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Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 48.

It Shall Stand Forever
Earlier text: Camp Meetings in the Central Union Conference

Selling Subscription Books in China

By N. Z. T.

FOR some time our brethren in China have been making an effort to put the colporteur work in that field on the regular self-supporting subscription basis. This at first seemed rather a hard task, but as the plan had succeeded in every country where it had been tried, those in charge believed it could be worked successfully in China.
They have recently published a health book, and a few of the native Chinese colporteurs have been trained and sent out with it. Concerning their experiences Brother H. M. Blunden, the general missionary agent for China, writes:—
“I have seven boys at work with the subscription book, and I am sending you reports of two of them, that you may see how the Lord is blessing the work. The first is from a boy who has just gone to Ngan-king, Anking, the capital of Ngan-Hui Province. The report is as follows:—
“Days, 4; hours, 26; canvasses, 17; orders, 54 (cloth binding, 34; board, 5; paper, 15); value, $60.25 Mexican; deposits on these orders, $13.25.
“Here is another from a boy working in Manking, the capital of Kiang-su Province:—
“Days, 15; orders, 110; canvasses, 53; orders, 145 (cloth, 131; board, 8; paper, 6); value, $175.25; deposits, $36.25.
“Others are doing equally well. The boy who has had the poorest success has been taking four orders a day. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for this good beginning. Of course, this is a health book, but I have no fear whatever but that the religious book will sell about as well. We are doing the press work on this health book while waiting for a good religious book to be prepared. Then, too, I believe the health book will open the way for what follows.
“The boys, when they canvass an official of high rank, induce him to order from four to twenty copies as gifts for his inferiors in rank.
“Our paper is keeping up its usual good circulation. Our subscription list is now at about 33,000, and our total issue is about 65,000. The best part of all is that practically all our best interests arise from the literature work. It is certainly the most indispensable factor in this field.”
Regarding this splendid beginning in the subscription book work in China, Brother C. E. Weaks writes:—
“We are now getting in reports from our first subscription book workers in China. At the close of the school here at Shanghai, about a half dozen of the boys began work with the new health book that had been got out in Mandarin. They are having success beyond our highest hopes. It was generally felt that we must confine our work in this field to books that would sell for about twenty-five cents gold. The new book, in cloth binding, sells for 62 cents gold; in board, 50 cents; in paper, 37 cents. To the surprise of every one, the majority of orders are for the cloth binding. Some of the colporteurs have taken as high as fifty and more orders a week. They take a deposit on orders, and this insures a fair delivery. Thus far the colporteur receives a forty-per-cent commission. We feel much encouraged over the way this work has started.”
N. Z. T.

Good Word from India

By N. Z. T.

