Have you ever wished that, like Mr. Carnegie, you could give libraries to the people?
Did it ever occur to you that the good books in those libraries are of greater value than the buildings?
You can give good books, can't you?
If you are planning to remember your friends at the holiday season, you could not do better than give good books. They are always acceptable.
Selected Gift Books
FOR MEN, WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, and CHILDREN
The books shown in this advertisement are especially suited for this purpose, and one or more will be found for each member of the family.
Remember this point: The authors had something more than profit in mind when they wrote these books. Their primary purpose was to meet the need that always exists for clean, moral, uplifting literature. Not only are these books all that they should be in this respect, but they are intensely interesting as well—a happy combination, truly.
(3) Best Stories from the Best Book
Board, 60c; cloth $0.75
(2) Christ Our Saviour
Board, 50c; cloth .75
(2) Elo the Eagle and Other Stories
Cloth 1.00
(3) Gospel Primer
Board, 35c; cloth .60
(2) The House We Live In
Cloth 1.00
(2) Making Home Happy
Cloth .75
(2) Making Home Peaceful
Cloth .75
(3) New Testament Primer
Board, 25c; cloth .50
(1) Our Paradise Home
Board, 25c; cloth .50
Presentation edition, cloth, gilt .75
(1) Steps to Christ
Paper cover, 25c; cloth, plain .75
Presentation edition, cloth, gilt 1.00
Russia, $1.00; Morocco de luxe 1.50
(2) Story of Pitcairn Island
Cloth 1.00
(2) Those Bible Readings
Cloth .75
(2) Uncle Ben's Cobblestones
Cloth 1.00
(2) Young People's Library
Among the Northern Icebergs
John of Wycliffe
Left with a Trust
Two Cannibal Archipelagoes
Life on the Kongo
Native Life in India
Savonarola
Tonga Islands
Cloth, per volume .50
Letters from the Holy Land, in paper cover only .25
Those marked (1) are especially for adults and young people; those marked (2), for young people and the older children; and (3), for the little ones.
These books may be secured from our depository in your own state.
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Satan’s Arrest and Imprisonment When Satan is bound for 1,000 years, will there be a millennium of peace and safety? You will know after reading about it in the January number.
Shall Peace Follow This War? Those who have studied the Bible prophecies closely, say there will be. You will find this article to the point on this question.
The Lapsed Brotherhood of Man The intense hatred of the European belligerents for one another forms the basis of this article. It is significant. Don’t fail to read about it.
“How Do the Beasts Groan!” A prophecy from an ancient book partially fulfilled to-day.
The Nations Are Angry
Human Suffering
Luxury, Profligacy, Then War
The Ledger of Heaven
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Signs of the Times Magazine
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The Sabbath
Following is a list of tracts in our “Bible Students’” and “Apples of Gold” libraries as it appears in our regular tract catalogue. These are short, comprehensive studies that you will find most helpful.
THE SABBATH QUESTION
The Seventh, or One Seventh? (A.G.L., 39) .00½
Historical Facts and Incidents (A.G.L., 45) .02
Day of the Sabbath (A.G.L., 50) .01
Which Day Do You Keep? and Why? (A.G.L., 75) .00½
Is Sunday the Sabbath? (A.G.L., 76) .00½
Sunday in a Nutshell (A.G.L., 88) .01
Why Not Found Out Before? (B.S.L., 52) .00½
Jewish (B.S.L., 69) .00½
From Sabbath to Sunday (B.S.L., 95) .00½
Identical Seventh Day (B.S.L., 114) .01
The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast (B.S.L., 130) .02
The Lord’s Day (B.S.L., 134) .10
New Testament Sabbath (B.S.L., 137) .01
Sabbath in the Greek (B.S.L., 154) .00½
Who Changed the Sabbath? (B.S.L., 187) .01
Elihu on the Sabbath (B.S.L., 192) .01
The Bible or Tradition? (B.S.L., 193) .02
The Christian Sabbath (B.S.L., 205) .03
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Does This Favor Alcoholism?
By M. C. W.
IT is stated that one hundred thousand to one hundred forty thousand die annually from the use of alcohol. This is denied on the basis of the death record.
We wish to note this fact for the benefit of the reader, and we are sure he or she will see its reasonableness: It is almost an invariable thing that a death from alcoholism is never so recorded, unless the victim dies of delirium tremens, where the case is so clearly evident that there is no evading it. But even in these cases, a different cause is sometimes given.
The reason for this is that no relative of a deceased person wishes it to go on record that he died of alcoholism. Possibly some other term is substituted for that. But when we take into consideration the inciting and contributing causes of death, it is almost impossible to estimate the vast number who die from alcohol. Many succumb who would not if the system had not been weakened by alcohol. It is safe to say that in this way one hundred thousand, and perhaps many more, die every year in the United States as the direct result of liquor drinking.
M. C. W.
Book Notice
“THE MAKING OF CHRISTIANITY, an Exhibit of Hebrew and Christian Messianic Apocalyptical Philosophy and Literature,” by John C. C. Clarke, D. D. 423 pages. The Associated Authors, Inc., New York.
The author takes the position that the symbolical parts of the Bible are meant to illustrate principles in the conflict between good and evil, and that they deal scarcely at all with events still future at the time of writing. The effort to show that this was the way they were intended to be understood, naturally leads to some strained construction of their words. He deals not only with Daniel and the Revelation, but with many passages in both the Old and the New Testament, as well as in Philo, Enoch, and the Apocrypha. The striking parallels between passages from these different sources which are exhibited in this work, are interesting, and worthy the attention of the Bible student.
Good Songs
By Editor
We take pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to a number of good songs that have been published by Charles P. Whitford, one of our best known singing evangelists. The titles are as follows:
Series No. 1
Mansions for All Over There.
The Call of the Vesper Bells.
The Lamb of Calvary.
Sabbath Morning Hymn.
Series No. 2
Sing the Songs of Zion.
In His Likeness.
The Sea of Life.
When the Saviour Shall Come.
Series No. 3
The Breaking of the Day.
The Captain of the Guard.
Homeward.
Our Eden Home.
Series No. 4
Mercy’s Final Call.
Footsteps That Never Come.
Jesus Is Coming Again.
O, Where Are the Sowers?
Price a set, 20 cents. The entire four sets for 60 cents. Every purchaser will be presented with a beautiful poem entitled “Tell Her So.” Address Charles P. Whitford, Drawer 28, Orlando, Florida.
“Scriptural Exercise”
A game comprising sixty cards on fifteen Biblical subjects. Calculated to awaken an interest in Bible study, and suitable alike for young and old. Price 50 cents, post-paid. Address Mrs. M. E. Steward, Sanitarium, California.
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Little Friend* Children Are Wise
Toys are broken, cast aside, soon forgotten. Frequently they are of little value from an educational point of view.
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Little Friend Children Are Wise
Those boys and girls who have read this paper themselves, and those to whom it has been read, know how to do things, can tell much about the habits and characteristics of God's creatures — animals, birds, fishes, insects — and trees, flowers, and other things of nature.
Unlike many other children, they know about Moses, Joseph, the children of Israel, and other Bible personages. Through its columns, they have learned to be considerate of others, and to help mother in many ways.
It helps make unruly boys and girls good, and good ones better. An ideal companion for any boy or girl, is Our Little Friend.
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