AN IMPORTANT NEW BOOK ENTITLED
By Editor
THIS book contains 256 pages, and is the most complete and comprehensive work on the subject of Christian education that has ever been published. It is composed entirely of articles from the pen of Mrs. E. G. White, which, at considerable labor and research, have been brought together and arranged in a convenient form for reference, a carefully prepared index being added. Much of the material in this book has already appeared in print, but it also contains very valuable matter never before published. Starting from the period of infancy, it points out the most successful way of preparing the mind of the child for the work of succeeding years, and the duty of the parent toward the child until its education may safely be committed to others; it tells at what age the child ought to be placed in school, the number of hours per day during which it should be confined to study, the nature and kind of studies which are most important for the child to pursue, and dwells on the importance of proper home surroundings and influences, and the considerations which should govern in the selection of homes and associates for the young. It points out the true idea of the marriage relation, and the duty of the parent in regard thereto. It also speaks of recreation, and proper reading for young people, and the principles which should control in these things. All of these questions are answered in the most specific manner, and, generally speaking, no detail in the education and training of children and youth is omitted. The purpose of the book is not so much to induce parents to place their children in any particular school, as it is to prepare the parents to properly meet the responsibilities resting upon them. No one, however, can fail to be impressed with the fact that it is becoming more and more evident that the education of our children and youth cannot with safety be intrusted to those not in harmony with the great truths for this time. Any system of education which is not based upon, and carried forward in accordance with, the principles laid down in this work, must necessarily fail of attaining the best results. We believe that our people will hail this book with delight, bringing together as it does in one convenient volume the important things Sister White has said on this subject. One is much more impressed with the importance of Christian principles in education when he has the privilege of reading connectedly what the writer of this book has said on the subject, than when he reads it in short articles or paragraphs here and there. And, taking into account the valuable new matter that it contains, it makes a book that no family can afford to be without. Get it, and read it, and induce all others that can, to do likewise. Send your orders to any of our State tract societies. Price, 50 cents per copy, or address,
Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.