A HINT TO READING CIRCLE MEMBERS.
By Josephine Grannis
Thinking that many of our people are wondering how they, who are bound quite closely at home by their work and family ties, can aid in extending the knowledge of the truth we love, and in scattering the printed page, my mind runs back to a plan we used a year or so ago in introducing into the homes and neighborhoods of our people that helpful little book, “Steps to Christ.” Everywhere, you remember, our people purchased it in lots of five or ten copies; and after selling all that they could at the retail price, the profits on these paid for the remaining copies, which they either gave to friends and neighbors who did not purchase, or kept themselves to loan to any who would read. In no other book is the truth so clearly brought out in all its phases as in “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” and none has brought so many into a full knowledge and acceptance of the truth; hence we are especially blessed in having this work in pamphlet form at so low a price that it ought everywhere to be circulated by our members in their own neighborhoods and among their friends. That the people will gladly read is evidenced by the following incidents:— A copy of the book has been in the parlor of one of the hotels here, and has been quite extensively read. Another has been read with interest in the homes of two of the prominent Baptist families here. A short time ago, in wheeling to a country settlement to conduct the Sunday-school, it was necessary to stop a few minutes for repairs at a house where I was slightly acquainted. In the conversation the man spoke of the “return of the Jews,” and other points, and seeing that he was a student of the Scriptures, I mentioned a book I had which treats on these and many other points of prophecy, and offered to loan it. It was accepted; and a few days ago the man said that he had been reading the book, and was deeply interested in it. This book is “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation.” A short time ago, a man entered the office to purchase a copy of “Daniel and Revelation.” He said that one of the Tampa brethren had loaned him this book, with others, to read, and that he desired to read it again, and to own it. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, but seem to be interested in the truth, and will, I think, obey it. These incidents are evidence to me that if we use the opportunities that God gives us, a way will open, not only to loan, but also to sell these works among our friends and neighbors. And as we are filled with the everlasting gospel in these books, we shall, by the inspiration of the Spirit, be enabled to speak in such a way that God may interest souls in the study of the prophetic word. If each of us would dispose of only five copies of this book this year, what a harvest of souls God would gather from the labor, only the ages of eternity will reveal. Shall we not arise and let the light shine?