ENCOURAGING TO THE WORKERS.
By Editor
OFTENTIMES the Christian worker becomes discouraged because he sees no returns from the seed sown; yet, nevertheless, the seed is growing unknown to him, and its abundant fruit, seen by others here, will be realized by him, if faithful, in the day of God. The following letter, received a few days since, is so full of encouragement to missionary workers that we give it entire:— DEAR EDITOR: I saw a piece in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES in September from D. T. Shireman, of Asheville, N. C., which I would like very much to repeat over and over again, as I know the benefit of receiving the SIGNS OF THE TIMES from some Christian brother or sister. I do not know who sends it to me, but I thank God for it; it has been a blessing to me and also to many others, and may God's richest blessings fall on the sender of the SIGNS to me. Two years and a half ago I was far away from God and very sick, given up by many doctors. I read an account of healing, and I had heard so many people say that God was no respecter of persons, that I knelt down and asked God to heal my body and I would be a Christian; and, praise his dear name, he did heal me right away. I promised I would work for him if he did heal me, so I have given my heart to him, and my life, and now I work in the slums of Boston. All I have and all I ever expect to have belongs to Jesus. I follow where he leads. He leads me sometimes into the State's prisons, and I take the SIGNS OF THE TIMES with me. Three weeks ago I left the paper with a colored man who knew not the Shepherd's voice, but a passage or a message came to him through the SIGNS, "To-day is the day of salvation." That night he could not sleep. He got up and knelt down in his prison cell and cried to God for forgiveness of his sins, and the Father both heard and answered his prayer. He has the witness that he is a child of the King. I could tell you of many others in the prisons and dark places where the SIGNS OF THE TIMES has proved a blessing and a lamp to their feet. Oh, the little things we all might do while the daylight lasts! Only a little effort of the dear one who sends the SIGNS to me, and, oh, the sunlight it has brought to many who were in darkness! I feel it my duty to write to you and thank the sender through your paper, as I have no address of the sender, and also to encourage some of the dear children of God to continue in the good work of sending their papers out to others. May God bless all your efforts to help others into the light, and when the Lord comes to gather his children home, may there be many jewels among the dear ones who have done the best they could through the SIGNS OF THE TIMES to turn on the light into the dark places where they knew not the sunlight of God's love. I remain your sister in Christ!