Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

Christianity
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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
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saves the lost. No other religion does this.
Christianity is not only sublimely different from all other world
religions because of the miracles it performs, but because of the
desire it implants in the human soul for the reclamation of
sinners. There is in every other religion either horror or contempt
for the vile and dissolute. In Christianity there is nothing
but compassion. Other religions wait for men to seek them,
Christianity seeks men and dies directly it ceases to seek."
808. In an address on soul-winning, C. R. Scoville gave the
following illustrations : "An honourable man approached Dr.
Lyman Beecher in his old age, and said, 'Doctor, you have lived
a long time and have seen and known many things; what do
you consider the main thing?' And the old veteran replied: 'It
is not theology; it is not controversy; it is the saving of souls.'
"The last sentence of the great evangelist, Knowles Shaw,
was, 'Oh, it is glorious to rally souls to the cross.'
"One conversation of Dean Hook, walking through the park
arm in arm with a young man, saved Samuel Wilberforce, and
liberated the slaves of the British Empire.
" 'The longer I live,' said H. W. Beecher, 'the more confidence
I have in those sermons where one man is the minister and one
man is the congregation; where there is no question as to who
is meant; where the preacher says, "Thou art the man;" the
gospel, like sunshine, is scarcely noticed when it falls broadly,
but concentrated on one spot, it soon burns.'
"One has said : 'The church needs not more men, but man ;'
Dr. Dixon says : 'The church evangelical is the church on ice
and the church evangelistic is the church on fire.'
"The Christian, like a telephone, must be a receiver and a
transmitter. With ear open to the Infinite and life insulated
from the world, he must transmit the glorious gospel of the
Son of God to the unsaved millions. We are heirs of the ages,
and also trustees of the future."
809. "Tommy, the stutterer, could not speak a sentence plainly.
He was nevertheless a successful soul-winner. During revival
meetings you might see Tommy in the corner with his Bible,
pointing some sinner to God, and soon the sinners would be
rejoicing. One of the ministers said: 'Tommy, how do you
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