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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 27, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 45.

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Footprints.

"WHAT is that, father?" asked Benny.
"It is a footprint, my son; and it is a sign that some one came into our front garden last night."
"It must be," replied Benny; "for there could not be a footprint without somebody had been there to make it."
"That is true, Benjamin; and now, show me some of the footprints of the Creator?"
"I don't understand you, father," Benny said.
"Well, who made all these beautiful flowers, these splendid trees, the clouds up in the sky, the great round earth, and set the mighty sun flaming in the heavens, and started the bright moon?"
"Oh, God, to be sure!"
"Then all these things are but footprints of the Creator. They are the sign that there is a Creator, and that he has been here. See this ice-plant that I hold—man could never have made it; see all the glistening grass; hear all the chirping birds—man did not and could not make them; and they are all simple 'footprints' of the great Creator, to prove to us that there is a good and great God, whom we love, worship, and obey. Do you understand?"
"Yes, father, I understand very well now, and I thank you for teaching me that lesson."