A Suggestion by M. E. Kern

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 4, 1905

A Suggestion

By M. E. Kern

M. E. KERN

“I do not know that I have any suggestions of books for your daughter to read, if she has not read the seventeen volumes of messages the Lord has sent to his people,” said an earnest worker among the young to an inquiring parent. The remnant church has the spirit of prophecy, but how little we prize it! How can our young people worse than waste their time on the driftwood of fiction when the precious messages the Lord has sent us to prepare us for our heavenly home, lie unread!

In speaking to a young lady recently about the latest volume of the Testimonies, she remarked that the volume had recently been added to their church library, and she would procure and read with it. Here is a suggestion to church officers. Remember that you are overseers of the flock, and plan in a very definite way for the spiritual growth of old and young. See to it that the “good old REVIEW” is in the home of every member of the church. If every one can not own the volumes of the Testimonies, do as was done in the church referred to; establish a well-selected library from which books will be loaned. Some churches are doing this. Remember that “while we live, we grow,” and let the leaders do all in their power to supply the conditions of growth.

College View, Neb.