ELDER J. S. JAMES sends us the following cheering word regarding the literature work in the vernaculars of India. Speaking of the progress that has been made in southern India, he writes:—
“Four years ago this month we started our Tamil quarterly, and put our first colporteur force into the field. Since then our Tamil literature has gone over all south India, and has also found its way into many parts of Ceylon, Burma, Straits Settlements, Sumatra, Java, and even South Africa. In fact, it has gone everywhere that the Tamil people have gone, and they are to be found in nearly all the Eastern tropical countries. We have kept hammering away on this line steadily during these four years, and have had from seven to twelve men in the field all the time. In the meantime we have been developing a larger class of literature, so our men could do more toward supporting themselves from their commissions.
“We are just now beginning to see the results of some of this work. In all quarters scores of people who have read our literature or have talked with our colporteurs are sending us letters asking for more light. Some of these people have even left their homes in remote parts of the country and have searched us out to learn more about the truth. Our most substantial converts have come to us through reading our literature. We have received scores of letters highly commending the Tamil journal as the best of its kind in India, and some have said, ‘Write me down as a subscriber for life.’
“It was by the Tamil paper circulated among the Malayalam people of Travancore who read Tamil that the truth got its foothold in that new language area scarcely a year ago. Today we have a good, strong company of baptized believers among these people, and in a few weeks’ time Brother Knight and Brother Thomas will be holding an institute in Travancore to prepare our first colporteurs in that new field. This means that six million more of the people of needy India will be brought in direct touch with the message. A Malayalam paper is now passing through the press in Madras, and will be ready for these men by the time their institute is over, and just as fast as we can we are getting out pamphlets and small books.
“Simultaneously we are getting out a quarterly journal in the Telugu language, the tongue of twenty millions of people; and as soon as the Malayalam institute is over, we expect to hold another for some workers in the Telugu country. I think we have about a dozen men to take up work in that section. Thus we shall have a twenty-four-page illustrated paper being printed in three languages,—Tamil, 16,500,000; Telugu, 20,000,000; Malayalam, 6,000,000,—with an average quarterly circulation of 15,000 copies, besides a vast amount of small tracts, pamphlets, and books bearing on the message.
“This work at present is not self-supporting, although we are working to that end just as fast as we can. Our literature work first started with small tracts and pamphlets, but these would not afford sufficient profit to support the colporteur; but when we get out some larger literature and get our men better trained in the art of selling it, I feel sure we shall become self-supporting. I feel there is a great future for this line of work in India, if properly handled, and there certainly is no better way of reaching the people of this country with the truths we have.”
N. Z. T.

Publishing Department

By N. Z. TOWN; W. W. EASTMAN

N. Z. TOWN - - - - General Secretary
W. W. EASTMAN - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary

S. M. S. HAYNES

By S. M. S. Haynes

Needs

S. M. S. HAYNES

Thou God of grace, oh, give me grace To suffer all thy righteous will, That in the hour of sore distress My soul may love and trust thee still!
Thou God of love, oh, give me love To bind me as a mighty band, That life nor death may ever move Nor pluck me from thy loving hand!
Thou God of mercy, show to me Thy loving-kindness day by day, That I may love and worship thee, May daily wait, and watch, and pray.
Thou God of wisdom, grant, I pray, A portion of thy wisdom great, That in life's dark, uncertain way Thy Spirit's leadings I may wait.
Thou God of peace, oh, give me peace In Jesus Christ, the sinner's Friend, Which like a river shall not cease, But tarry with me to the end!
Thou God of truth, oh, give me truth, To know thy great and boundless love, An antidote for sins of youth, To fix my mind on things above!
Thou'rt my salvation, O thou God; Help me from every sin to cease, That from death's dark and chilling flood, I may at last rise in thy peace.

Religious Liberty Department

By C. S. Longacre

C. S. LONGACRE - - N. Am. Div. Secretary

Financial Policy of Our Schools

Selections from the Writings of Mrs. E. G. White

Our church schools are ordained by God to prepare the children for this great work. Here children are to be instructed in the special truths for this time, and in practical missionary work. They are to enlist in the army of workers to help the sick and the suffering. Children can take part in the medical missionary work, and by their jots and tittles can help to carry it forward. Their investments may be small, but every little helps, and by their efforts many souls will be won for the truth. By them God’s message will be made known, and his saving health to all nations. Then let the church carry a burden for the lambs of the flock. Let the children be educated and trained to do service for God, for they are the Lord’s heritage.—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, p. 203.
Some would be content with the thorough education of a few of the most promising of our youth; but they all need an education that they may be fitted for usefulness in this life, qualified for places of responsibility in both private and public life. There is great necessity for making plans that there may be a large number of competent workers, and many should fit themselves as teachers, that others may be trained and disciplined for the great work of the future. The church should take in the situation, and by their influence and means seek to bring about this much-desired end.

