Bread That Returned

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 14, 1902

Bread That Returned

“CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” Years ago in one of our Eastern States a sister sent The Signs of the Times week after week to an address which had been placed in her hands. Although she received no response, she continued sending the papers. They went to the home of a poor family that lived in a wretched little cottage made of rough, uncovered boards. After reading the papers, the family used them to cover the walls of their rooms. In this way they immediately did some good by keeping out the cold and brightening the rooms. After a time the family moved away, and another poor family took the house. One day while the woman was at work, her eyes fell upon a few words in one of the papers on the wall before her. She stopped and read the article, and became so interested that she continued to read all the papers within her reach, and then took a chair and read those high up on the walls and on the ceiling. The result was that the whole family accepted the

truth. Undoubtedly God's watchful care is over every paper sent out by loving hands and followed by earnest prayers.

“The smallest bark on life's tumultuous ocean Will leave a track behind forevermore; The lightest wave of influence set in motion, Extends and widens to the eternal shore.”