In the commencement of our work as a people we had everything to learn; consequently many things were neglected, and the Sabbath-school was one of them. As the result, the children of Seventh-day Adventists are not so well instructed in the word of God as they should be. In the churches around us, Sunday-schools are considered very important, and every inducement is offered to get the children to attend them and to learn the lessons. In some instances these children know more of their doctrines than our children do of ours. Especially is this true of the children of Catholics. This should not be so.
Most other churches have settled pastors, but ours do not. Many of our churches do not see a minister more than two or three times a year; and when the minister does come he has the missions, the T. and M. work, and other matters to look after, and hence does not have much to say which is of particular interest to the children. As a consequence, the great burden of the work of instructing the young comes upon the older brethren and sisters. It is very important that this work be properly done, that the minds of the little ones receive right impressions, and God will hold them responsible for the performance of this duty. But frequently opportunities to impress the truths of God's word upon the young mind are allowed to pass unimproved. It is often the case that when the children come to their parents with some question about their Sabbath-school lesson, father and mother are so hurried that they cannot stop to give them the desired information. Seeing their parents take so little interest in the Sabbath-school, the children soon lose theirs, and by-and-by, when they grow up and mingle with the world, they give up the Sabbath and become worldlings. Then the parents say, “Why is it that our children take such a course? Why do they go contrary to our advice? We have tried to bring them up in the fear of God.” My brother, my sister, you have failed in many particulars.
Work in harmony with the school. If you have any disparaging thing to say of the teachers or officers, do not say it before the children. Think of this, and see if you have made such remarks before them in the past; and if you have, resolve, by the help of God, not to do so in the future.
While it is necessary that the parents should be in full union with the school, it is equally necessary that those who have the school in charge should do their part well.2
The superintendent should always be in season and commence on time, no matter if but few are present. When it is found that punctuality is observed, pupils, as a rule, will be prompt. He should learn the lessons of the school thoroughly. If there are too many of them, then the assistant superintendent should learn a part. In asking the general questions, strive to make the exercises interesting. Study variety; study, too, to have the prayer and singing adapted to the younger minds as well as to youth and grown-up people. Each Sabbath sing something that all can join in, even the smallest.
The teachers should put earnestness and enthusiasm into their work. Let every lesson be learned perfectly. Work as though life or death were at stake. Do this, and it will be but a short time before the pupils will catch the spirit of it, and there will be but little complaining of poor lessons. Then impress the lesson on each heart by a practical application. It will be found a great help if the teacher will meet with his class once or twice a month for consultation and prayer. If there are any who do not seem to get along well, give them a kind word, praise them for what they do, and insist on perfect lessons.
Heretofore we have made no provision for means to sustain the Sabbath-school work; but at the last General Conference the subject came up, and was quite thoroughly discussed; and it was recommended that henceforth each person attending the school bring at least a penny each Sabbath. During the week let the parents provide a way for the little ones to earn some money to use as they please, and encourage them to lay aside a portion of it that when they come to the Sabbath-school they can drop it into a little box fastened near the door, or in some other convenient place. Thus a two-fold purpose will be served,—the idea of giving, of making an offering to the Lord, will be kept constantly before the mind, and the contributions necessary for the support of the Sabbath-school will be obtained without burdening any one.
HOME INFLUENCE.
By Jennie Thayer
The subject of Sabbath-schools, and the best methods of conducting them in order to bring in and retain as many of the youth as possible, and give them lasting benefit, is the one now being agitated; and though this is an important work, is there not a more important one to be performed at our homes? Can the Sabbath-school to any great degree counteract the influence of home? It is at home that the character is formed; if a child is trained by parents who fear God, reverence his word, and delight in his holy day, will he not be so educated in the love of God’s precepts that they will have a stronger influence over his youthful heart and mind than any other agency can exert? There are exceptions, but in general it cannot be expected that children will take much interest in anything that is regarded as of little importance by the parents; but they will embrace with enthusiasm any project which animates the mind of father and mother. Then, to make this work successful, it must first be adopted by the parents as one in which they have an essential part to act.
