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A WORD IN SEASON

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 5, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 10.

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A WORD IN SEASON

By C. T. Parmelee

C. T. PARMELEE
(Guthrie, O. T.)
THE wind was keen, and the journey was long. But I felt that the journey must be made before nightfall. And then, I might get a chance to ride. The city was twelve miles away; and as it was Sabbath afternoon, many teams were coming from its busy streets. As mile after mile was passed by, none were found going my way.
Presently my book satchel seemed to grow heavy, and my step to slacken. Passers-by scarcely peered out from their wrappings to utter a feeble greeting. Nine miles was left behind when from a passing carriage came the cheery tones of the driver, “Wish I were going the other way.”
In a second I caught his meaning, and responded, “Thank you.”
It was only a little act, and cost but one breath; but the effect was magical. My step quickened, and my mind recalled Isa. 50:4: “The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.” And I asked myself, “Do I always do that for pilgrims bound for the celestial city?”