Freedom from Debt

That our schools may nobly accomplish the purpose for which they are established, they should be free from debt. They should not be left to bear the burden of paying interest. In the establishment of training schools for workers, and especially in new fields where the brethren are few and their means limited, rather than delay the work it may be better to hire some money from the friends of the enterprise; but whenever it is possible, let our institutions be dedicated free from debt.
The Lord has means for his work in the hands of his stewards; and as long as our schools have debts which were incurred in their establishment, in the erection of necessary buildings, and in providing necessary facilities, it is our duty to present the case to our brethren and ask them to lessen these debts. Our ministers should feel a burden for this work. They should encourage all to labor harmoniously, and to lift in proportion to their ability. If this work had been taken hold of with fidelity and diligence in past years, the debts on our older schools could have been lifted long ago.—Id., pp. 206, 207.

Low Tuitions

When the managers of a school find that it is not meeting running expenses, and debts are heaping up, they should act like level-headed business men, and change their methods and plans. . . .
In some of our schools the price of tuitions has been too low. This has in many ways been detrimental to the educational work. It has brought discouraging debt; it has thrown upon the management a continual suspicion of miscalculation, want of economy, and wrong planning; it has been very discouraging to the teachers; and it leads the people to demand correspondingly low prices in other schools. Whatever may have been the object in placing the tuition at less than a living rate, the fact that a school has been running behind heavily is sufficient reason for reconsidering the plans and arranging its charges so that in the future its showing may be different. . . . This is an important matter, and calls for no narrow calculation, but for a thorough investigation. The counsel of the Lord is needed. The school should have a sufficient income not only to pay the necessary running expenses, but to be able to furnish the students during the school term with some things essential for their work.
Debts must not be allowed to accumulate term after term. The very highest kind of education that could be given, is to shun the incurring of debt as you would shun disease. When one year after another passes, and there is no sign of diminishing the debt, but it is rather increased, a halt should be called. Let the managers say, “We refuse to run the school any longer unless some sure system is devised.” It would be better, far better, to close the school until the managers learn the science of conducting it on a paying basis. For Christ’s sake, as the chosen people of God, call yourselves to task, and inaugurate a sound financial system in our schools.
Whenever it becomes necessary to raise the prices at any school, let thematter first be laid before the patrons of the institution, showing them that the fees have been placed at too low a figure, and that as a result, debts are accumulating upon the school, thus crippling and hindering its work. Properly increasing the tuitions may cause a decrease in the attendance, but a large attendance should not be so much a matter of rejoicing as freedom from debt.—Ib., pp. 210, 211.

Another Suggestive Incident

By W. H. McKEE

The little company that gathered under the tree in Sister White's dooryard, on Main Street, in Battle Creek, Mich., nearly thirty years ago, and organized the Religious Liberty Association, had, at that time, but a small conception of the magnitude to which the religious liberty work would so rapidly grow. Within a few years incidents occurred for which it had been believed a score of years would be required to prepare the way. Yet, notwithstanding the rapid growth and the persistency of the movement which the association was established to oppose, it has been privileged to be a large factor in the “holding of the winds,” for an almost unexpectedly lengthy period. Now, however, there is an unprecedented intensity, seemingly, taking possession of all things, and betokening a speedy fulfilment of the conditions to which we have so long looked forward. This is being manifested in every phase of life and of human experience. Both small things and great are becoming everywhere witnesses to this fact.
Nearly fourteen years ago, shortly after leaving the editorship of the Youth's Instructor, Mrs. McKee and I, with a few friends, established the Michigan Home for Girls, which has been in successful operation ever since. It has carried on its work upon a purely charitable basis. The recipients of its advantages have paid nothing for what they received. Their domestic labor, while being cared for, trained, educated, has been the only return made. It has, probably, been the only place in the world where the advantages there obtainable could be had by the sinful and the needy, without money and without price.
It has become necessary, however, to close the doors of the home as a charity work. Financial support is no longer forthcoming. For several years we have been warned that unless we gave up the observance and advocacy of the seventh-day Sabbath, this would be the result; while, on the other hand, if we would but join ourselves and our influence to the Sunday forces, it “would not be necessary to go outside of Grand Rapids for a dollar.” This is the reason why the Michigan Home for Girls is obliged to close its open door as a charity work. What its future may be is not yet decided. W. H. McKEE.

