Heald, and the first edition is exhausted, and a new edition is now being printed. This is the time of year when its helpful suggestions are most needed, and our people will find it a ready seller. Price, 25 cents, with subscription book discount to our canvassers.

ARE you satisfied with what you have done thus far in the missionary campaign? If not, do not delay a moment, but take up some of the various kinds of work suggested in last week’s REVIEW. Some are aglow with enthusiasm, and are reporting excellent results. You can share in the same joy now, and have part in the reward by and by.

THE new catalogue of publications of the Review and Herald Publishing Association is now ready, and copies will be mailed at once to those who have recently asked for it. We have not been able to comply with these requests earlier because the catalogue was out of print. This catalogue contains sixty-eight pages, and the list of books is arranged alphabetically, and not separated into subscription, trade, and music books as heretofore. A certain symbol appears before each title, and this indicates, as nearly as can be done, the particular class of books to which each belongs. A number of new books are listed in this edition. A copy will be sent free to any one on request. It may be secured from any conference tract society, or from our office at Washington, D. C., or Battle Creek, Mich.

A MOST favorable opportunity is now offered to introduce our literature into the Sunday-schools. On December 10 the lesson is entitled “Reading and Obeying the Law.” This is a splendid opening for the wise use of leaflets showing the strict obedience which God requires in the keeping of his law. Such tracts as “Knowing and Obeying the Law,” “The Law of God,” and “The Perpetuity of the Law,” could be followed with “Great Controversy” and “Daniel and the Revelation.” Many of the Sunday-school students will be making presents to their teachers and superintendents. When opportunity offers, suggest to them what an excellent present “Desire of Ages” would be. It is the best book obtainable, irrespective of the price, for comparative study of the Sunday-school lessons for 1906.

OUR factory in Battle Creek, Mich., has been very busy for some time, and editions of “Great Controversy,” “Daniel and the Revelation,” “Bible Readings,” and “Hymns and Tunes,” have been printed, and an edition of Sister White’s new book, “Ministry of Healing,” is now in hand. Besides all this, quite a good deal of other printing has come to us unsolicited.

DURING the missionary campaign many workers will be puzzled to know what to give to some special person who is not at all acquainted with, or interested in, our literature. To such we would suggest a copy of the new tract, “The Celestial Railroad.” We wish every reader of the REVIEW knew just how interesting this tract is. It is filled with present truth, presented in such a way as to reveal the popular fallacies of the present-day “isms.” Price, 2 cents each, post-paid.

IN answer to a long-continued and very urgent demand for a cheaper edition of our standard church hymnal, we have just ready for delivery a new thin-paper edition. It contains everything found in previous editions, but is printed on a little thinner, cheaper paper, and is substantially bound in one style of binding only, plain cloth, neatly stamped in black ink. The price is 75 cents a copy, post-paid. We are sure our people will appreciate this fine book at such a low price, and we trust it will have a wide circulation.

WOULD it not be a good plan for every conference to arrange so that the address of every person who purchases a copy of “Ministry of Healing” shall be kept? Such a list of “Christ’s Object Lessons” subscribers was kept by some conferences, and the work was followed up later either by some worker, or by correspondence from the tract society office. We think it would be a good plan to keep at the conference office a list of the names and addresses of all persons to whom any of our subscription books are sold. These can then be furnished to the next canvasser who works the locality, or they can be given to suitable persons for missionary correspondence, and the knowledge of the particular book purchased gives good reason for addressing them.

SOME time ago we got out a little catalogue of books selected from our list of subscription books. It was intended principally for the use of our canvassers, and as it had the heading “Birds of a Feather Flock Together,” it was called the “Bird Catalogue.” A brother in the State of Washington writes that as a result of leaving a copy of this with a teacher for examination, he was able to sell one copy of each of the following books: “Great Controversy,” “Desire of Ages,” “Patriarchs and Prophets,” “Daniel and the Revelation,” “Christ Our Saviour,” “The House We Live In,” “The Story of Daniel the Prophet,” “Education,” “Land and Sea,” “Happy Home,” and “Best Stories.” He calls it a “door opener,” and no wonder.

ORDERS for any publication mentioned on this page may be sent to any conference tract society or to any of the following: Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, D. C., and Battle Creek, Mich.; Pacific Press Publishing Company, Mountain View, Cal., also Portland, Ore., and Kansas City, Mo.; Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn., and Fort Worth, Tex.