Old and Young Like It

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 2, 1916

Old and Young Like It

The regular Instructor has come to be as much appreciated by the adults of the denomination as it is loved by the youth, and the Temperance numbers are the pride of all. The Instructor is an impelling force. It causes people to do things. The following statement, from Othello, Wash., is not an unusual one, but much like hundreds received by the Instructor:—

“EDITOR YOUTH’S INSTRUCTOR: For two hours I have been sitting spellbound with the Temperance Instructor before me. As I read column after column, my cheeks burned with shame that I had not done more for the cause of temperance, and my eyes filled with tears many times at the sad pictures portrayed.

“I am almost forty-three years old. I have been reading the Instructor for a little over thirty years. My husband and I feel that we cannot do without it even though we are no longer young people. We like to know what the young people are doing and what they are reading.

“What a help to the young people the Instructor must be! What an excellent number this Temperance number is!

“As I read this evening, I kept thinking, ‘What can I do for the cause of temperance?’ As I laid down the paper, I decided to send for ten copies to distribute in this neighborhood. Then I picked up the February 15 number and read the “Temperance Branch of the Helping Hand League.”

“So here is my name. I am anxious to help, and willing to join such a band, although I am a busy woman.

“MRS. M. E. SPEDDIE.”