"THE SABBATH SCHOOL WORKER."
By Editor
THE work and influence of the Sabbath school have come to be potent and powerful factors in the cause of truth. Since 1878, when steps were first taken for general organization, the Sabbath-school department of the work has increased in volume, power, and efficiency. To-day, by the prospering hand of God, it is one of the recognized pillars of the church, and a powerful agency in the conversion and education of the young. But no cause can prove successful without general harmony and unity of action in the methods, plans, and laws which should regulate it. No such unity of action can be secured without an agency whereby all may be influenced, by which thought may be interchanged and instruction imparted, and by which the general good of the cause may be considered and promoted. The need of such a medium in Sabbath-school work has brought into existence the Sabbath School Worker, which is just entering on its eighth volume. During the seven years it has been before the public it has been working earnestly, yet unostentatiously, to bring about in Sabbath-school work improved methods of labor, concerted and unified action, increased interest in the study of God's word, and greater devotion and consecration in all its readers. This has been its object in the past. For the future, "Excelsior" will be its motto. It enters upon another year with better and broader facilities to extend its field of usefulness than ever before. With its regular staff of contributors, with its increased patronage, with the benefit of its past experience, and with the blessing of Heaven, we see no reason why its field for good may not be greatly enlarged for the future. The Worker for 1892 appears in a new dress, which greatly adds to the beauty and interest of the journal. Six choice departments of study are included in its scope of instruction. We note these in their order:—