Encouraging Experiences by W. E. Arnett

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 30, 1913

Encouraging Experiences

By W. E. Arnett

TRULY the canvassing work is an important branch of the message for today. More than fourteen years ago I was canvassing in the southern part of Ohio. One morning as I passed along the road, I noticed a man at work alone in a corn-field. My first thought was not to interrupt him, as he seemed very busy. Then I reasoned that this might be the opportune moment to approach him, and decided to do so. I found him an agreeable young man, and after giving him a short canvass went on my way with his order for “Bible Readings for the Home Circle.”

The book was delivered in due time, and the following winter I learned indirectly that this young man was much interested in that book, and believed in the seventh-day Sabbath. A little later, while canvassing in an adjoining district, I called on him, and spent a very pleasant evening in his home. His wife seemed very much opposed to the truth. During our visit I very casually showed them “Coming King.” The lady was

at once interested, and her husband ordered a copy. That book convinced her of present truth, and after a few months they both took a decided stand for the message.

Being associated with a young man in treatment-rooms last winter, I took occasion to lend him the book “Coming King.” He laid it aside, and some days later, just at the beginning of the great floods in the Ohio valley, I called his attention to it again. As business was largely suspended for some days, he had plenty of time for sober thought and reading. The book interested him. He read it carefully and has continued to study the truth. Every Sabbath finds his place of business closed, and he seems glad to take up every Christian duty as it comes to him. To God be all the glory. W. E. ARNETT.