The Influence of a Torn Tract
By J. R. Ferren
THUS far this year 91,560 gospel and health tracts have been supplied in the popular Dollar Package form. Have you had a part in their circulation? These are days when the Spirit of God is striving with men and women, and turning them to the study of the Word. Through the influence of a single tract or leaflet, many have, during the past summer, been led to search the Scriptures, and many more are waiting to have their minds aroused in a similar way. What a wave of influence may be set in motion by the giving out of a tract! The following words from a gentleman who prizes a few torn pages is an illustration: "I have been reading some old worn out and torn up tracts of yours, and there is something about them that makes me feel hungry and thirsting for something different from what I have been taught, and I am now over fifty years old. . . . I wish you would send me samples of other publications and price-lists, and help me to become of some service in the Master's cause." (Letter to Pacific Press Publishing Association, dated July 28, 1912.) There is a growing interest, on the part of Christian laymen and workers, in tract circulation. In a recent camp-meeting missionary service, those present purchased fifty-five of the large Five Dollar Packages of tracts, and ninety of the Dollar Packages. The large packages were for tent company and church use, and the Dollar Packages were taken by individuals and families. This is an indication of the way in which a liberal sowing of the seeds of truth is being planned for everywhere. The 20,000 copies of "Like the Leaves of Autumn," the booklet of instruction in tract work, have been used, and another edition is on the press. This help is free on request. Ought you not to supply yourself with an excellent assortment of tracts to use in connection with conversations, to enclose with letters, and to pass out as opportunity affords? You will have many, many opportunities, if you are only prepared for them. This will help you to be a stronger personal worker for Christ, and be the means of brightening the lives of many with whom you come in contact. The Dollar Package assortment provides 120 tracts, on the subjects of- Bible Study,
- Health and Temperance,
- Spiritualism,
- The Millennium,
- Prophecy,
- The Law,
- The Second Coming of Christ,
- The Immortality Question,
- The Sabbath,
- Gospel Stories.
It gives you 1,896 pages of tracts especially selected for individual or family use. A list of the tracts, classified by subjects, is given on the package. Order the Dollar Tract Package from your tract society, sending $1.25 (25 cents pays the transportation charge), and take a part in this quiet, effective way of extending a knowledge of the truths of the Bible.