It would certainly be expected that a people who have received the light of present truth, and are looking for the return of their Heavenly King so soon, would be more engaged in the study of his sacred word than any other people. It is quite customary in some places among the members of the popular churches for the entire family to assemble in the parlor on Sunday evening and investigate the lesson for the next Sunday, each individual answering in turn, and asking questions if any point is not clearly understood. At family devotions during the week, some passage of Scripture is read that has a direct relation to the lesson; Saturday afternoon and evening particular attention is given to instructing the smaller children; and on Sunday morning another general exercise is had, to make it certain that the lessons are correctly learned.
The teacher comes to the class with notes and remarks taken from Bible dictionaries and commentaries; the pupils, having read explanations of the lesson in four or five different places, are anxious to impart the new ideas gained, and there is a mutual exchange of questions and comments, in the midst of which, very much to their surprise and regret, the bell strikes the close of the hour. Such schools are enjoyable, and the practice of studying together at home, of having all enlisted in the work, is what makes them so. And will not more be attracted to such schools than to those where the teacher asks all the questions, and perhaps answers a good part of them?
Again, when you go out into the world, every stratagem is tried to get you into the Sunday-school. You are given to understand that it is expected, without fail, that you will become a member; your help is wanted, or there is a very intelligent class in the school where you will find most congenial associates, or you are now a member of our family and we insist upon all of our children attending the Sunday-school. Thus by appealing to your philanthropy, flattering your pride, or by parental authority, they endeavor to accomplish their design; and they do not wait till you have been with them some time, but commence the first Sunday. As two rest days in succession are not duly appreciated by active young people, one need not wonder that when entirely surrounded by those who observe the first day of the week, our youth whose hearts are not converted conform to the general usage and forget the Sabbath of the Lord. Notwithstanding, if they have grown up under the refining, elevating, strengthening influences of a Christian home, and have been taught the reasons of the faith and hope of their parents, their home will be so attractive that they will not be anxious to leave it at the first opportunity, but will remain there till their habits and principles are established; or, if they are called away, the remembrance of the sacred associations of home will be a powerful bond to keep them in the path of rectitude, and a mother’s approving smile on the side of right will hold against the frowns of the whole world.
In the morning sow thy seed,—
Kindly act and friendly deed;
Cheer the heart and dry the tear,
Bid thy brother not to fear.
Eternity will tell,
If all thy work is well.
In the morning sow thy seed,
Plant not one unsightly weed;
Labor on while here below,
Acts of mercy ever show.
Eternity will tell,
If all thy work is well.
In the morning sow thy seed;
Clothe the naked, hungry feed,
Point the sinner to the cross,
Look on gold as earthly dross.
Eternity will tell,
If all thy work is well.
In the morning sow thy seed,
To the warning now give heed,
Judgment day is drawing on,
Soon probation will be gone.
Eternity will tell,
If all thy work is well.
In the morning sow thy seed,
Souls there are to teach and lead,
Time is fleeting, life soon o’er,
Man can labor then no more.
Eternity will tell,
If all thy work is well.
In the morning sow thy seed;
Help will come to you in need,
Joy abide with you below,
Harvest spring from what you sow.
Eternity will tell,
If all thy work is well.
ELIZA H. MORTON.
Allen’s Corner, Me.
SABBATH-SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS.
By Executive Committee
At the last general camp-meeting at Battle Creek, a resolution was passed by the General Sabbath-school Association, recommending the practice of each member's contributing a penny or more to the funds of the Sabbath-school on each Sabbath day. This was discussed to considerable length before its adoption, many of our leading brethren speaking in its favor.
We think this is a move in the right direction, and one that will recommend itself to all our schools. Every successful Sabbath-school is continually in need of means for various objects. It needs maps of Scripture lands, Sabbath-school papers, lesson sheets, and books, a call-bell, Class Records, a Secretary's Record, song books, library books and the like. The lesson books and song books should generally be purchased by the individuals who use them, but the maps, blank books, etc., must be paid for from a general Sabbath-school fund. Question books should be furnished free of charge to those whose parents are too poor to buy them. The poor children are the very ones who should be sought out and induced to attend the Sabbath-school; but if these things cannot be provided for them, they will seldom come.
