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LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS H u m Calendar« will make splendid presents A Scripture Verse for Every Day 1927 should see The Scripture Text Calendar in every home. It is a real necea-
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Size of Calendar 9)4x16 Inches. A MASTERPIECE OF THE ENGRAVER’S 4 a n d PRINTER’S ART. The Scripture Text Calendar contains 12 beau tiful reproductions of the works of some of the world's greatest artists. All of these pictures rep resent what is best and most refined in the realm of religious art. The color paintings are perfect and beautiful. A beautiful gallery of the world's most famous Sacred paintings. These beautiful reproductions are worth many times the low price of the calendar. SPECIAL FEATURES — fo r 1927 — WORTH COST OF CALENDAR The usual features which have made this calen dar famous, such as the International Sunday School lesson each Sunday, daily Scripture verse, and twelve paintings from the masters, have been retained in the 1927 calendar. The verse for each Sunday is the Golden Text in full, for the following Sunday. On the back page of the calendar is shown a perpetual calendar, table of standard tune around the world, table of Easter Sundays from 1860 to 1955, statistics on religions of the world and lan guages of the world. IDEAL GIFT Nothing could be more appropriate as a gift at Chriat- maa time than one of theae Scripture Text Calendars. For thoae who wiah to purchase a »mall quantity for thte pur- pose, w© quote tbo following s Single Copiee, 30c; S— $1.40| 12— $3.00; 25— $5 .75 ; 50— $ 1 0 .0 0 ; 100— $17.00 Send Caah With Order 1927 CALENDARS NOW READY Don’t waitI Don’t delay I Calendara are now ready. Be sure "o place your order for full aupnly. Our experience ha. been that by far the greater portion of the»« calendara are aold '"calendar»0» re-p rin te d In English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish Spanish. Italian, French and Japanase languages, hut all foreign la n g u a g e » from a »pecial edition with picturea (except cover) printed in the duo-color process. If money doe» not accompany order, gooda will be sent C. O. D. B I O L A B O O K R O O M Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Cel.________
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