Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-05-05

in leanet form,
=. and many soul
..sz&ssaAss~ & has been awak-
ened by one of
these silent messengers which God
has put into the hand at just the right
moment.
A man stepped into a street car in
New York, and before taking his seat
gave to each passenger little card
bearing the words, Look to Jesus
when tempted. when troubled. when
dying" One of the passengers care
fully read the card and put it in his
pocket. AS he left the car he said tc
the giver, Sir, when you gave me
this card was On my way to the fer
ry, intending to jump from the boat
and drown myself The death of my
wife and son had robbed me of all de-
sire to live, but this card has persuad-
ed me to start life anew Good-day
and God bless you"
There is no such thing as chance in
this world, and those who seek to be
led by the Spirit often find themselves
messengers of mercy to some weary
soul. A lady once travelled two huG-
dred miles to tell the writer personal
ly how a card which he had given her
had led to her conversion. 1t lay in
her bureau drawer, bearing its silent
testimony from time to time as she
read it, until finally it led her TO
! Christ
| Some ministers make constant use
of leaflets in their personal work.
They open the way for conversation.
and often they are better than words,
j for soul under conviction is some.
times disposed to quarrel, but one can
not quarrel with tract 1t never
loses its temper. never answers back.
and it sticks to what it has said Be-
| sides, you can send a leafet into many
places where you cannot go yourself
People in sorrow or sickness love to
be remembered, and boys think more
of minister who occasionally gives
them a bright leafet A man wrote
me that in town where he had used.
why a Boy Should Be a Christian, .
| forty-fVe people on their examination
for church membership testified that
they attributed their conversion main
ly to that leafiet
Housekeepers can use tracts to good
advantage. Lay them on the parlor
table that callers may read them while
waiting. Often there is time enough
for one to be converted while a lady
is finishing her toilet. Give them to
the milkman, the grocer, the post
man; inclose them in letters. library
books and packages.
Business men have fine opportuni
ties for this kind of work A man
once said, 4 cannot speak in meeting
but if you will supply me with choice
reading matter, will pay for it and
inclose it in the packages which &C
out Of my store Recently a Gus
toner uttered an oath in a New Yorl
business house. The proprietor quiet
ly handed him Little Preacher
entitled, why Do You Swear?" The
man read it, tears came to his eyes
and he said, Il beg your pardon, sir.
Never mind me-" said the other, 'bu
don't you think you had better ash
Gods pardon? 1t was his name tha
you profaned.' 4 will do it. sir" sai(
the man, and he shook his hand warm
ly 1t is not an easy matter to re
bulze a swearer, but anyone can say
Here is a leadet which you may fine
helpful or he can mail one to ever!
profane person whom he knows
Teachers can make good use of leaf
let's Those who cannot talk witt
their pupils can put into their hands
the wise words of others Old-fash
ioned tracts will not do for boys
They want something which sparkIe
with life, which rivets the attention
and which stops when it gets there
This is a busy age. we all know
People have not time, or think tina
they have not, to read books on re
ligion. but if you put into their hand
something which is attractive, inter
esting, and which can be read in
few minutes, it is sure of attention
! | am convinced that anyone can easil,
,, multiply his influence twentyfold b,
wise use of printers ink.
Never give away a tract unless yol
! KNOW us COul0HtS- use ali Ln0 laC
you have and pray for more. An oil
man said to a train boy, No, don
want your popcorn, don't you see
+. haven't any teeth?" Buy some gun
drops then, nice fresh gum drops.
That boy knew how to adapt himsel
to his customers, and so should we
: physician told me recently tha
three times in three different cities
and at intervals of about year, some
one put into his pocket without hi
! knowledge little card containing tn
words, Have you a home in HEAVIER
where the angels are, and where you
mother is, etc?" The first two card
set him thinking, but the third cam
n at time when he had just lost hi
d mother, and it led him to Christ. N
G one of the three people knew that the
Il were supplementing each other
e work, and yet they were. None c
Y the three knew that any good cam
r. from the card which they dropped int
the strangers pocket, but he kne'
and God knew, and that was enough
n We shall never know all the good tha
!. comes from this kind of silent preacl
i. ing, but we know enough to make
almost criminal for us to neglect it.
Work to Please God.
" If we would please God we mu:
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