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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 24, 1878

SOWING

By C. H. Bliss

“Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.” “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand; for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.”

What Christian laborer can foretell the full results of his efforts to advance the cause of his Master? Thirteen years ago a Seventh-day Adventist minister preached the doctrines held by this people, in a small town in Illinois. After sowing the seed he left, but it soon sprouted. He came back, with other help, to cultivate the crop, and a church was organized. From that church have sprung several ministers; and through their labor others have embraced the truth, and several churches have been organized in this Conference and others.

Six years ago I went to spend the winter in a certain county in this State (Illinois), with the expectation of meeting with success in proclaiming the truth; but I labored hard and traveled much through the cold, yet left in the spring with no visible results. However, in one of the localities in which I labored some, there are now about thirty Sabbath-keepers, and but little ministerial labor has been bestowed there since.

“He that goeth forth, and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” C. H. BLISS.

Mt. Vernon, Ill.