Educational Department

By Frederick Griggs; W. E. Howell

FREDERICK GRIGGS - - General Secretary W. E. HOWELL - - - Assistant Secretary

Conservation and Preparation

By C. C. Lewis

CONSERVATION and preparation are the two watchwords of the present age. The Fireside Correspondence School stands for both of these principles. In the matter of conservation we desire to save the crumbs from the educational table—those students who can by no means make their way to our regular schools, or who have stray subjects to make up in order to finish their courses of study. In preparedness we aim to give our missionaries, ministers, teachers, parents, canvassers, and other workers that preparation for their work which may have been neglected in their youth, overlooked in their school days, or suggested by their experience in the active duties of life.
In carrying out these principles, we strive to get in no one's way, crowd no one from his lawful position, and tread on no one's toes as we pursue our way. We do not knowingly receive for enrolment any person who is in attendance upon one of our other schools, except with the consent of the faculty of that school. We constantly encourage our students to attend our colleges and academies when they can possibly do so. We give careful attention to every complaint, grievance, and misunderstanding, adjusting each in the spirit of fairness, justice, and liberality. We extend the time of students without cost when their requests are accompanied with good reasons. We transfer scholarships to other persons and to other subjects. In short, we take a personal interest in all our students, kindly and faithfully pointing out their errors, bearing patiently with their blunders, and striving in all things to perform our work as unto the Lord.
On this basis we crave the continued support and coöperation of our workers and of our people everywhere. Please call the attention of those who cannot attend our regular schools to the work of the Fireside Correspondence School, and ask them to send for our descriptive booklet. On September 10 our enrolment of new students for 1916 was 200, as against 116 on the same day last year. Help us to make this the banner year in the history of the school. Address The Fireside Correspondence School, Takoma Park, D. C.
C. C. LEWIS, Principal.

Nurses’ Training School

THE Nebraska Sanitarium Training School for Nurses, Hastings, Nebr., will admit a new class Oct. 1, 1916. There is room for several young ladies and young men. Requirements, twenty years of age and nine grades of school. Write for application to Dr. Clara M. Schunk, Secretary of Faculty, Nebraska Sanitarium, Hastings, Nebr.

Annual Meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By GEORGE E. JUDD

THE nineteenth annual meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will be held in the chapel of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, on North Washington Avenue, Battle Creek, Mich., at 3 P. M., standard time, Thursday, Nov. 9, 1916, for the election of trustees and the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting.
By order of the board of trustees.
GEORGE E. JUDD, Secretary.

Florida Camp Meeting for the Colored People

By M. C. Strachan

It has been decided to hold our camp this year at St. Petersburg, a beautiful winter resort. Arrangements are being made for the comfort and convenience of all who may attend from this State and from near-by places in Georgia. It is always a special delight to meet new believers at our annual gathering, and this year will be no exception to the rule.
The camp meeting for the white people will be held at the same time and in the same city. This will assure us good help not only from the local conference, but also from the Union and Division Conferences. Strong colored workers will be provided also to give instruction.
The dining department will be operated on the cafeteria plan. There will be a grocery store also. All should bring the usual camp meeting requisites, being sure to add quilts and wraps, for the nights and mornings may be cool.
Bring all the children, for there will be separate meetings for the little ones, and for the youth also. Bring the grey-haired fathers and mothers, bring the neighbors and friends, for this will prove, we hope, the largest and best camp meeting held for the colored people in the Southern field.
Those wishing to engage tent or room should write immediately to the undersigned, addressing him at St. Petersburg, Box 772. Plan to be on the grounds the first day of the camp. The date is September 28 to October 8. Be sure to get a certificate receipt when purchasing ticket; this may insure reduced fare on returning home.
M. C. STRACHAN.

