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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Mar 4, 1880

VALUABLE BOOKS.

By W. C. White

Ever since the great awakening of interest in the Sabbath-school work among S. D. Adventists, the question has been repeatedly asked, "What text-books and manuals on teaching can you recommend as the best for S. S. teachers and officers?" We have been slow to answer these inquiries because while there are scores of books written on this work and containing valuable thoughts, their plans are mostly laid with reference to a system so different from ours that the larger portion of the work is of little value. There are a few books, however, which we can heartily recommend to S. S. officers, teachers, and scholars, and to this list we hope to add others from time to time.

"The Hand Book of Bible Geography" and "The Hand Book of Bible Manners and Customs," published by the Methodists, "The Companion to the Bible," and "Sacred Geography," published by the Am. Tract Society, are undoubtedly the best books of their kind, and in the teachers' library come next in importance to the Bible Dictionary, Concordance, and Bible Atlas. All of these are mentioned more fully in another column.

We have just read "The Church School and Its Officers" a thoroughly interesting and instructive volume by J. H. Vincent, D. D. It is written mainly for ministers, especially the younger ministers of the church, to whom the author has spoken very frankly and plainly. He has also sought to define the duties of the Sabbath-school officers, the superintendent, secretary, chorister, etc., upon whom as much depends. His appeals for the study of the Word of God and for thorough and efficient methods cannot be read by teacher, parent, or scholar without awakening a new interest and ambition to improve the opportunities to do good, and receive good, which are weekly and daily offered in the Sabbath-school work.

W. C. WHITE.