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An EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM for PROTESTANTS. BY PROF. E. A. SUTHERLAND. In this volume is considered that greatest of all problems, the education of our children and youth. It contains the history of the two systems of education, pagan and Christian. The cause of the failure and apostasy of Israel, the early church, the Reformers, and modern Protestants, also the weakness of the remnant church, can be traced to no other source, and accounted for on no other grounds, than the pagan methods and wrong principles of education instilled into the minds and hearts of the children and youth of past ages and the present generation. Would you know and understand the true principles of Christian Education for today? Secure at once a copy of “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns, an Educational Problem for Protestants.” Read it, and ponder its teachings in your heart. It contains about 380 pages, printed from new type, substantially bound in cloth. Price, $1.25. Address your tract society, or the— REVIEW AND HERALD PUB. CO.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH. Also, PACIFIC PRESS PUB. CO., Oakland, Cal. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., May 29, 1900. I have read the MS. of Prof. E. A. Sutherland's new book, “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns, an Educational Problem for Protestants,” and I am convinced that it is the book for our churches and our schools. Everyone who reads the book must be convinced that there are now two systems of education,—one Christian and the other pagan; the one leading to the knowledge of God, and the other to doubt or infidelity. L. A. HOOPES, Sec. Gen. Conf. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., June 27, 1900. GENTLEMEN: I have read the book which you have just issued, “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns,” by Prof. E. A. Sutherland, president of the Battle Creek College, Battle Creek, Mich. This book strikes out on an entirely new and, to me very refreshing, train of thought. The responsibility of the Protestant denominations in the matter of educating their children and youth for time and eternity is set forth very clearly, and the departure of the majority of the Protestant denominations from this course is ably delineated. “The book has set me to thinking about some great problems which confront the world, to which I feel I have not given as much attention as I should. THIS BOOK OUGHT TO BE READ BY EVERY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST; for it contains truths which are a part of the vital themes of the Third Angel's Message for this time.” Very sincerely yours,
PERCY T. MAGAN. “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns,” by Prof. E. A. Sutherland, president of Battle Creek College, is a history of education, from creation to the present day. It is just what has long been needed. It is especially needed by all who profess Christianity; and more especially by teachers who profess Christianity. A copy of the book should be in each family where there is a Seventh-day Adventist, to be read by him and loaned to his neighbors.
A. T. JONES. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., June 12, 1900. DEAR SIR: When I learned that Prof. E. A. Sutherland, president of Battle Creek College, was writing a book on the history of education, I am free to admit that I had some misgivings as to what position he might take, as it had been rumored from time to time that he was a “setter forth of strange doctrines,” and when the manuscript was placed in my hands for reading, I glanced over the first few pages with some indifference, but soon gathered the fact that the positions taken in the book were well grounded and supported by the Bible, and by many leading modern educators of the day. On my discovery of that fact, I returned to the first page of the book, and re-read every page of it carefully; and in my judgment the book brings out thoughts of great value upon the subject which it treats. The volume will be especially helpful to those parents who desire to have their children educated in right lines, and it will be of equal value to the students themselves. For one, I shall be very glad to see this book widely circulated.
G. W. AMADON.