From these things all can readily see the necessity of raising a general S. S. fund, and the question at once arises, How shall it be obtained?
It will not do to take it out of the systematic benevolence, and if we depend upon our older brethren and sisters to raise it by larger donations, we generally find that it is not done at all.
Is it suggested that each one contribute a certain amount each week, and that this be paid in on some other day besides the Sabbath? With nine-tenths of our people this is entirely impracticable. Our little churches are much scattered. The members live from three to seven miles from the place of meeting, and seldom meet together except upon the Sabbath day. And it would be too expensive for the collector to go all through the country to the homes of these children and gather up their contributions.
If it be said that these contributions can be laid aside weekly at home, and brought to the treasurer at the business quarterly meeting on Sunday, we reply that this also is impracticable. Children do not look so far ahead. They get tired of waiting so long, and then, too, they are the very ones who do not attend business meetings.
The plan suggested is simple, easy to be accomplished; and if the offerings are brought with the right motives, these Sabbath contributions will prove not only a help to the school, but a blessing to the scholars, especially the younger children. We have seen this plan tried, and find that it adds greatly to the interest which the children have in attending the Sabbath-school.
During the week they save up a penny or two to present as their little offering, and thus they learn a good lesson in self-denial. Sabbath morning they are anxious to go and to carry it in their hand, so that they can contribute their little mite; and then they are sure to feel an interest in what is bought with this money.
This furnishes to the parents a most excellent opportunity to teach their children to sacrifice something for the cause of Christ. As they receive little sums from different sources they can be instructed to lay up a part to aid in the work of the Sabbath-school. They can be told how much more blessed this is than to spend it for little trifles for their own gratification. It will stamp upon their young hearts the principle of sacrifice, and will establish a habit of self-denial, and also one of contributing always to benevolent enterprises.
They come to the Sabbath-school and quietly drop their pennies into a little box. There is no buying, no selling, no financial transaction. It is wholly in harmony with the Sabbath day. Indeed, on looking into the word of God, we find that the Lord directed that more offerings should be made to him upon the Sabbath day than upon any other day of the week. Other days they were to offer one lamb in the morning and one at night; but upon the Sabbath day a double offering was to be made. Thus the Lord says: “And on the Sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof: this is the burnt-offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering.” Num. 28:9, 10.
Christ says that the priests were blameless, and why? because it was done for the Lord. It was an offering to him upon his day. One of the most acceptable acts of worship to God is that of presenting an offering to him. This is repeatedly declared in the Bible.
Some have expressed a fear that this offering upon the Sabbath day will open the way for business transactions, and that the sacredness of the day will be lost in the minds of the children, but this need not be so if parents will properly instruct their children. There is no business transaction about it. It is simply presenting a little offering to the Lord, and should tend to enhance the sacredness of the Sabbath in the minds of the children.
We therefore recommend that all our Sabbath-schools throughout the Conferences begin with the first Sabbath in January to carry this into practice. Let each Sabbath-school have a little box with an opening into which a penny can be dropped, and let every one who chooses drop in his penny; it is a free-will offering, and should be presented as such. Let the treasurer take charge of the money thus received.
We suggest that in the case of very poor children the wealthier brethren from time to time give them pennies to lay aside for this purpose.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
REPORT! REPORT!
EVERY S. D. A. Sabbath-school should report to its State Secretary. This is the duty of the secretary if the school has one; if not, the superintendent should report.
If you have blank reports, fill them out; if not, send the name of your school, and the names and addresses of its superintendent and secretary to the State secretary, and ask for blank reports. Newly organized schools should report at once. If you do not know the address of your State secretary, drop a card to the general secretary, G. H. Bell, Battle Creek, Mich., who will give the desired information.
PENNY BOXES.
By William C. White
We mean boxes to hold the pennies that are brought as offerings to the Sabbath-school. Every secretary should be provided with some kind of a box to receive the little offerings. Small schools that are held in private houses can be easily provided for by taking a wooden collar box and cutting a hole in the top of sufficient size to receive a silver quarter. This should be set in some convenient place where each one coming in can quietly deposit his mite.
