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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 11, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 50.

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MORRIS LUKENS

By Morris Lukens

Australia

MORRIS LUKENS

ONE of our truth-laden books was sold to a business man some time ago. Because the man was busy, the book was not read, and lay untouched in the library. One day his son, a bright young man, while looking over some books in the large library belonging to his father, noticed this new book. He took it out and read it. He was convinced that its teachings were in harmony with the Bible.
Last year a copy of “Great Controversy” was sold to this young man’s sister. This he borrowed and read with much eagerness.
In his unsettled state of mind, the young man providentially came in contact with a Seventh-day Adventist family who believed in doing missionary work, and therefore had a number of tracts in their home for just such an occasion as this. The result was that when he went to his home, he carried with him a number of these tracts, among which were “Sufferings of Christ” and “Christ’s Second Coming.” These he read with great interest.
Later he called and asked some questions. He said he could now see why we believed the Saviour was soon coming, but one thing that he could not understand was why Seventh-day Adventists keep the seventh day as the Sabbath.
This good family then supplied him with the following tracts: “The Sabbath in the New Testament,” “Elihu on the Sabbath,” and “Who Changed the Sabbath?”
Other visits were made, other tracts and papers given; the family made his case a special subject of prayer, and, as a result, the young man began to observe the Sabbath of the Lord.
His parents, sad to say, ordered him not to enter their home again until he would give up keeping the seventh-day Sabbath; but having become thoroughlyestablished in the truth as a result of this reading-matter which had been given him, he was not easily discouraged. He went to the home of his married sister, the one who had given him the copy of “Great Controversy.” The result was that she, too, began to keep all God’s commandments. He is now planning to enter the canvassing work.
“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.” So let us labor on, knowing the Lord has promised that his word shall not return unto him void.