"CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS; FOR THOU SHALT FIND IT AFTER MANY DAYS."
By C. SORENSON
A FAMILY of Christian people were very much concerned about the salvation of one of their unbelieving neighbors. They were receiving much help from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, and, after they had read the papers, they gave them to this neighbor. There seemed, however, to be but little hope of his receiving any benefit from them, for, in place of reading them, he used them to cover the bare walls of his little cabin. This man was an inveterate smoker, and during the long winter evenings would sit in front of the fireplace and smoke pipeful after pipeful of the weed. As the SIGNS on the walls became ragged and torn he would tear strips from them, and use them to light his pipe. One evening, after lighting his pipe in the usual manner, as he took the strip of paper between his fingers to pinch off the charred portion, something on the paper attracted his attention. He read it very attentively, and then wanted to read the remainder of the article. As it happened, the paper containing this was pasted on the wall upside down. The Spirit of God had impressed the few words he had read upon his mind with such a force that he did not rest until he had carefully removed the paper from the wall and read the entire article. The seed sown now began to grow. Paper after paper was read, and to-day the man is rejoicing in the full light of the "third angel's message." Columbia, Okla.
C. SORENSON.