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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 31, 1878

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 4, No. 41.

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A LADY once writting a letter to a young naval officer who was almost a stranger, thought, "Shall I close this as anybody would? or shall I say a word for my Master?" and lifting up her heart for a moment, she wrote, telling him that his constant change of scene and place was an apt illustration of the words, "Here we have no continuing city," and asked if he could say, "I seek one to come." In trembling she folded it and sent it off. Back came the answer: "Thank you so much for those kind words. My parents are dead. I am an orphan, and no one has spoken like that since my mother died, long years ago." The arrow, shot at a venture, hit home, and the young man shortly after rejoiced in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of peace. Christians, how often do we close a letter "as anybody would," when we might say a word for Jesus.