p. 279 | TO CIRCLE MEMBERS by L. Flora Plummer

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 1, 1900

TO CIRCLE MEMBERS.

By L. Flora Plummer

How often we hear people say, If I could only live my life over again, I would do very differently. While it is not possible in reality to “live over again” a single moment, we might profit by past experiences much more than we do. He who so studies and applies the lessons of the past that his present life is constantly strengthened and molded by the memory of reasons for past successes and failures, does not go on making the same mistakes over and over again.

We have now come to the close of the first series of Berean Library lessons. We shall never again have the exact opportunity the past winter afforded us, but by the experiences we have gained, we should each be able to do better work the coming season. When the work began, the Reading Circle idea was a new one to many, and all were not ready to begin at the appointed time, so that the best part of the year for study and work had slipped by, before many were really awake to the situation, However, the growth in interest has been constant and steady, and we are assured that the blessing of God has attended every step that has been taken. We feel that there is much evidence of permanent success in a movement which, although it may start slowly, maintains a steady and ever-increasing interest.

It has been decided to discontinue the Berean Library study during the summer months, taking it up again October 1. We hope that every member of the Circle will plan to begin the study of the lessons at the time appointed.

Mrs. L. FLORA PLUMMER.