Exchanged for a Rocking-Chair
By C. J. Cummings
I met a family here in Prineville, Ore., who had purchased a copy of “Great Controversy” from one of our canvassers while living in another city. Later, they discovered it was an Adventist book, and would not read it. They brought it to Prineville, and traded it for an old rocking-chair in a second-hand store. This book was the means of converting both the proprietor of the store and his wife. They joined the Methodist Church, and are now ready to study more about the truth. This left the first family without an Adventist book, but I have now sold to them a copy of “Bible Readings for the Home Circle.” So while they disposed of one, they now have another of our books. The first book, “Great Controversy,” is on its way, doing its appointed work, and now the second book has started. What the end will be, we know not; but if we place the books in the hands of the people, the Lord will take care of them, even if he has to induce one to trade a book for an old rocking-chair, that his children may hear his word. The converted man would not take ten dollars for his copy of “Great Controversy.”