WM. INGS by Wm. Ings.

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 3, 1885

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 34

WM. INGS

By Wm. Ings.

Encouraging.

How MANY ways the Lord works to bring the honest to see the light of present truth! I will mention a case of a person who recently left Chicago to visit a sister in Humboldt County, Cal. Just before leaving that city she felt impressed one Sunday morning to visit a certain park, and as it was not her custom to spend her time at such places on that day, she thought it so strange that her mind should be thus exercised; but she had no peace of mind until she went. She took her Bible with her, and, on reaching the park, she found five of our young sisters there holding a Bible-reading on the second advent; she joined them and became interested in the subject. They treated her kindly and invited her to the mission rooms, where she obtained a supply of our reading matter to bring with her. She reached Eureka the last day of our good camp-meeting, and heard one sermon on the doctrine of immortality of the soul. This was not congenial to her feelings, but at the close of the sermon, as she saw the minister so earnest in appealing to the people to accept of truth and discard error, she thought in her heart, surely that was a man of God; her prejudice gave way and her visits to the meetings that followed the camp-meeting, have led her into all the truth. Sprinkling is no longer considered baptism, and next Sunday, the Lord willing, she will be planted in the likeness of Christ's death.

I will also relate another item of encouragement to those who have given of their means to sustain the distributers. During our camp-meeting at Eureka, a sailor, born in Sweden (who had a devoted mother whose prayers are now answered), left the sea because he could not keep Sunday as strictly as his conscience demanded. Having left the ship at Eureka, he stopped at one of the hotels where our distributer was placed; from it he supplied himself with reading matter, and saw in one of the SIGNS a notice of our recent camp-meeting. While he was out seeking a retired spot to pray, he found our camp, and attended our meeting. He became interested, saw the truth and embraced it, was baptized, and now he can see why he quit the sea at Eureka. Two others were brought to the meeting in the same manner, and one, a Dane, who also was a sailor, has embraced the truth.

By these circumstances we can see that our efforts in reaching out after souls, are not lost. So let us sustain every enterprise put forth to advance the Third Angel's Message.