The Best Paper Ever Read

RECENTLY one of our regular P. T. S. workers sent in an order for a regular supply of papers, and made the following apology for ordering two hundred more than usual:—
“I am sending for two hundred more papers of this number than usual, because an intelligent neighbor read the past numbers. He has subscribed for the weekly edition, and says it is the best paper he ever read. He asked me to send for two hundred copies of this issue (No. 20) of the Extra to send to his relatives and friends.”
This is not an isolated case. There are many similar to it. As our people go out with the series, they return with many encouraging and really thrilling reports. Four million copies going out in a little over one year and a half from the time the first number was printed, is good evidence of the hearty reception of this series. Over twenty-six thousand copies have been ordered to be sent to relatives and friends. This reveals a strong confidence upon the part of our people. The P. T. S. work is just getting started. It is destined to be a strong factor in finishing the work.

A Good Report

Miss Maggie M. Burgess, of Warmley, Saskatchewan, gives the following statement of her first effort with the Anti-Tobacco number of the Youth's Instructor:—
“The first time I was out with the Anti-Tobacco number of the Instructor, I sold fifty-five copies, by the Lord's help, in about an hour and a half. One lady took four or five copies. A little later in the day, I met the same lady. She had sold the papers, and said there was so much good in them, she wanted several more copies to give to her friends. Another lady asked me why there were not more of our young people out with such a good paper. She said every home in this world should have such good reading matter as is found in this Anti-Tobacco number of the Instructor. One gentleman read the paper I sold him, and then gave it to his next-door neighbor. He then came and found me, and bought several copies to mail to his relatives. This is certainly a good paper, and I enjoy working for the Lord by selling it. Truly the Lord takes care of his work and his workers.”

Worth a Dollar, but Costs Only 25 Cents

What is it?—The Year Book for 1916. Have you seen it? If not, you have missed much valuable information regarding our world-wide work. The Year Book is really a compendium of information concerning all the various branches of this message in every land. It also gives information regarding every conference laborer in this cause, indicating the line of work in which he is engaged, and his address. It gives information regarding all our institutions, our conferences, our mission fields, with a brief history of each, and a special statement of the progress of the work during the last year.
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NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp Meetings

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Wyoming, Bridgeport, Nebr., Sept. 21 to Oct. 1
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Arizona........................Oct. 12 to 22
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Florida, St. Petersburg....Sept. 28 to Oct. 8
Florida, St. Petersburg (colored)....................Sept. 28 to Oct. 8

New Eastern Question Extra

By Editor

Ready, October 1
Present Truth Series No. 22
The October issue of the present Truth Series will contain Elder Daniells's lecture on the Eastern Question brought up to date.
Beginning with the great European war, it impressively deals with the Eastern Question in the following order:—

The Eastern Question

Its Relation to the Great World War and Its Meaning in the Light of Prophecy. A Heavy Toll in Human Life. A Heavy Toll in Money. Waste and Ruin of Previous Wars. Nothing Like It Since the World Began. The Cause and the Meaning. A World Change. Fighting for a World Highway. The Vital Issue. The Real Bone of Contention. Constantinople the Grand Prize.

Great Nations Speak for Themselves

These National Viewpoints Summarized. The Eastern Question Defined. The Struggle Foretold by Prophets. Starts with Persia. The King of the North and the King of the South. French Invasion of Egypt and Turkey. Napoleon's Defeat by Turkey. The Dismemberment of Turkey Foretold in Prophecy. The Death Knell of Turkey. The Program of Russia. England's Policy Reversed. Will There be Peace? The Turk's Capital to be Jerusalem. Blotted Out of Existence. Colossal Complications at the Settlement. Universal Trouble and Ruin. Deliverance Through the Prince of Peace. The Final Clash of Nations.
This issue of the Present Truth Series contains matter of thrilling interest to the great majority of reading people. It is attractive in form, appropriately illustrated, and so arranged as to lead the reader into a serious consideration of the prophecies dealing with the Eastern Question and the coming of the Prince of Peace.
While its message, in itself, is remarkably clear and convincing, with the great added advantage of dealing with a subject so closely associated with the present European war, in which all are interested, and about which they will read and think, unparalleled favorable opportunity has come to our people for the greatest and most successful effort ever made to give the message to the world. Millions of this issue of the Present Truth Series will soon be in the possession of the people of the United States, and a little later the foreign countries will be supplied. The day has come when “the certain sound” is easily heard, and the army of conscientious believers responds in faithful service, giving the message to the millions.
Regular P. T. S. prices apply on the Eastern Question Extra No. 22.

