“Christ’s Object Lessons” Appeals to the Leading Ministers of California
By Chas. T. Everson
To the list of the many prominent ministers of California who have already indorsed the effort with “Christ’s Object Lessons,” some new names have been added. Among these new names are found those of such leading men as Dr. John Hemphill, who for thirty years has been the leading Presbyterian minister of San Francisco, and Dr. J. K. McLain, president of the Pacific Theological Seminary, and for many years the leading Congregational minister in California. Dr. McLain’s indorsement being especially worthy of notice, we give it here:— “Mrs. Ellen G. White’s exposition of the parables, entitled ‘Christ’s Object Lessons,’ appears, from the cursory examination I have been able to give it, to be free from denominational peculiarities. The view point is practical and helpful, and the spirit is earnest. For those who have in their possession other similar expositions of our Lord’s teaching this might well be added as an utterance from a new quarter; for such as have no work of this kind, it will give much light upon some of the most important questions of human life.” Dr. William Rader, who has really gained somewhat of a national reputation, being mentioned in the public utterances of the late Wm. McKinley when at San Francisco, has also purchased the book, and given an excellent indorsement. He said, “Why, that book ought to have been published by some leading publishing house, that it might have had a wide circulation.” He said, further: “When I was standing on board of a vessel in the Bay of Naples, I was asked the meaning of the parable of the unjust steward, and I had to confess that I did not know what it was intended to teach. So just as soon as I got your book, I turned to that parable, and I found that the author had thought it through, and had discovered its meaning.” These men, whose acquaintance with books is so extensive, are in a position to appreciate such an excellent book as “Christ’s Object Lessons.” Dr. Rader’s20written indorsement is as follows: “I have examined ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ with interest, and find the treatment of the parables singularly strong and fair. There is no denominationalism in the book, but a broad and spiritual interpretation of the things our Lord meant to teach his hearers. It is a book for the family, the pastor, and the student.” No one can read of the success that is attending the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” without seeing that God is in this work, giving “favor and success.”