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The Promise Fulfilled to the Colporteur

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 23, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 63.

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The Promise Fulfilled to the Colporteur

By W. W. EASTMAN

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Rom. 8:28. This scripture is well illustrated by the experience of one of our seventeen-year-old boys while earning a scholarship by canvassing for one of our large books last summer.
He stayed overnight with a family, but had not succeeded in getting their order. The next morning his horse was missing. The man with whom he had stayed lent him a horse with which to hunt his, but could let him have it for only half an hour. When the half hour was up, his horse was not found. He then secured a horse from a neighbor, with the understanding that he might keep it until he found his. During this time the colporteur prayed earnestly for help and guidance that his work might not be hindered.
He had gone but a short distance after securing the second horse, when he found his own standing by the roadside, apparently waiting for him.
He had left his prospectus with the man from whom he had secured the second horse, and when he returned he found that the man had been looking it over and had decided that he wanted a book.
The young man then returned for his buggy to the place where he had stayed overnight. He was told that a family on whom he had called the day before but had not obtained their order, had called up by telephone, and said that they had decided they wanted one of those books. This had a favorable effect on the family with whom he had spent the night, and led them to decide to take one also. Thus the hour and a half that he thought he had lost while hunting his horse, turned to his favor in the sale of three books. But this was not all. He had learned a lesson of faith. While Satan sought to hinder the work, the Lord turned it to his favor, and he was enabled to grasp anew the meaning of the scripture, “All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
W. W. EASTMAN.