Home Improvement Courses
By M. E. Kern
WE are glad to note the interest manifested on the part of our young people in the Home Improvement Courses. Orders for books, and letters requesting enrolment, are being received every day. We found it impossible to begin the work February 15, as at first contemplated. The first outline of the courses will be in the Educational Messenger of March 1. If you do not have the Messenger and the necessary books, order them at once. These courses are arranged for the benefit of all our young people who are desirous of self-improvement. Many will find in them what they have longed for,—careful direction in a systematic course of reading, the cultivation of a taste for the best books, and an inspiration to devote their lives to the great purpose of uplifting humanity. Perhaps no two books could be found better suited to the development of Christian life than “Steps to Christ” and “Mount of Blessing.” The missionary books offered are of exceptional interest. “The Tiger Jungle” has all the fascination of a story written simply to please, and is of much more value. “Princely Men in a Heavenly Kingdom” is a series of most interesting biographies of men who have given their lives to the spread of the gospel in the Flowery Kingdom, and an account of the terrible Boxer outrages in which many Christians sealed their testimony with their blood. The life of Booker T. Washington is of intense interest, and contains much that ought to be an inspiration to our young people. Few, if any, have had fewer advantages than Mr. Washington, and none have been more determined in overcoming obstacles. “Page’s Theory and Practise of Teaching” is a classic of pedagogy books. Below we give the books necessary:— Four months, beginning March 1. Required: “Steps to Christ.” Two months. (Paper, 25 cents; cloth, plain edges, 50 cents; limp leather, 65 cents; cloth, gilt edges, 85 cents.) “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing.” Two months. (60 cents.) Order of your tract society: the Pacific Press Publishing Co., 18 West 5th St., Kansas City, Mo.; or of the Central Union Conference Young People’s Department, College View, Neb. Elective: “In the Tiger Jungle.” Two months. ($1.) “Princely Men in the Heavenly Kingdom.” Two months. (Paper, 42 cents; cloth, 59 cents.) “Up from Slavery.” Four months. ($1.50.) Order of Central Union Conference Young People’s Department, College View, Neb. Six months, beginning March 1. “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI. (Cloth, $1; leather, $1.50.) “Education.” ($1.25.) Order of your State tract society, or of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, 18 West 5th St., Kansas City, Mo. “Page’s Theory and Practise of Teaching.” Phelps’s edition, 75 cents. Order of B. E. Huffman, College View, Neb. To pursue either of these courses the Educational Messenger is necessary. Subscription price, 50 cents a year. For a short time the Messenger offers one free subscription for four new subscriptions and $2. Address Educational Messenger, College View, Neb.