Persons who are too young, or not sufficiently advanced in their studies to take the regular C. L. S. C. course, may adopt certain _preparatory lessons_ for one or more years.
For circulars of the preparatory course, address Miss K. F. KIMBALL, Plainfield, New Jersey.
To defray the expenses of correspondence, memoranda, etc., an annual fee of fifty cents is required. This amount should be forwarded to Miss K. F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., (by New York or Philadelphia draft, Post-office order on Plainfield, N. J., or the new Postal Note, to be ready about September 1.) Do not send postage-stamps if you can possibly avoid it. _Three_-cent stamps will not be received.
N. B.—In sending your fee, be sure to state to which class you belong, whether 1884, 1885, 1886, or 1887.
Persons desiring to unite with the C. L. S. C. should forward answers to the following questions to MISS K. F. KIMBALL, PLAINFIELD, N. J. The class graduating in 1887 should begin the study of the lessons required October, 1883. They _may_ begin as late as January 1, 1884.
2. Your post-office address, with county and State.
4. What is your age? Are you between twenty and thirty, or thirty and forty, or forty and fifty, or fifty and sixty, etc.?
5. If married, how many children living under the age of sixteen years?[G]
7. With what religious denomination are you connected?
8. Do you, after mature deliberation, resolve, if able, to prosecute the four years’ course of study presented by the C. L. S. C.?
9. Do you promise, if practicable, to give an average of four hours a week to the reading and study required by this course?
10. How much more than the time specified do you hope to give to this course of study?
An average of forty minutes’ reading each week-day will enable the student in nine months to complete the books required for the year. More time than this will probably be spent by many persons, and for their accommodation a special course of reading on the same subjects has been indicated. The habit of thinking steadily upon worthy themes during one’s secular toil will lighten labor, brighten life, and develop power.
The annual “examinations” will be held at the homes of the members, and in writing. Duplicate Memoranda are forwarded, one copy being retained by each student and the other filled out and forwarded to the office at Plainfield, N. J.