How to Succeed by M. E.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1911

“How to Succeed”

By M. E.

THE Scriptures say, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might.” We should strive to succeed in all that we undertake. Great principles lie hidden in very small duties. Here are a few guide-posts that point out the path to success for Missionary Volunteer Reading Course members:—

1. Enroll. Send your name, with address, to your conference Missionary Volunteer secretary. If you do not have your secretary's address, send to the Missionary Volunteer Department, Takoma Park Station Washington, D. C., and it will be forwarded to the proper person.

2. Send for the books used in the course. If you can not buy all at one time, buy them in the order they come in the course. Be sure to have them on time.

3. Arrange to have the use of the Instructor every week.

4. Plan to devote fifteen or twenty minutes to your Reading Course book every day. Often spare moments are lost for lack of definite planning. John Quincy Adams, we are told, never closed his eyes in sleep until his work for the next day had been outlined.

5. Keep your book in a place where occasional glimpses will remind you of your resolution.

6. Should you fail to do your daily reading, make it up at once. Be determined that you will not lag behind.

7. When the written test questions appear in the Instructor, answer them promptly; and send your answers to your conference Missionary Volunteer secretary. Although you may use your book in answering the questions, the written work is of great value to you. “Reading maketh a full man, writing an exact one.” We should possess both qualifications.

Do these seven things, and you will be entitled to a Reading Course certificate next spring, and more than that, you will have sown in the soil of your life seeds that are bound to yield good fruit.

M. E.