An Excellent Book for a Christmas Present.
By John Nevins Andrews
Do you wish to make a present to any young person on the occasion of the coming Christmas? There are few things more suitable, or that could be more acceptable to the receiver, than the Autobiography of Joseph Bates. No young person can fail to be interested and even delighted with its perusal. It is a book of interest to persons of any age and calling of life. It is the truthful record of a well-spent life. It is also the record of a life full of events of thrilling interest. The reader can see what the principles of virtue, integrity, and truth, will do for those who strictly follow them. The book has also an especial interest to those who love the Advent faith. It gives the earlier experience of the author in the great Advent movement, and many facts concerning that movement that are worthy of lasting remembrance. May our venerable brother Bates, who has so long stood at his post as a deeply-interested watcher for the coming One, be spared to witness that grand event which shall consummate the Christian’s hope. J. N. A.