God Uses Ink
Subtitle: The heritage and mission of the Mennonite Publishing House after fifty years
By: Written by John A. Hostetler
Contributors: Hostetler, John Andrew, 1918-
Publisher: Mennonite Publishing House
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Scottdale, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Copyright date: 1958
Subjects: Mennonites; Bibliography; Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.)
Other titles: Classified list of Mennonite Publishing House publications, 1908-1957; Mennonite Publishing House publications, 1908-1957
First sentence: Literature is not only the voice of the church, it is an intimate and essential part of its life.
Description: Mennonites have had a strong sense of historic consciousness and equally great faith in the power of Christian literarure. God Uses Ink, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Mennonite publishing House (Herald Press), takes the reader behind the scenes of history and into the inner sanctum of a church publishing house.
This book traces Mennonite publishing from colonial times through the founding and development of the Mennonite Publishing House from 1908 to 1958. Against this backdrop of heritage the writer interprets the present work of publishing. Organized publishing for the Mennonite Church is treated here for the first time. The story is told in the perspective of general religious publishing in America.
People devoted to the production and distribution of Christian literature will benefit from this book. Writers, editors, sales workers, and printers, as well as missionaries and pastors, will discover pertinent sections. The volume provides the reader not only with a record of periodical, curriculum, book and tract publishing but also with an understanding of and an orientation to the task. 
A chain of sentiments, incidents, and memories of hard work performed by past and present employees forms a body of institutional "folk knowledge" and a loyalty worth preserving. Finally the book sums up the impact of the House not only within the group but far beyond the confines of denominational lines.
Notes: Typescript (mimeograph copy).

Caption title.

"For lack of space this material was not included in God uses ink. The titles of all MPH publications are listed in the book (p. 236-247) alphabetically ..."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: label: Part 1
title: The Roots of an Institution
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: By Way of Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter 2
title: Colonial Mennonites and Publishing
pagenum: 7; label: Chapter 3
title: Early American Mennonite Publishers
pagenum: 15; label: Chapter 4
title: John F. Funk and the Mennonite Publishing Company
pagenum: 25; title: Illustrations
pagenum: 56; label: Chapter 5
title: The Mennonite Book and Tract Society
pagenum: 65; label: Chapter 6
title: The Gospel Witness Company
pagenum: 72; label: Part II
title: The Mennonite Publishing House
pagenum: 77; label: Chapter 7
title: Founding a Church-Owned Publishing House
pagenum: 79; title: Illustrations
pagenum: 88; label: Chapter 8
title: What Is Publishing
pagenum: 104; label: Chapter 9
title: Editor and Author
pagenum: 107; label: Chapter 10
title: Book Publishing
pagenum: 120; label: Chapter 11
title: Periodical and Tract Publishing
pagenum: 133; label: Chapter 12
title: Christian Education Materials
pagenum: 150; label: Chapter 13
title: Reaching the Reader
pagenum: 164; title: Illustrations
pagenum: 168; label: Chapter 14
title: Printing and Binding
pagenum: 178; label: Chapter 15
title: Administration
pagenum: 187; label: Chapter 16
title: The Impact of the Press
pagenum: 203; title: appendix
pagenum: 217; title: Index
pagenum: 262