The New Life

Personal Work.
blessing to them.* The teacher alone cannot do this
^ork of personal speaking : every ransomed soul
must co-operate with him. He is in the world as a
-witness for his Lord. His own life cannot come to
We must have the courage to say, " He has
its full healthy increase, if he does not confess his
Ivord and work for Him.
That witness for the Lord must be a personal witness.
redeemed me; He will also redeem you : will you
not accept this redemption? Come, let me show
you the way." ^ There are hundreds who would be
glad if the personal question were put to them,
" Are you redeemed ? What keeps you back ? Can
I not help you to go to the Lord ? " Parents ought
to speak personally with their children, and put the
question, " My child have you already received the
Lord Jesus?" Teachers in Sabbath-schools and in
day-schools, when they teach the word of God, ought
to bring forward the personal question, whether the
children have really received salvation, and ought to
seek the opportunity of also putting the question to
them separately. Friends must speak with their
friends. Yesj before all else should this work be
done.
Such work must be the work of love. Let souls
feel that you love them tenderly. Let the humility
and gentleness of love, as this was to be seen in
Jesus, be seen also in you. At every turn surrender
yourself to Jesus to be filled with His love : not by
1 Ex. xviii. 8, II ; 2 Chron. v. 3.
2 John i. 42, 46, iv. 28, 39 ;
Acts xi. 19.