Ellen G. White — Messenger to the Remnant

Large Books Bear a Harvest

When in Australia, Mrs. White was told of a family residing on a large farm. The husband and father had almost accepted the message and then had slipped back. Soon after she learned of this she was impressed. to call on the family and leave some of her books with the man. The experience is told feelingly in her own words: EGWMR 120.9

“I visited with him, taking with me a few of my large books. I talked with him just as though he were with us. I talked of his responsibilities. I said, ‘You have great responsibilities, my brother. Here are your neighbors all around you. You are accountable for every one of them. You have a knowledge of the truth, and if you love the truth, and stand in your integrity, you will win souls for Christ.’ EGWMR 120.10

“He looked at me in a queer way, as much as to say, ‘I do not think you know that I have given up the truth, that I have allowed my girls to go to dances, and to the Sunday school, that we do not keep the Sabbath.’ But I did know it. However, I talked to him just as though he were with us. ‘Now,’ I said, ‘we are going to help you to begin work for your neighbors. I want to make you a present of some books.’ EGWMR 120.11

“He said, ‘We have a library, from which we draw books.’ EGWMR 120.12

“I said, ‘I do not see any books here. Perhaps you feel delicate about drawing from the library. I have come to give you these books, so that your children can read them, and this will be a strength to you.’ EGWMR 120.13

“I knelt down and prayed with him, and when we rose, the tears were rolling down his face, as he said, ‘I am glad that you came to see me. I thank you for the books.’”—Evangelism, 451, 452. EGWMR 120.14

The man read and lent the books, and soon he and his entire family were firmly in the message together with some of their neighbors who also read the books. EGWMR 120.15