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DIRECTIONS.

Though the Introduction contains significant suggestions on the manner of using
this book, it may not be sufficiently explicit to meet all cases. To make the
matter entirely clear, we present the following as specimens of entries to be made
and the manner of making them:

ALPHABET invented by Memnon—introduced into Greece by Cadmus, etc.— Whelpley's
Compend, p. 31.

APOSTOLIC authority described. See Perpetuity of the Sabbath, by Rev. A. Phelps, pp. 24-31.

ASBURY. Bishop Asbury was a preacher fifty years—forty-five in this country. Usually
traveled six thousand miles a year. When he commenced his labors in this
country the Methodist Church embraced six hundred members; when he died
it contained two hundred and twelve thousand. He was the Washington of
the Church. Continued in the field until he could not get into his carriage
without help, and preached until he could not stand in the pulpit.—Zion's
Herald, Dec. 16, 1840.

BOOKS. "Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating, as wiser by
always reading. Too much overcharges nature, and turns more into disease
than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable,
and gives health and vigor to the mind."— FULLER.

FOREKNOWLEDGE shown not to necessitate events.—Watson's Institutes, vol. i, p. 93

LITERARY MEN. Lord Brougham, the most indefatigable man in England, often does not quit his
study before midnight, and he is always up at four in the morning. Dr.
Cotton Mather, who knew the value of time in everything, was never willing
to lose a moment. Hence he wrote over the door of his study, "Be brief."
The learned Scaliger placed the following upon the door of his cabinet: "My
time is my estate." For these and other examples see Christian Advocate and
Journal, No. 535, Dec. 3, 1835.

Now, to make these and other notes and references available, the words in
the margin must be written in the index under their appropriate letters, with
the figures indicating the page or pages where the record is to be found. By
making these references and records in this way one can treasure up all that he
hears, thinks, or reads worth preserving, and hold it at his command to meet
future necessities. The page upon which the first entry is made on any topic
may be reserved for future entries on the same, or it may be devoted to others.
The latter course is the more economical way of using the book, and is as con-
venient, provided the Index is properly kept so as to mark the page where each
entry is made.