The church schools, differing as they do from the public schools, have created a keen demand for schoolbooks adapted to the children of Christian parents. Two thousand six hundred children taken from the public schools to be educated in Bible truths, without a book adapted to their needs, was a sad sight. During the past year a series of text-books has been started, those so far published being “Bible Reader No. 1,” “The Mental Arithmetic,” and Professor Gardner’s system of bookkeeping. These will be followed by others of their series as fast as is possible. GCB April 2, 1901, page 16.9