Opportunities

THE other day I saw two pictures. One was that of a young man who spent his time during the hot summer months in fishing. The other picture was of the same man when old age had arrived, and he was finding it extremely difficult to eke out an existence. The moral was evident.
There are other opportunities for us than those which present themselves to accumulate worldly gain. There are those present with us now which, if neglected, may cause embarrassment and hardship in the future.
There are agencies at work now which, if successful, will be the means of greatly handicapping our work. As witness, just think of the large number of bills introduced into the legislatures of the various States and into the Congress of the United States in the interests of the observance of the first day of the week and of the abridgment of the liberties of the press.
The majority of the Sunday bills being introduced nowadays have no exemption for those who observe another day than Sunday. The enactment of these measures into law would mean persecution.
Up to the present time not one of these bills has become law. Men have been raised up who have defended right principles. The Liberty magazine deals intelligently with these matters, and gives the trumpet a certain sound. It is doing a wonderful work wherever it goes. It is raising up stalwart champions of religious liberty in the halls of Congress, in State legislatures, and in the courts of our land; among jurists, lawyers, and editors. The great pity is that all these men are not receiving its regular visits.
There are men in your own community who should regularly have the privilege of reading this magazine. Will not every reader of the REVIEW appoint himself a committee of one to mention this matter to the elder or leader of his church, to the end that a liberal fund may be raised to send Liberty to the leading men of the community? When five or more subscriptions are sent at one time, Liberty will be mailed one year to each subscriber for 25 cents. Order through your conference tract society.

An Interesting Testimonial

The following letter has just come to us from a lady in Michigan:—
“SEPTEMBER 12, 1916.
“Review and Herald Publishing Assn., Washington, D. C.
“GENTLEMEN: Last month I purchased a book, ‘Daniel and the Revelation,’ for three dollars, from your agent, I have been much impressed by the skilful and interesting way in which the subject is handled, and should like to purchase about a half dozen more copies to distribute to my friends and relatives. However, I cannot afford to pay three dollars apiece. Cannot you furnish them in quantity for less (they would all be sent to my own address); or if you cannot furnish copies similar to my own copy, cannot you furnish a cheaper edition? Please advise me of this matter as soon as possible.
“Thanking you in advance, I remain, “Very sincerely yours.”
This letter shows how the message in our books is reaching the hearts of people. Who knows but this will result in the salvation of more than one in the kingdom of God?

Hastening of the Kingdom

AMONG the noble women of the Southland are large numbers working untiringly and unselfishly for the welfare of humanity. Some of them are associated with the State Sunday school work. One of these, recognizing the “entering wedge” element of the Temperance Annual, and knowing from experience that such an influence and power must precede a deeper gospel message, sent the Temperance Instructor Annual the following encouraging words, under date of August 24:—
“I want to express my keen appreciation of your splendid journal, which I received in time to be of great help to me in emphasizing the last quarterly temperance Sunday. I found good, practical help for training the minds of the on-coming, as well as the present, generation in Christian citizenship and a better moral environment here and now. I recommend its pages to all who are interested in the uplift of humanity and the hastening of the kingdom, for which we pray.”

