paternal grandfather to his wife, my grandmother, touchingly inscribed: “To
my beloved wife, with love from her devoted Hubby, Alpha 14/7/29.” (Alpha
was then the Orange Free State estate in South Africa of the General Church
Missions.) In course of time, my grandmother gave her book to her daughter-
in-law, my mother, and in course of further time, my mother gave the book
to me.
The Preface by the Rev. Hugo Lj. Odhner commences: “The present little
work is compiled as a guidebook to assist parents, teachers, evangelists and
missionaries in the instruction of neophytes and older children or in preparing
young people for the rite of Confirmation.”
The book is divided into seven topics with 70 questions and answers, all
with relevant book references, plus extensive Teaching Notes, which give extra
references and information for most questions.
Sample Questions and Answers:
Q. What is the New Church?
A. The New Church is the Church foretold in the Bible under the name of “the
New Jerusalem.”
Q. What is the purpose of the New Church?
A. The purpose of the New Church is to worship and obey the One God, the
Lord Jesus Christ, and to preach the truths concerning Him and His ete