Young People may sometimes be brought to care for the best things in Christian literature through the medium o f V Religious Stories From our stock of stories suitable for young people, we have selected the following books: “ Pansy” (Mrs. G. R. A lden) is one of the best writers for girls and boys nearing maturity. W e offer any one of her books listed below for Fifty Cents, Postpaid. Three People A temperance story. The “three peo Chautauqua Girls at Home
This is an entirely independent story, although it concerns the “ four girls” o f the. other book. Upon their return home they jj wish to show their change o f heart, but their advances are misunderstood in ways both humorous and saddening. At last they call upon the pastor in a body and are joy fully welcomed, when he understands that, more has happened than he had dared to hope for. Ruth Erskine’s Crosses The heroine o f this book was. the most stately and aristocratic o f the “ Four Girls at Chautauqua.” Her strong personality and indomitable spirit meet with a disci pline that is trying, but wholesome. Many misfortunes come in their turn, and in her rebellious pride she finds it hard at tiirtes to exercise Christian resignation and for bearance. But hers is a nature to be en nobled by suffering, and she learns many great lessons. Judge Burnham’s Daughters This is a bright 'story o f a Christian 'stepmother’s trials with two beautiful, bril liant, and wayward sisters in the full glow v o f early womanhood.. Ruth Erskine finds that her , efforts to have her husband’s daughters trained in fashionable deport ment have brought a result far beyond her expectation, and her aristocratic husband is too well satisfied with social successes, to be o f Ruth’s mind in many matters that prove o f vital concern. Wise and Otherwise At least four great and vital questions are effectively as well as entertainingly treated in this book: the difficult position of a pretty young minister’s wife, fond of dress; the matter o f entertainments proper for those who expect to be classed as relig ious ; their attitude -toward the liquor traf fic ; and, last, -but not least, the position of a young woman employed to do house work. ROOM, Los Angeles, California.
ple” are three boys born on the same day: one in, the aristocracy, one in the well-to- do middle class, and one in the slums. Cir cumstances bring them together, and through the power o f a dying mother’s wish that he keep from strong drink, of which she has so forcibly seen the evil, the boy with the least chance is the one to come1safely to manhood and act a noble- part in helping others. Ester Ried Ester Ried, a brilliant girl o f eighteen, and occupying the responsible position of eldest in the family, awakes to the fact that she might do far more in the way of help ing her younger sisters and brother to form noble lives. Her own life- is all too short, but in it she accomplishes a wonderful and enduring work, the story o f which has been the inspiration o f thousands. Julia Ried Julia is the very bright and capable younger sister o f Ester Ried. Wishing to be self-supporting, she secures a position as bookkeeper in a city at some distance from her home, and although only sixteen and without experience, she has little dif ficulty in learning to discharge her duties in a competent manner. She is confronted with the questions that a Christian girl in the world must decide for herself. Her beauty and-vivacity make the struggle be tween-conscience and pleasure a hard one, but she eventually makes the best choice. Four Girls at Chautauqua Four young ladies just out of girlhood are the closest o f friends, although differ ing widely in personal characteristics as well as means. As a summer outing they go to the gathering at Chautauqua with no other purpose than that o f a merry “lark” in that beautiful spot. One by one the “ four girls” become genuinely interested in the things that the earnest Christians about them have found sq satisfying. Order from the BIOLA BOOK
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