Editorial March 5, 1984 Issue

10¢ opened the way to regeneration

WILLIAM E. MOODY

Actually it was a heart yearning to know God that prepared the way, but the ten cents did play an interesting part. Here is what happened.

Each year the supporters of a community's symphony would collect used books and later sell them to the public at a bookfair. The enterprise raised some needed funds for the symphony; but at this particular sale there was a considerable added benefit to one of the book buyers as well.

The young woman browsing through the secondhand volumes was a college student. For some months during the previous year she and a close friend had prayed together and earnestly sought to understand the nature of God. The two women had been roommates; but now they attended different universities and were corresponding regularly to share their views about life's meaning and purpose.

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