Using the Right Arm

The Spirit of prophecy has told us that our health and temperance work is “like the right arm to the body.” We all know that were we not to use our arm, it would lose its strength and vigor, and in a short time become incapable of doing its part. Can we get the lesson from this illustration that will help us to exercise “the right arm” to the message?
In these strenuous days, we are apt to overlook this branch of our work, in our desire to “give the message quickly;” but we should remember that the people need to be taught the evil effects of intemperance and the benefits of healthful living now as much as at any other time. The following list of health and temperance leaflets will be found very helpful in this work:—
PER 100 Alcohol and Disease ............ $.50 Liquor and Poverty ............ .50 Counting the Cost of Alcohol ..... .50 Is Alcohol a Food? ............. .50 The Cure for National Intemperance .... .50 Patent Medicines ............... .75 Simple Treatments for a Cold .... .50 Some Effects of Tobacco Using... .50 Pointed Facts about Tobacco .... .25 Pure Air in the Home ........... .50 Autointoxication ............... .50 Tobacco Using .................. 1.50 Chronic Constipation ........... 1.50 Medical Use of Alcohol ......... .75 The Name ....................... 1.00 The Demons’ Council ............ .50 The Tobacco Habit, 5 cents each. Diet and Endurance, 5 cents each.
A package containing one copy of each of these tracts will be sent postpaid for 25 cents. Order a few hundred of these excellent little tracts, and scatter them in your neighborhood, and thus prepare the way for other literature.
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YOUR KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT

IS THE KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT of your Sabbath-school supplied with the material necessary to teach the little folks Scripture lessons in a manner to make the lesson interesting to them, so that the study period will be one of joy, which will be looked forward to eagerly from one Sabbath to the next, and at the same time help in making the Scripture lesson practical? ¶ If not, you should send at once for the full kindergarten outfit. This outfit consists of the lesson book, “Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones,” on the life of Christ, and a round table with little red chairs, as shown in the illustration above, and three boxes of material. Read the following description: The book contains illustrative material for mothers and teachers. It has fifty-two lessons, one for each Sabbath in the year. It contains thirty-nine songs and hymns, written especially for these lessons. It has thirty-six full-page pictures, size 6 x 9 inches. It has fifty-two pen drawings, showing how to use the illustrative material. The book contains 160 large pages, beautifully printed.
¶ Once bought, this is permanent, being designed for use year after year. Your school should have one copy of this book for each teacher in the Kindergarten Department. Let the first lessons for every child be on the life and words of Jesus. No child lessons can equal those by and about the Master. It pays to make religious instruction delightsome instead of irksome.
THE ROUND TABLE has a beautiful hard top, folding legs, and inside cabinet with lock for material. Seats seven children and the teacher. Advantages of these are: First, each child can reach center of table to help build the lessons. Second, teacher can reach every child. Third, table is heavy, so material is not easily shaken down. Fourth, can be folded and rolled away, so that any room may be used if none is permanently devoted to the kindergarten work. Fifth, table is varnished, easily cleaned, and lasts a lifetime.
EIGHT LITTLE RED CHAIRS for the class and the teacher are a delight to the children, and add to the convenience of the round table. The THREE BOXES OF MATERIAL make teaching easy. Boxes 1 and 2 contain hard maple blocks cut into cubes, halves, quarters, squares, and oblongs. Boxes are of cherry, dove-tailed corners, sliding top, durable. Box 3 contains 10 miniature sheep, 30 mounted sticks to represent people (10 of them children), green French tissue-paper for Sea of Galilee, cones and domes, and green splints for river outline and tree-building. If the three boxes are ordered with book, purchaser receives free a “Portfolio of Blackboard Sketches on the Life of Christ,” to aid in drawing.
THE PRICES.— The book is issued in two styles of binding, board cover, $1.50; blue cloth, $2.00. The little red chairs, 60 cents each, freight or express extra. The table (weight 40 pounds), $5.50, freight or express extra. Three boxes of material, $2.00, mail 40 cents extra. If the book and material are ordered with the table, they are put into the drawer, thus saving postage.
The blocks, table, and chairs being practically indestructible, very little expense is necessary in the running of the Kindergarten Department after the first fitting up. The children take great delight in helping to build these lessons, and the impressions thus made remain with them as long as they live. This kindergarten outfit will be a great blessing to your Sabbath-school.

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