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A society can even make a book list of its own and gradually add to it as more books are read and judged as to whether the society should recommend them. Talking about books with your friends is also very helpful. Besides giving you something worthwhile to talk about, conversation about books oft
Of course books, whether papyrus or parchment, hardcover or soft, have little intrinsic worth. Their value is in the content, the particular knowledge they preserve, and they are beneficial only if that knowledge is transmitted by reading. Therefore, by 'bringing the books,' we intend to encourage r
There the books are well worn and many of them have been repaired over and over again and then finally replaced. Ask a librarian which books she most often checks out, and she will tell you that more novels leave the library shelves than any other kind of books. People “go for” them. Why? One reaso
We believe that it would be beneficial for you to consider establishing, for your personal use, a private library of a type that would aid you in your study activities in the spheres of your home and your church. Eliminated, therefore, from the discussion are all other types of books. We speak solel
There is another category that ought to be included here, one that would contain books for children. We hesitate to make a listing of children's books because, aside from the Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos (Eerdmans), there is not much that is very good. Let the parent choose wisely at the loc
The report reads: “Within the last year and a half we have managed to get quite a collection of books on our shelves.” The books are censured and if they do not meet the standards of what a Christian considers a “good book, they are promptly destroyed, or else returned to the donor. The report furth
And endless amount of good books can be obtained at no cost from the local library. Paper-back editions make it possible for almost everyone to own many of the great works of literature. The increased number of people attending the colleges in our land shows that not only the books are available, bu
To serve that purpose this department will not only review certain books, but will also issue from time to time short lists of recommended reading material. From these lists our young people can choose various kinds of books for reading and-or study. These books will include wholesome fiction, worth
And if we have not these Acts of past years, we ought to make every effort to obtain as many as ware yet available (and at $1.00 per copy, this is a real bargain). The stated clerk of our Synod, Rev. G. Vanden Berg, can supply these. But other books can be useful too. Bible encyclopedias and Bible d
oh that they were printed in a book! Job 19:23. Well God saw to it that not only his words were preserved in a book, but all of God’s Word necessary for our salvation were faithfully and miraculously given to the Church. The Book of Books is our Bible—the inerrant, inspired Word of God. Do you read