p. 13 | A GIFT by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 8, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 39.

A GIFT

By Editor

When you present "Advance Guard" to a young friend, you practically insure his acquaintance with the lives and purposes of more than fifty of as noble men and women as the world ever knew. These were those who under God went out to foreign fields to open the way for modern missions. The most interesting facts are given, and put in such a thrilling way as to be eagerly read and thoroly enjoyed.

Chapter 8, for example, tells of the Wesley family. John was the fifteenth of nineteen children, and reared in poverty. But his godly mother held devotional exercises with the children, and had her quiet hour each day. The real secrets of John's success, and many experiences in his career, are told in a way to thrill and fire with enthusiasm all who read it.

Morrison's systematic Bible study, mentioned in chapter 12, is full of suggestion. His struggle for an education, his decision to go to China, his study there, and the publication of his first literature, all in the face of the most trying difficulties, is an inspiration.

"Advance Guard" tells of Whitman, Eliot, the Mayhews, David Brainerd, Ziegenbalg, Schwartz, Carey, Martyn, the Judsons, Gordon Hall, Scudder, Duff, Moffat, Livingstone, Taylor, Williams, Paton, Gardiner, and others.

Young people are delighted with it. It is bound to influence them to deeper consecration for God's service. It has 347 pages. Plain cloth edition, $1.00; marbled edges, $1.50. Prices 10% higher in Canada. Order of your tract society or

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