But every Sabbath-school held in a meeting-house should have something more substantial, and to meet this want we have prepared a neat brown tin safe to be fastened by screws upon the wall near the door so that each one entering can easily reach it. Large churches should have two of these, one being placed on each side of the entrance. Each box is furnished with a padlock which securely holds the cover.
These we can furnish to State Associations by freight or express for $10 per dozen. Single box by mail, post-paid, $1. W. C. W.
REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SABBATH-SCHOOL.
By D. W. Reavis
In order to show the importance of the Sabbath-school work, and to give our people generally an idea of how Sabbath-schools should be conducted, it was thought best to devote one hour and a half Sabbath morning to a regular Sabbath-school in which all who were attending the meeting should join.
Accordingly, on Friday teachers were appointed, several hundred extra lesson sheets for children and for youth were printed and distributed throughout the camp, and all,—old and young,—were requested to prepare themselves upon the first lesson of the sheet, and to attend the school.
Sabbath morning large cards, bearing the number of the divisions, were tacked up in different parts of the tent, and smaller cards, bearing the names of the teachers, were tacked on the ends of the seats that they and their classes were to occupy, so that the teachers, who came early, had no difficulty in finding their places.
As the scholars came in, a number of ushers, who had been chosen, made the first general division of the people, dividing them, according to their age, into three divisions; children, youth, and adults, and passing them on further into the tent, the superintendents placed them in classes of about twenty each. In this manner about fifteen hundred pupils were seated and classified as quickly as possible, and about five hundred, who did not desire to take part in the school, were left on the outer border of the tent, most of whom were compelled to stand up.
The school was opened promptly at 9 o’clock with singing. Prayer was offered by Eld. James White, after which the secretary’s report of the last Battle Creek school was read. Following the reading of this report were the class recitations. This was an interesting point in the school. There were seventy teachers, thirty of whom were ministers, and the remaining forty were, with a few exceptions, the regular teachers of the Battle Creek Sabbath-school. Those of our ministers who did not take part in the recitations, spent the time in watching the general working of the school. At the conclusion of the recitations all joined in singing the familiar song, “Pull for the Shore.”
Next in order came the general exercises, which consisted in publicly questioning the fourth, fifth, and the children’s divisions. During the class recitations, the names of the members of these divisions had been written upon cards and given to the secretary, who called the names as the superintendent asked the questions; and each person whose name was called responded by rising and answering the question asked him.
The fourth and fifth divisions, which were composed principally of young men and women, put considerable energy and life into their recitations; but the children’s division was the most interesting of all. It was composed of about three hundred wide-awake, interested children, all of whom seemed anxious to answer every question. The superintendent, seeing this, gave them the privilege of answering in concert, when the answers came with that vim and simplicity which children alone can give.
The remarks of Sr. White at the close of the general exercises were expressive of deep feeling for the youth of our people. Eld. J. H. Waggoner spoke directly to the teachers, setting before them some excellent thoughts on how to conduct classes, how to get students interested, and how to make their work effectual.
Following Eld. Waggoner, Bro. W. C. White spoke of the object of the school and of the importance of maintaining promptness in attendance.
Prof. G. H. Bell spoke in a general manner concerning the work of Sabbath-schools, and after revealing the secret of all success (hard work), called upon Bro. J. E. White, of California, who spoke of the importance of thoroughness in studying the Sabbath-school lessons, the manner of studying and reciting them, and of the Sabbath-school being a good place to gain general as well as scriptural knowledge. After these general remarks, the school closed with singing. D. W. REAVIS, Sec. of B. C. Sabbath-school.
QUARTERLY REPORTS.
The Quarterly Report to the secretary of the State S. S. Association has been carefully revised and somewhat simplified, and can be furnished by mail for 30 cts. per hundred. Each State secretary should have a supply, and should furnish them to every school in the State.
HELP THE CHILDREN.
By Editor
Below we make a call for ten thousand new subscribers for the INSTRUCTOR. Frequently children and youth make the very best canvassers; and
IF PARENTS WILL HELP THEM,
five hundred children can place ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in as many families. Thus they will do a vast amount of good, and will secure to themselves some very beautiful and useful prizes. Parents, encourage your children. They need some one of these prizes, and they ought to learn to canvass; for this is an important branch of the T. and M. work.
