THESE are some of the few really good books. For twenty years Mrs. White has been selecting choice, interesting, and instructive stories, the best of which are presented in these four volumes of 400 pages each. It would be difficult to find a better collection. The selections have been carefully made, and none need fear to place them in the hands of the young. They are not, however, designed exclusively for the young, but are adapted for general home reading. All the members of the family circle will find something in them to entertain and instruct. They are just the thing for holiday or birthday gifts. Price per set, neatly put up in box, with premium, illustrated Lord's Prayer, or the "Bird's Eye View of the Holy Land," $2.50.
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DIPHTHERIA: ITS CAUSES, PREVENTION, AND PROPER TREATMENT.
By John Harvey Kellogg
By J. H. Kellogg, M. D.
The increasing prevalence of this devastating disease, and its alarming fatality in so many cases, renders the subject of its Nature and Treatment one of the greatest importance.
This work gives a concise account of the Nature, Cause, Modes of Prevention, and
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF TREATMENT
Of this prevalent and fatal malady. It should be in every household, as its instructions, if faithfully carried out, will save many a precious life. Price, in board covers, 25 cents
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THE ATONEMENT:
By Eld. J. H. Waggoner
AN EXAMINATION OF A REMEDIAL SYSTEM, IN THE LIGHT OF NATURE AND OF REVELATION.
By Eld. J. H. Waggoner.
THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED.
THIS work is a critical and exhaustive treatise on the plan of salvation as revealed in the Scriptures, showing its harmony with the principles of justice and mercy, its consistency with reason, and its final results as affecting the destiny of the human race.
368 pp.; cloth, $1.00.
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THE HOME OF THE SAVED.
By John Norton Loughborough
BY ELD. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Gives the Bible evidence upon the interesting topic of the earth made new, as the inheritance of the saints. 82 pp. Price, 10 cents.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.
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Christ the Way of Life.
By Editor
WE have a select stock of this beautiful and instructive steel plate engraving, with keys in the Danish, Swedish, German, French, and English languages.
The design of this engraving is to present at one view the leading events in the history of man as related to the divine plan of redemption, from the time of the first sin and the fall to the final restoration of the race to the Paradise of God.
Its central figure is that of Christ hanging upon the cruel cross. By taking our position at the foot of the cross, we look backward in the history of man, and trace the steps which have led to the scenes of Calvary. The scenes which suggest the provisions of the gospel are enacted in the shadow of the cross, which is cast far back over the history of the race, reaching even to the gates of Eden.
The "Way of Life," as a work of art, commends itself to all lovers of the beautiful. Unlike many religious allegorical pictures, this not only presents a sacred theme, but by its skillful grouping, and its harmonious combination of light and shade, it delights the cultivated taste, and suggests abundant food for thought.
THE KEY.
By Editor
An elegant 12-mo. pamphlet of 48 pages, containing a description of every part of the picture, and an impressive article by Mrs. E. G. White, accompanies each engraving.
Price, printed in first-class style on heavy plate paper, size 22x28 inches......................................$1.50
Price, India Proofs, size 24x32 inches.......................... 2.50
100 AGENTS WANTED.
Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal., General Agents for Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and west thereof to the Pacific Ocean.
THE LEADING EXPOSITORY JOURNAL OF THE WORLD!
By Editor
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES FOR 1886.
A 16-PAGE WEEKLY PUBLISHED AT OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
WITH the beginning of the new year, the SIGNS OF THE TIMES enters upon its twelfth volume. The publishers are determined to spare no pains not only to keep up its present reputation, but to make improvements during the coming year, which will make the journal of great interest, and more efficient for good than ever before. There is probably no other paper published which UNIFORMLY contains a great a variety of choice reading matter. Its departments are, EDITORIAL, MISSIONARY, TEMPERANCE, SABBATH-SCHOOL, HOME CIRCLE, SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS NEWS, AND GENERAL ARTICLES.
This is not simply the scope of the paper in general, but in each number every department is represented by fresh and interesting reading matter.
Editorial Department.
In the Editorial Department the articles are principally devoted to Biblical exposition and the answering of questions on Bible subjects. Current events of general interest are discussed, when they have any bearing on morality and religion. With politics, as such, the SIGNS OF THE TIMES has nothing to do. Believing that a religious paper should be one that can be read by all classes of people without arousing sectional or party feelings, this journal leaves the discussion of politics to political papers, of which there is a sufficient number to meet the demand, and devotes itself to matters of more importance which receive less attention.
Sabbath-School Department.
The Sabbath-School Department is largely a running commentary, by the editors, on those portions of Scripture covered by two series of lessons. The lesson notes, while of great service to students in the preparation of their lessons, are of interest and profit to the general reader. Original and selected articles of interest to the Sabbath-school workers are published in this department.
Missionary Department.
In the Missionary Department will be found reports from mission fields, both home and foreign, together with a brief description of them and their wants. During the past year this department has been extremely interesting, and the prospect is that it will be still more so during the coming year.
Temperance Department.
No department of the paper has met with more favor in the past than the Temperance Department. While the SIGNS OF THE TIMES advocates prohibition, it does not believe that the cause of temperance is advanced by mingling it with politics; neither does it confine itself to a condemnation of the liquor traffic, but considers temperance in its larger relations, as embracing everything that in any way affects health. Many temperance societies are accustomed to use the articles in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES in their regular meetings.
Home Circle Department.
The Home Circle Department is fully described by its name. Short stories of an elevated character are published, but no serials. Besides light, entertaining reading for the family circle, this department contains many practical hints and suggestions for the household.
Religious and Secular News.
The Department of Religious and Secular News is in keeping with the moral tone of the paper. The news is carefully sifted of everything sensational or low. It is the design that the reader shall be able to find in this department the current news in the most simple and direct form, and only that which is reliable.
Among the other things that will make the coming volume one of special value, is the
Series of Historical Articles
Already begun. The articles are entirely independent of one another; yet they in reality form a series in which the prophetic records are placed side by side with the records of history, thus showing the exact and literal fulfillment of the former. Every lover of history cannot fail to be interested in these articles, because he will find in them the
Outline of History,
Graphically portrayed; and the lover of the Bible will find them invaluable, because, in tracing the fulfillment of the prophecies, they show beyond all controversy the divine origin of that book.
Another series of articles, soon to be begun, will take up a portion of
Church History,
Showing how, when, and why men departed from the simplicity of the gospel, and brought in the many errors which made a reformation imperative.
Besides these, it is designed, in addition to matters that incidentally come up for consideration, to take up certain lines of Scripture doctrine and canvass them thoroughly, so that the reader may obtain a connected and comprehensive view of the subject treated upon. Among the subjects to be considered, are the Sanctuary, the Law of God and its relation to Christ and the Gospel.
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES is the only religious journal in the United States which does no advertising. Its entire sixteen pages, with the exception of the necessary notices from the publishers, are filled with choice reading matter in endless variety. Advantageous offers of advertising are continually being refused. The publishers, and all connected with the paper, are determined to give subscribers many times the worth of their money, and the steady pursuance of this determination has given it the largest circulation of any purely religious journal in the world. The fact that the SIGNS OF THE TIMES contains SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY, has gained for it a world-wide reputation. Terms $2.00 per year, in advance.
IT CONTAINS 16 PAGES OF FRESH, NEW MATTER EVERY WEEK.