The Hall-Mark

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 14, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 27.

COLPORTEUR DIAZ sold 3,708 copies of Scriptures in Santiago last year. “Señor, your Bibles lack the official seal of the Holy See and of the Archbishop, and must be false,” objected a man to whom he showed his books. “But,” replied the colporteur, “a nugget of gold, because it has not the hall-mark is none the less a nugget of gold, and you would not reject it; and altho my Bibles have not the mark you desire, they are none the less genuine copies of the Bible.” “Ah! that is so; well, I will purchase one.”