Beginning with the great Missions Number October 30, there will be published a series of twenty-five special numbers of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES which will be of peculiar interest to all. A very prominent feature of these numbers will be a series of illustrated Bible-readings, covering all the leading themes of the Gospel. These readings will occupy the two center pages of the paper and will appear under the heading of
"Home Bible Studies for Winter Evenings"
1. They will be in the form of studies, with notes and quotations from history bearing upon the subject. They will be illustrated by diagrams, drawings, and unique little illustrations that will explain the lesson and make it simple and comprehensive.
The topics will include—
(a) The Scriptures, (b) Prophecy, (c) The Coming of the Just One, (d) Signs of the Times, (e) The Sanctuary, (f) The Law of God, (g) The Everlasting Gospel, (h) The Everlasting Covenant, (i) Man; His Nature and Destiny, (j) Spiritual Gifts, (k) The Great Threefold Message, (l) The Sabbath in All Its Phases, (m) Religious Liberty, (n) Man's Eternal Home, (o) The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, etc., etc.
2. Articles on the books of Daniel and the Revelation.
3. Articles on the book of Romans, the "therefores" and the "wherefores," and the reasons for them.
4. Articles on the miracles, teaching, and life of Jesus Christ as the Great Physician.
5. A series on the Ten Commandments.
6. The Kingdom and the Priesthood of Christ.
7. Conditions in the world. Able correspondents in the Old World and the New. Capital and Labor, Wealth and Poverty, Plenty and Famine, Peace and War.
8. Health and Hygiene.
9. Home Instruction.
The regular departments of the paper, such as the "Outlook," "Missions," etc., will be maintained the same as usual.
Home Department
Special attention will be given to the Home Department, and a series of articles by Mrs. L. D. A. Stuttle on "Home Building," will be well worth the price of the paper. The following are the titles of some of these articles:
(1) Home, What It Means, (2) Honorable Young Manhood, (3) Beautiful Young Womanhood, (4) Acquaintance, Friendship, Proprieties, (5) Honorable and Proper Courtship, (6) Marriage and Its Meaning, (7) The Husband in the Home, (8) The Wife in the Home, (9) The Family Altar, (10) The Father, (11) The Mother, (12) The Son, (13) The Daughter, (14) Reading in the Home, (15) Order in the Home, (16) Simplicity in the Home, (17) Economy in the Home, (18) Mutual Helpfulness, (19) Gatherings in the Home—Associations, (20) The Master in the Home, (21) The Outshining of the Home.
There will also be talks to the youth, talks on health and temperance, interesting information, and occasional helpful stories and sketches. The Home Department alone will be worth the price of the paper for a year.
These are some of the good things we expect to lay before our readers in the year to come; but the half has not been told. As our editors get to work on these forth-coming numbers, the plan enlarges; new thoughts and new ideas unfold before them, and we can confidently assure our subscribers that each number will be a veritable feast of good things.
The Subscription Price
Bible Reading Series—Twenty-five Numbers
Twenty-five numbers (six months) including the Missions Double Number, to one address, 75 cents.
Five or more to one address, for six months, each, 50 cents.
Five or more (new subscriptions) mailed direct to single names and addresses when furnished by one person, six months, each, 50 cents. (Correspondence with these persons must be carried on by the person sending the names.)
Single copy, one year, including all special numbers, $1.50.
To foreign countries, including Canada, $1.75.
Remember that this special series begins with the great Missions Number, October 30. Subscriptions should be sent in at once in order to be sure of securing the entire series.