TO OUR YOUNG CANVASSERS.
We thank you for last year’s work. You increased the circulation of the INSTRUCTOR to over six thousand three hundred subscribers, and if you will all work for it this winter we can make it fifteen thousand. A few of those who now have the paper may not renew their subscription, therefore we want
TEN THOUSAND NEW SUBSCRIBERS
before the first of March. We will give to new subscribers the same beautiful premium that was given last year, and for the canvasser we have a much finer list of prizes.
There will be two editions of the INSTRUCTOR for 1879:—
1. The monthly, 8 pages, the same as it is now. Price, 50 cents.
2. The weekly, 4 pages. Price, 75 cents.
The Child’s Poems will be sent as a premium to each new subscriber for either edition. Those who now take the monthly and change to the weekly will not be considered new subscribers.
We advise our canvassers FIRST to offer the weekly edition.
LIST OF PRIZES.
If you will send us Eight new subscribers for the INSTRUCTOR, monthly or weekly, or both, we will send you your choice of one of the three volumes of Golden Grains: Vol. 1, The Hard Way; Vol. 2, The School-Boy’s Dinner; Vol. 3, Grumbling Tommy.
For Twelve new subscribers, your choice of Vol. 1, 2, or 3, of Sabbath Readings, or the Game of Life, with cloth binding.
For Twenty new subscribers, your choice of The Life of Captain Joseph Bates, or the Bible Atlas and Gazetteer, containing six large and accurate maps, a list of all geographical names with references to the maps, and a variety of most useful tables. Price of each, $1.00.
For Forty new subscribers, your choice between the “Bird’s-Eye View of Palestine,” a beautiful chart of the Holy Land, price $2.50, and a Pearl Oxford Teacher’s Bible, with Index, Concordance, and Maps, price $2.00.
For Fifty new subscribers, your choice of a Nonpareil Oxford Teacher’s Bible, with Index, Concordance and Maps, price $3.50, or the three books, Climbing the Mountain, Old Red House, and Story of a Pocket Bible.
To the one who will send us the largest number of new subscribers before Jan. 1, 1879, be it many or few, we will give your choice of all the volumes of the INSTRUCTOR since it was enlarged (eight in number), bound in one volume, or a Minion Teacher’s Bible, with Index, Concordance, and Maps; price of each, $5.00.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
Will the monthly and weekly INSTRUCTOR contain the same articles? If so, why do you print the monthly? E. T.
Ans.—The weekly will contain all that is in the monthly, and much more. We print two editions because many have subscribed for the monthly a year ahead.
I have paid one year ahead on the monthly INSTRUCTOR. How can I change it for the weekly? W. W.
Ans.—If you request it, we will send you the weekly for two-thirds of the time you have paid ahead; or if you send us twenty-five cents more, we will send you the weekly for a year. W. C. W.
WHAT DO YOU STUDY?
THE first object of the Sabbath-school is that each member may learn as much as possible of Bible truth; and essential to this work is a complete and systematic course of study, properly graded to suit the wants of old and young. Each school naturally divides itself into four divisions; namely, little ones, children, youth, and adults. For each of these we have an excellent course of lessons.
1. “Bible Lessons for Little Ones,” designed for the use of beginners, and prepared with special regard for the wants of very small children. The language is simple and direct, and such as children can most easily understand. It contains directions to the teacher, and questions to help in bringing out and impressing upon the mind the main points in the lesson. Without the questions, the lessons form a continuous story, commencing at creation and extending to the time of Moses. 84 pages. Bound in flexible cloth, 15 cts. In paper covers, 10 cts.
2. “Bible Lessons for Children,” to be issued in the weekly INSTRUCTOR.
3. “Lesson Sheets for Youth.” A four-page monthly sheet, each number containing four or five lessons on those subjects recorded in the first books of the Bible. This series is suited to the youth, and those children who have thoroughly mastered “Progressive Lessons for Children.”
Subscription price, fifteen cents a year in advance.
