"As a boy I was raised in a Christian home. Upon graduation from high school I went on to university. The teachers were atheists, and I was soon following the ways of the world and its beliefs. I came to Canada, an atheist, a drunkard and a gambler.
"One night coming home from the tavern, drunk as usual, I walked through a street meeting. The speaker had the God-given sense not to argue with a drunkard, but slipped a tract into my pocket.
"About noon the next day, awaking from sleep, I went through my pockets for a cigarette to steady my nerves. Instead, I found a tract containing the Word of God which proved to be a healing ointment for a weary and sin-sick soul.
"I read it and knelt down, but did not know how to pray. Finally a verse of Scripture came to me that my aunt taught me as a little boy. It was Isaiah 53:55But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5): 'But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.'
"I arose from my knees a new creature in Christ Jesus, and today it is my privilege to teach and preach the Lord Jesus Christ everywhere I go."
And Eric has sent many a tract on its way since that night to spread the "good news" of God's love as shown in Christ's death on the cross for us.