Value of Tracts

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 21, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 24.

The Christian Advocate tells this story of Adoniram Judson, as related by his son, Dr. Edward Judson:

He says that when his father was laying deep the foundation of Christianity in the Burman empire, during the seven years before the first sheaf was gathered in, the first inquirer was caught by a tract. The missionary was sitting on the veranda when a Burman came up the steps and sat down by his side. The missionary supposed he had come with some request from the government, and asked him whence he came. Without answering, the visitor propounded this question:

"How long a time will it take me to learn the religion of Jesus?"

"Who is Jesus?" said the missionary.

"The Son of God, who, pitying creatures, came into the world to die in their stead," he answered.

"Who is God?"

"A BEING WITHOUT BEGINNING OR END, WHO IS NOT SUBJECT TO OLD AGE OR DEATH, BUT ALWAYS IS."

These truths the Burman had learned from a stray tract.