Take the New Hymn Book.
By R. F. Cottrell
It is a good selection, well arranged, of convenient size, music good and interspersed all through, not lumbered with ephemeral pieces, but made up of good, substantial hymns for congregational use, which will hold good to the end, some of which are new and of rare value. Should not all take it who are able? It will help our Publishing Association, and thus forward the good cause. Do you think it might be sold for less than one dollar? Well, I like to see people economical. I like to see them deny themselves of superfluities and hurtful and expensive indulgences, that they may aid the cause of truth. But suppose the Association make a profit on the book, who are the gainers? We are the gainers as agents in God’s cause. It increases our capital in the cause of truth, and thus adds to our treasure laid up in the bank of Heaven. But perhaps you have put no stock into this institution. Perhaps you would be glad to if you were rich, but are not able. Now by buying the book you can put in a few cents. Who is not able to put in a few cents? If all would do it, the aggregate would be much. Now do not flatter yourself that you would do much if you were able. “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” Now prove that you would be faithful in much if you had it, by being faithful in a little. Get a few cents into the cause of God, and thus help a mite in the publication of the truth that is testing the world and deciding the destiny of souls. Get a real interest, though it be small, in the work of God, while you get a good book of hymns through which to sing, read, and meditate, the praises of the Lord.