A man once entered a bookshop and inquired of the storekeeper if he had Paine’s “Age of Reason.” The Christian bookseller replied he had not, but that he had a better Book, which he usually sold for $1.50. He would lend it to him if he would read it. After he had read it, if he did not think it was worth $1.50, he would take it back again. His customer contented and smiled when he found that the Book he had promised to read was the Bible. However, he took the precious volume home and began to read it. Sometime later he returned to the bookstore and expressed his deepest gratitude. Through it he had found the way of salvation through Christ, the Son of God.
ML 09/05/1965