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SOW BESIDE ALL WATERS

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 12, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 11.

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SOW BESIDE ALL WATERS

By D. A. Ball

D. A. BALL (Ellicottville, N. Y.)
“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.”
It was my privilege to make the acquaintance of an ex-senator in New York some time ago; and in our conversation, I asked him if he knew anything about our people, and he related to me an experience that he had had.
He said he had business that called him to the Pacific Coast, and being alone, he took along a box of cigars, thinking he would enjoy the trip as best he could. After he had reached Chicago, Bishop Peck and Elder James White and his wife were on the train, bound for the same destination; and just as he got thoroughly engaged with his cigar, Elder White preached a temperance sermon, which made a lasting impression on his mind. The words spoken bore fruit, and the senator has been clear of the cigarette habit for a number of years. And now he speaks of Elder White with great respect, notwithstanding at the time he turned it off with a joke.
I know we are sometimes afraid that we shall cast pearls before swine, but would it not be better to risk throwing a peck of pearls before swine than to withhold a handful of food from one hungry soul?