That Missing Testimony by L. T. Nicola

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 10, 1916

That Missing Testimony

By L. T. Nicola

L. T. NICOLA

The topic study was faith. A testimony meeting followed. Many excellent experiences and Bible incidents were mentioned. All present took part, except one young man; and he was a Christian. At the close of the service the leader passed around, cordially shaking hands with those present. He remarked to the young man who had had nothing to say, “I regretted to close the exercises without hearing from you.” This was the reply: “I feared that I could not add anything to the interest of the occasion; for I could only think of a verse of Scripture to use in a testimony, and that was 1 John 5:4: ‘For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.’” “Be assured,” was the response, “the meeting suffered a real loss by your failure to quote that very text. Its use would have given a completeness to the service that

it did not have; also you would have received a blessing that you did not receive. That missing testimony would have been a real aid to the meeting.”

Detroit, Mich.