p. 22 | Watching for Opportunities

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 14, 1916

Watching for Opportunities

PREPAREDNESS is the national slogan today. It ought to be that of the church—not prepared to kill men, even in self-defense, but armed with the printed gospel, to be prepared to save men's lives. The following report reveals the preparedness appropriate for Christians having this special message:—

“A few weeks ago I was in Harrisburg delivering apples and potatoes, for which I had taken orders previously. I had some of the Present Truth Series with me, as usual. It was raining quite hard. In one house the lady and her husband asked me to sit down after I carried the potatoes in. I was glad for the rain, as it gave me a chance to talk present truth to them, and to give them a few of the little papers. I always take advantage of an opportunity like this. I try to improve the time, even if I have only a few minutes. This man and woman were very much interested. They said they were Sunday school teachers and general church workers, and were so glad to get these little papers, and wanted the rest of them. I told them I would bring them later. As I left the house, the lady said, ‘Something told me the other day when you were soliciting orders that you were a Christian, and we are very glad for the opportunity to converse with you upon the Scriptures.’”

“I visited recently a Dunkard minister, and having my papers with me, I asked him if he would like to examine them. He gladly accepted them, and finally, one day after I had given him No. 12, ‘The Judgment,’ he said to me, ‘I am making notes in a special book from that copy of the Present Truth Series, and do you know, I am studying and preaching on that subject at the present time? I consider it a message from God, meat in due season.’ He also bought a copy of the textbook by Johnson. He is very much interested, and is studying the truth faithfully.”