10 copies to one address, ............... $1.00
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4. “Lesson Sheets for Bible Classes.” A four-page monthly, each sheet containing four or five lessons, suited to the older classes of the Sabbath-school, and especially to the use of Bible Classes. These are lessons on prophecy and begin with the book of Daniel.
Subscription price the same as for Lesson sheets for Youth.
Packages of Tracts.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
The REVIEW Office has just put up in packages four different assortments of our tracts. The smallest package, costing at retail 25 cents, contains 224 pages, in fourteen tracts, as follows:—
Present Truth.
Who Changed the Sabbath?
Lost Time.
Scripture References.
Infidel Cavils.
Old Moral Code.
Seven Reasons.
Rich Man and Lazarus.
Is Man Immortal?
Which Day, and Why?
Is the End Near?
Can we Know?
The Sleep of the Dead.
The Sinner's Fate.
It will be seen that these tracts cover, in brief, the leading points of our faith.
The second package, costing 50 cents, contains 448 pages, in twenty-six tracts. In addition to the above fourteen, it has the following twelve tracts:—
Origin of S. D. Adventists.
Seventh Part of Time.
Spiritualism.
Sabbath in the New Testament.
Millennium.
Two Laws.
Definite Seventh Day.
Departing.
Elihu.
Brief Thoughts.
Sanctuary.
One Hundred Bible Facts.
The third package, costing 75 cents, contains 672 pages, in thirty-five tracts. In addition to all in the last package it has the following nine tracts:—
Second Advent.
Ten Commandments not Abolished.
Samuel and the Witch of Endor.
Christ in the Old Testament.
The Law and the Gospel.
Spirit of Prophecy.
Much in Little.
Thoughts for the Candid.
Sunday not the Sabbath.
The fourth package, costing $1.00, contains 900 pages, in forty-five tracts, being the ten following in addition to the thirty-five in the last package:—
The above package embraces the most of our tracts, covering about all the points of our faith.
The object of putting them up in packages is that they may be more convenient for sale, or for selection by those who do not know just what they do need. In a course of lectures, such packages go off readily. Indeed, we always sell more this way than any other. First offer the 25-cent package for a few evenings. Then advertise the second package for a while. Finally, state that you have them all in a $1.00 package. Properly managed, a large number of tracts can be sold in this way.
Often persons wish an assortment of our tracts worth from 25 cents to $1.00, but leave the Office to select. Here we have them nicely put up, ready to send.
Each of the above packages has a printed list on the outside, of the tracts which it contains. They will be sent, post-paid, for the prices named above; or by freight or express, in quantities, at forty per cent discount. Of course the smallest package will be called for the most, but the larger ones will be needed more or less.
D. M. CANRIGHT.
SABBATH-SCHOOL BLANK BOOKS.
By Editor
After considerable study, we have completed the necessary blank books for Sabbath-school Records. They consist of a Class Record for the teacher, and a School Record for the secretary.
The Class Record is very complete, and yet it is so simple that any one after reading the directions can keep it with ease. The attendance and scholarship are recorded in separate columns, and are both marked on a scale of five. Each book contains full directions for keeping the record, and a sample page showing the complete record of a class for a quarter. Each book will contain the record of a class for two years.
The Sabbath-school Record for the use of the secretary, will contain the records of the school for two years. It has, 1st. An officer's Register; 2d. Teacher's Register; 3d. Scholar's Register; 4th. Place for the minutes of the school for one hundred and four Sabbaths; 5th. Weekly record of the total membership and attendance of each class; 6th. Quarterly and yearly record of average membership and attendance of scholars; and 7th. Several pages ruled for cash account.
These books are made in three sizes,—
First, Record A; 320 pages, bound in leather back and corners, and cloth sides, suitable to a school of over two hundred and less than four hundred members. Price, $1.50. Second, Record B; 175 pages, bound the same as Record A, suitable for a school of over eighty, and less than two hundred. Price, $1.20. Third, Record C; same as above, half bound, that is, leather back and corners with paper sides. Price, $1.00. Fourth, Record D; 110 pages, half bound, suitable for a school of less than eighty members. Price, 75 cents. Fifth, Record E; same as above, bound in press-sheets. Price, 60 cents. Class Records, bound in press-sheets, 15 cents. In large quantities to State Associations 20% off.
