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Why the Reading Course Makes Friends

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 2, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 35.

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Why the Reading Course Makes Friends

“INDEED I took the course this year. I liked the other one so much that I could not afford to miss this one.”
“The course has been of inestimable value to me. From it I have learned to depend upon God for guidance and help even in the little things of life. I have learned to pray more when difficulties and trials are hardest.”
“It almost makes me desire to become a foreign missionary.”
“The course has given me a broader, better view of the message.”
“Even though I am so busy with my school work and daily duties, I do not feel that I can afford to miss the Reading Course. Although I did not finish the other course, I was greatly benefited by the part that I finished.”
The Reading Course is perhaps the most interesting of all the lines of work in our field. The young people seem to thoroughly enjoy it. One boy became so interested in the study of “Great Controversy” that he did the required work a second time.—Lillie George, South Missouri.
I have received letters from many of our young people telling of the blessing which the reading of “Great Controversy” has brought to them, and of the determination that it has given them to be something more, and do a definite work for the Lord.—S. Lela Hoover, Western Washington.
Nothing seems to have interested our young people more than the Reading Course. One young girl became so much interested in Bible study in connection with the course that she committed the book of John to memory.—Helen McKinnon, Alabama.
One young lady in our conference stated recently that when she started the Reading Course, she was only an Adventist because her parents were. After the study of “Great Controversy,” she said that she had felt the saving power of God and was an Adventist because of her own experience. She has since been the means of stirring up a real missionary spirit in her church, and has recently organized a Missionary Volunteer Society of ten members. We have some young men in the canvassing field to-day, who, I believe, received their inspiration from studying “Great Controversy” in the Reading Course.—Lesley Shoup, Southern New England.
One young lady attended South Lancaster Academy as a direct result of the interest which the Reading Course gave her in the work of the Lord.—Mrs. Lee S. Wheeler, Central New England.
Those who have once taken the Reading Course always want to take it again.—Mrs. R. W. McMahan, Indiana.
In one of our churches a family took up the Reading Course. There were four children in that family, and to-day they are all in school as one of the direct results of the Reading Course. This course sets an ideal before our young people, and gives them something to work to.—W. E. Straw, Michigan.
The Reading Course has been a great blessing to me as a canvasser. It has helped me to keep in mind the different doctrinal points as well as many scriptures, and has also given me new courage to press on in the Lord’s work.—George J. Scharff, British Columbia.
The Reading Course has been a great help to me in remembering texts of Scripture and keeping points of truth in mind.—Viola White, British Columbia.
The Reading Course has helped me to gain a clearer view of the whole question of the great controversy between good and evil. From the reading of “Great Controversy” I have gained a knowledge of some of the skilful ways of Satan in leading people astray, and the means by which we may successfully withstand him.—Lydia Stickle, British Columbia.
I believe that the reading of “Great Controversy” has been a great spiritual uplift to our young people.—O. A. Hall, Nebraska.
One young girl in our conference decided to take up the Reading Course last fall. She entered high school, but soon found that her school work was taking the time she should devote to studying the Reading Course. Her mother went to the principal of the school, and told him that her daughter must drop some of her work. He urged that it would take her much longer to finish school if she did not follow the outlined course, but the mother told him her daughter had something more important to study at home. If parents could only realize the help that the course gives, it would be a great blessing to our work.—Mrs. Bessie J. Rice, New York.