Read, Read, Read ! by James White

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jan 2, 1879

Read, Read, Read !

By James White

THE long evenings have come and we recommend that every family of our people organize a home reading school. Let the exercises be held one or two hours of each evening, excepting only those when meetings or other duties occupy the time.

We invite Prof. Brownsberger, of Battle Creek College, to give rules through the Signs, to assist the reader, or suggest some book or books which contain those rules to be observed in order to become a good reader.

And we further suggest and recommend that the reading for January, 1879, be the three volumes of The Spirit of Prophecy, and that the reading commence on the evening of New Year's or as soon after as possible. These volumes are rich in thought and are highly spiritual and practical. We urge that in every family of Seventh-day Adventists in the land, reading exercises be instituted. Let the entire family be assembled at the fireside and let different ones of the family have the benefits of the practice of good reading. And if the circumstances will admit, let neighbors and friends be invited to join. We know of no exercise better for mental and spiritual culture than reading, and no books better than the volumes named. These exercises should continue till April. The reading for February and March we will suggest in due time.

JAMES WHITE.