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The Reading Courses for 1912-13

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Sep 5, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 36.

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The Reading Courses for 1912-13

By M. E.

This has been the banner year in Missionary Volunteer Reading Course work. More Reading Course certificates have been sent out than were issued during the first three years the Reading Courses were conducted. In one week more than one hundred certificates were sent out. One secretary called for seventy at one time. Five of our conferences now hold more than fifty certificates each.
Truly the Reading Courses are holding their old friends, and all the time making new ones. Judging from the large sales of the Reading Course books for courses beginning in October, next year will in all probability be better than this one.
The prosperity which the courses are enjoying is a source of deep gratitude to those in charge of the young people's work, for the courses are doing much to create and foster among our youth an appetite for good, wholesome reading. What one worker said not long ago expresses the opinion of others, and emphasizes the importance of this work. To his mind no other effort that is being put forth in behalf of the youth is wielding so strong an influence for good as are the Missionary Volunteer Reading Courses.
The courses for 1912-13 begin in the Instructor of October 1. We heartily recommend these courses to you. The books, selected by a large committee of workers, are among the very best published. The workers chose those books which they believed to contain valuable information, and to be particularly useful in helping the youth to equip for more efficient service in the great army of Prince Immanuel. The books to be read in the courses are as follows:—

Senior Course, No. 6

“Uplift of China,” by Arthur H. Smith.
“Patriarchs and Prophets,” by Mrs. E. G. White.
“The American Government,” by Frederic Haskins.

Junior Course, No. 5

“Winning the Oregon Country,” by John T. Faris.
“Pilgrim's Progress,” by John Bunyan.
“Daybreak in Korea,” by Annie L. A. Baird.
We shall much appreciate your cooperation in enrolling young people in these courses; and you are also cordially invited to join the circle. M. E.