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Young People's Topic
FOR DECEMBER 20.
By Rev. A. A. Johnston.
"The Reward of Soul Winning."
—Dan. 13:3.
Psalms: 33:1-4, Xo. 79; 126:1-4,
ings of Cliristianity but I can tell
of (Jhrist." If we have a great
love for Christ and souls and if
there is no knoivn, weakening sin ia
Xo. 35.5; 91:12-15, Xo. 247; 119: our life, we can "tell of Christ" too.
Part 8, Xo. 32G; 122:1-4, Xo. 350. Surely we can, we that are the heirs
Parallels: James 5:20; 1 Cor. 9: of centuries of Christian education.
22; Ezek. 33:9; John 1:41-42; There are many glorious rewards
Isaiah 53:11; Luke 10:17; Luke for personal work:
15 :10; Acts 15 :3; 1 Thess. 2 :19-20;
Ps. 126:6.
Those who have read Church history
I. The Souls That Are Won.
The CuUinan diamond is worih a
million dollars. A Raphael recently
very carefully, have been much sold for five hundred thousand. A
impressed with the fact of the wonderful
famous horse was bought not many
spread of Christianity during months ago for four hundred thou­
the firstthree centuries. xVt the beginning
sand dollars. And yet all the matianity
of the fourth century, Christerial
world is as nothing when comsand
had become the state repared
to an immortal soul. Timid
ligion of the Eoman Empire and Edward Kimball stepped into a
had been acknowledged by the Emperor
store and spoke to a young man
Constantine. During all these about Christ. The young man yield­
}-ears there had been no great missionaries
ed his life to Christ and out of that
except Paul. He, of course, store came Dwight L. Moody to beed
was a genius of the first order—
consecrated, fully surrendered, brilliant,
gin his world-wide work for souls.
A young agnostic came to one of our
a wonderful organizer. When State universities. A member of the
you read his epistles you are conscious
students' Y. M. C. A. spoke to him
that he expects enterprising about Christ and there began the
and devout men to follow him in work that led to the winning of
building up the Church. But such John E. Mott. These men have
was not the case. There were none been modern apostles, doing wonders
who possessed his wonderful qualities
to carry on his work. For centuries
for the kingdom.
II. The Consciousness of a Com­
there were no commanding mand Obeyed.
missionary geniuses. How then did Christ's example and explicit
Christianity spread Solely by command urge us to begin the work.
personal work. Everybody was talking
"Go ye therefore and make disci­
about it. There were not so ples.'' From the calling of his dis­
many preachers but everyone passed
on the wonderful word of salvation
ciples to the thief won on the cross,
our Lord was unceasingly winning
through Clirist. The husband souls. There is a great joy in knowciples
told the wife and wife told husband ing that we are obedient to the last
and they together told the children. command of our departed Lord.
Slave spoke to fellow slave. The sailor
There are many more rewards.
spoke of it when he wandered There is no joy like seeing a friend
on a foreign shore, and the soldier snatched from Satan, our Church
told the story to the barbarian he would increase and glow with new
had conquered on the outskirts of power, joy is brought to Christ and
the Empire. It was the method God the angels, an unspeakable peace
Messed so marvelously then and it would rule in our hearts. Are we
seems to be the only method which turning many to righteousness If
will be successful now. Missionaries,
ministers. Sabbath-school teachers,
church members, everyone who
has felt the life-giving touch of
Christ, must be a witness for Him.
Robert E. Speer quotes from a
letter of a friend of his who is a
missionary in Central Cliina. This
friend was telling of an old Chinese
farmer, who had become a saint,
whose name was Tai. He was a
(vonderful personal worker and man
norant old man, and never have
been to school. I don't know anj'­
thing about the great, deep teach­
not, we are missing a wonderful
privilege here and splendid rewards
in the world to come.
IN MEIVIORIAM.
Robert Copeland, oldest member of
Brookland R. P. Congregation passed
to his rest October 17th, 1911, aged 77
years. He was greatly afflicted, being
unable to attend church for two
years or more, but in patience he possessed
his soul. "I shall be satisfled
of prayer. One day he said to the when I awake with Thy likeness."—
missionary, "Teacher, I am an ig­
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FOI! DECEMBER 2:^., 1914.
By Eev. J. M. Johns'.on.
Foreign :\Iissions. Matt. 2S:l,s-2ii.
1. The Cyprus Field.
2. The Syrian Field.
3. The Cliina Field.
Is. 35:1-3. Is. 35:3-10. Ps. 102:13-
16. Fs. 117:1, 2. Ps. 102:15-17.
P«. 102:19-22. l's. 67. Gal. 1:15-
17. Acts 5:41-42. Psalms: 100:1-4.
(m:1-1. 102:19-20. 72:13-17. HS:1-
4. 89:15-18.
1.. The Cyprus Field.
In the Manual on .\lis-ions in our
Church we are told that the work
The commission respecting the
spread of tbe (inspd is as broad as in C}i3rus was opened in the yciii'
the world and as far reaching as the 1SS7 in Larnaca under the care of
human race. ''tJo ve." "teach all nations."
ISOl J. R. W. Stevenson was in
the Latakia ^Mission. In the year
Passages: Mark 16:16. Is. 40:3-5. (Continued on page 1" ^