FCP-00.3-NEW PREFACE.

NEW PREFACE. This edition follows the revised Memorial edition, which was published in 1996, and, although it has been rearranged, it still contains all the material, which God put into Mr. Payne’s heart to write so many years ago.

I compile it now, with the same purpose in mind as he had in that first little book, with praise to God for His wonderful love, and, with the prayer that the intricate designs and patterns found in all God’s Creation, will reveal to the reader, they are His Seal upon His Handiwork, believe God and His Word, and find Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Mr. and Mrs. Payne loved the Word of God, and, their Bible study groups, and the books and pamphlets they wrote, brought many, including my wife and I, to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He had a vigorous and inquiring mind, and, his greatest interest, other than the Scriptures, was in Creation. He established a seven-acre garden at Athelstone, in the foothills of Adelaide, which, some years after his death, became one of the South Australian Reserves. Two particular plants he cultivated bear his name and many of the observations about flowers and birds in the Seal of God, are his own.

He placed the book in my hands some time before his death in 1972, at which time I re-wrote it, adding more material to the original. It has reached out to thousands, all over the world, since that first little book, giving added confidence to those who love the Lord, encouraging those, young in the faith, and been the means of bringing many unbelievers to find salvation through Christ Jesus our Lord.

E. R. FINCK
November 2000