The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1967

ristiatt ifburatiott By Mrs. Earl Umbaugh CONCERNING TRACTS '' \A 7 ell, Ben, ho\!\" did you like that tract I ga ,,e to )'OU one da ) 1 ?'' The Country Parson asked his n1a11 Who kept the \\ 1 eeds a\\ra)' . "Ah , Parson , it ,,,as jes' for 111e, Hit sure did me some good I couldn't tell ,, 1 hy call 'em tracks But no,v I 'n1 sure I could. "For \\ 1 hen I read that little book I-lit track me e, 1 er, 1,, 1 here; I l it track me do~ 1 n de cellar steps, I lit track me up de stair. "I-lit track n1e right out to de bar11 'Nen to de house hit come: I lit track me all aroun' the farn1 At las' - hit track me home. "I lit track 1ne till I 'fessed my sins - Took dat I stole right back: I-lit done l1as tracked me to de La,,,d God bless \'o' for dat Track! ., '' I jes' about'n ,,,ore hit out - But - did ,,o' ,,,an' it back? I 1i ts trackin' ., land 1 ! n I kno\i\ 1 J cs· \\'h)' )'OU call hit ' track."' b), Effie 0. Foss ·i·ract d1~tr1bution 1 a mean of making a witne for - us hrist. Thi can be done by young and old alike. ven the newborn Christian can u e thi s method very ef– ~ctiveJy. Use a Sunday evening youth meeting a a n1e to study one or two good tracts. Then provide a ood supply of each and encourage your group to di - ibute them y tematically in a ' eighborhood Inva ion" r at a hopping en ter ome Friday evening or aturday I ternoon. On the ucceeding unday evening have a ...port hour telling of the experience they had in doing • 11 • Y ur Youth roup might prepare and finance a Tract acl' in a nearby Airport, Railroad or Bu tat1on or Ho - ital \\'aiting J{oorll. If this is undertaken it n1u t he 111/1/1,l('v <~fe(111ed a11d fil!e(/. racl\ can be given out at hool, at the 111arket. in restaurant~, on street car and Jse . i 'e out tract e ' J)ecting od to lJlcss H i~ Word . You a) ee nothi,,g f r 111a11y )'ears and then lJe surp1 ,~ed h n }ou di co r hc,v.1 tl1 lJord has Llsed th is s r11a 11 rt r l-l i e, ic . 1ttch of our witne is seed sowing. he Apo ti l'auJ aid in J ori r1Lhians 4:6-8 that 011e }Jut • • J d t l1a t • th • )" n ~ ate, ,, 1 g1v s 1ncr as". t 111 life I L, J , LI f e.:r , a11d • hlll I \\ !)18)' })f,{ ) ' Yl,ll t d l .. rt i11g all tl1e Ylhil . "J l1i .. aithft1l 11 \\' i 11 IlO t I }OU d Jl alone. 11 h~ • d t be v.•it h J)I n11 f ll... nJ I> 11}1 ui and pr n111ch . I f a I • 111 (}3 pr adir1g u n " J) A I c p I? tr l l) l,t ai n I r • t ti r I I , ent p r ht111dr d • fl J)UJ or a \ )J)l • E OHIO I 'DEPENDEN Oo you know of a urer way of " owing bountifully,, and " reaping bountifully?" omeone may ay, "I have ·een a tract taken from an envelope and hurled into the waste– ba ket. " Granted! But even then you cannot be po itive that it is wa ted. A janitress in New York City wrote to ~l tract di tributor saying he had found a tract in a waste– basket and she liked it so well she sent for a quantity to di stribute. There are tho e who object to tract work because they have een tracts on the idewalk which were di carded by the recipient . True! Some of the tracts di tributed may be wasted, but the work i abundantly worth-while making that allowance. (Luke 8: 5-8) Thi i the way God work . Do we de pair at ever having a maple tree because thou and ye , million . of the little seedling float through the air and never take root and grow. on- ider the da:1delion fuzz eed that float through air. Ye God always ow more eed than bring forth fruit. He doe not top. God doe the abundant . Je u aid, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.' ' John 5: 17 In our own tate of Ohio thi pa t month the writer heard the fo ll owing te timony howing the re ult of a tract mini try. ' 'A few week ago my friend Mr . and I were admiring the fall flower and the changing at1tumn color of the garden, Mr . aid, ·o n't you ju t love the fall ea on? I think it ' the nic t tin1e of the year, ' he aid. I aid, 'O. I don 't kn w, it alwa}· en1 d - pre ing t n1e, the end of everything.' h n h pok l the ati .. faction there i in the harve t. the urgen ) . th bringing in of th at la t tender plant bef r fro t. I aid, ·~1 have alway liked th pr1ng .. ea~ n \\<hen v r 'thing i\ nice and green. the eed tin1e.' or our e. ur h , rve ' t depend~ on the kind f e d , e plant. h \\.i \\ 11 th~ ii 1s prepared, the c ntr I f the w cd and th sun hine ar1d th rain. v ral ear ag v. hen 111 1 h11sband \\ a ·• milk n1an h bro11ght hon1e a crt1n1pled. drr,t , pie <.11 paper that he tho11ght n11ght he f int r t t m It hatl l) ·en d1\cardcd . \.\alked t1pon h11t till pr '1 tts ccd. It \\' as the IJ t t le tr, t • F R HI \ r· ...r K OW., .., he tr tl ct ha cl pr bah 1 \' b t: en hand d to sor11e ne the night befo1c It ,,,ls l1k.e the ~ d 1n tll" J)arat1 le. It fell b\ 1 th \\ a \t(lc and \\ c1 .... t1odde11 tl,)\\ 11• 8 t1t i11 Jt)d's PI ov1den It \.\ cl\ ptck.c lip ~llld Ctlt'I I ti tt) gt, d grtlttnd \\ he,~ 11 totlk. r<)Ol an i gr ,, . I h~ f ~tll( ,, grt t111cf of 111) hcct1 t h,1<.i hcer1 br kert tt~) a11d Jlr p, r I t re ei\: the pr ciot1 s scctl. l t l1asn't hr tight f lrtl1 H l1L111 t,ell ll l a )'et bttt \\ > ha,,:\ re l's l)f'l)Olis ." B tl1 tl1 , ' 111an and h r hl1sl atlll (tht: 111ilk 111, 11) , r Ill,, v (I and Ii\ ing 1tJr 111 ist a11 l r ing ti\ I i11 111 l al, ,lr\ l~H(Jti t hltr t1 of r,, fllk. APRIL, 1967 PA E 1