Both the class and the school records are ruled especially for the purpose, in red and blue lines, and have printed head-lines throughout. In School Record A, two pages are allowed for the minutes of each school; in Records B and C, one page, and in Records D and E but a half page, is allowed for the minutes of each school. The School Record page is 6½x8 inches in size; the Class Record, 5x7 inches.
For the benefit of those schools which want to furnish themselves with both books at once, we offer them in sets at the following net prices:—
Set A, for a school of over two hundred members. A School Record A, 320 pages, and thirty Class Records. Price, $5.00. Postage, 40 cents additional.
Set B, for a school of one hundred to two hundred members. A School Record B, and twenty Class Records. Price, $3.25. Postage, 25 cents additional.
Set C, for a school of eighty to one hundred and twenty-five. A Record C, and twelve Class Records. Price, $2.20. Postage, 20 cents.
Set D, for a school of over thirty and less than eighty members. A Record D, and eight Class Records. Price, $1.50. Postage, 15 cents additional.
Set E, for a school of less than thirty members. A record E, and four Class Records. Price, 90 cents. Postage, 10 cents additional.
REVIEW & HERALD.
THE SONG ANCHOR.
A choice collection of both old and new songs for the Sabbath-school and praise service.
In preparing this book no expense has been spared, and the object of the compiler has been twofold. First, to present a collection of music, which by merit has become popular throughout the whole world; second, to add to this a collection of new music which is equal to the best.
Over seventy of the pieces in the Song Anchor are entirely new, and appear in print for the first time.
Not only is the Song Anchor adapted to Sabbath-school use, but it contains a large proportion of gospel songs which will meet the wants of revival meetings and praise service. It is also especially adapted to the home circle and the prayer-meeting. The Song Anchor contains 160 pages on fine tint paper, handsomely bound.
Price, 50 cents. $40.00 per hundred.
For sale at this Office.
SABBATH-SCHOOL MAPS.
THE PENINSULA OF MOUNT SINAI. Illustrating the wanderings of the Israelites in their journey from Egypt to Canaan, with a plan, on a large scale, of the vicinity of Mount Sinai, 72x52 inches. Printed on cloth, $5.00.
This map exhibits the results of the researches of the English and American expeditions for the exploration of this interesting region. Its large scale, bold lettering, and skillful execution, have combined to produce a map which will fully meet the want long felt by all who have attempted to teach the narrative of the Exodus.
OLD TESTAMENT MAP OF PALESTINE. Size, 58x41 inches. On cloth, $3.00.
NEW TESTAMENT MAP OF PALESTINE. Same size and style, $3.00.
OLD TESTAMENT MAP OF PALESTINE. Size, 41x28 inches. On cloth, $1.50.
NEW TESTAMENT MAP OF PALESTINE. Same size and style, $1.50.
MAP ILLUSTRATING THE TRAVELS OF ST. PAUL. Size, 116x81 inches. On cloth, $12.50.
This is the largest map of these countries ever published. The routes of St. Paul are distinctly shown by strong lines of different colors; and the names of places visited in his various missionary tours are lettered very boldly to distinguish them from other names.
BIBLE MAP. A map of the countries mentioned in the New Testament, and of the travels of the apostles, with ancient and modern names; with general plan, on a reduced scale, of all the countries mentioned in the Old Testament. Size, 32x25 inches. On cloth, $1.50.
CARD MAPS.
These maps are printed on cards for hand use in Sabbath-school and Bible Classes, and handsomely colored. Size 5¼x3½ inches. Each kind is put up in packages containing ten maps.
THE PENINSULA OF MT. SINAI. A map to illustrate the wanderings of the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan.
MAP OF PALESTINE BEFORE THE CONQUEST.
MAP OF PALESTINE AFTER THE CONQUEST. As divided among the twelve tribes, with plan of the vicinity of Jerusalem on an enlarged scale.
NEW TESTAMENT MAP OF PALESTINE, with table of distances, &c.
THE TRAVELS OF ST. PAUL, handsomely colored, with the routes of St. Paul's different journeys clearly defined.