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Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers June 2
Evangelize!
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many
days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not
what evil shall be upon the earth” (Ecclesiastes 11:1, 2).
We need men who will become leaders in home and foreign missionary
enterprises. We need men whose sympathies are not congealed,
but whose hearts go out to the perishing that are nigh and
afar off. The ice that binds about souls that are frozen up with selfishness
needs to be melted away, so that every brother shall realize
that he is his brother’s keeper. Then everyone will go forth to help his
neighbor to see the truth and to serve God in an acceptable service.
Then those who profess the name of Christ will aid others in the formation
of a Christlike character. If everyone would work in Christ’s
lines, much would be done to change the condition that now exists
among the poor and distressed. Pure religion and undefiled would
gleam forth as a bright and shining light. God’s love in the heart
would melt away the barriers of race and caste and would remove
the obstacles with which men have barred others away from the
truth as it is in Jesus. True religion will induce its advocates to go
forth into the highways and byways of life. It will lead them to help
the suffering, and enable them to be faithful shepherds going forth
into the wilderness to seek and to save the lost, to lead back the perishing
sheep and lambs.
The most unfortunate may bear the image of God, and they are of
value to God. Those who have true religion will realize that it is their
supreme duty to reveal Christ to men, to make manifest the fact that
they have learned in the school of Christ. O that we might individually
realize that we are simply stewards in trust of God’s means, and
that we are to use the gifts God has given us as Christ used His eternal
riches in seeking and saving that which is lost. We are only
trustees, only stewards, and by and by we must give a reckoning to
the Master. He will inquire how we have used His goods, and
whether or not we have ministered to His family in the world. 3
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