p. 8 | A LITTLE THREAD

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 1, 1869

A LITTLE THREAD.

Payson once gave notice in Portland that he would be glad to see any person who did not intend to seek religion. About forty came. He spent a very pleasant interview with them, saying nothing about religion till, just as they were about to leave, he closed a few very plain remarks thus:—“Suppose you should see, coming down from heaven, a very fine thread, so fine as to be almost invisible, and it should come and gently attach itself to you. You knew, we will suppose, it came from God. Should you dare to put out your hand and thrust it away?” He dwelt for a few moments on the idea, and then added:—“Now such a thread has come from God to you this afternoon. You do not feel, you say, any interest in religion. But by your coming here this afternoon God has fastened one little thread upon you all. It is very weak and frail, and you can easily brush it away. But you will not do so? No; welcome it, and it will enlarge and strengthen itself until it becomes a golden thread to bind you forever to a God of love!”—Sunday School Times.