Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20

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part in the proceedings. But, nay
friends. there. i . great response
bility resting upon you. The on
GERS and leaders may work hardand
earnestly for the welfare Of the As
ISOLATION, but the success Of the
Young Mems Christian Association
for any other organized bodyl de-
ponds largely, or almost entirely,
upon the interest OF it's members IS
individuals.
Young man, are you doing your
duty as . member Of this Associa-
ton, or are you leaving your part
for some one else 10 play? Are you
making use Of every opportunity 70
speak q word for Christ ?-to help
some fallen brother? You may say
there Is nothing ! can do. l can't
sing; can't lead q meeting; / can
pray in public. . IL may he that
you cannot. but there is one thing
you can do-you can talk. God has
given you the power of speech, and
you can At least speak q kind word
to some respondent soul. Do you
not know that the world Ii thirsting
for that which you can give, even .
kind word ? Hasten, my brother. TO
give it.
Look around you and you viii find
plenty 70 do. Souls are dying eve
~ hour. Men are being ushered
into the great eternity unprepared,
and still you say there is nothing
you can do? There may be broth
er standing by your side who is not
on the right road. Have you spoken
to him about the welfare Of his soul
There my be Q dear friend who is
sinking into the lowest depths Of
degradation. Have you tried to
point that friend 10 Jesus ? II not,
you are not doing your duty. We
usually speak to our friends about
everything else but their souls sal
walton. The most important part Of
all is the most neglected.
Some may pretend they are not
their brothers keeper; that they
will not be held responsible for the
souls of those around him. 1t may
be well for some 10 believe this. but,
my brother, my belief is that, as
sure as there is q God in heaven who
rules this universe, you and will,
in a measure, be held responsible
for the souls of those about US, as
well as our own soul. Some one has
well said Live for the happiness Of
others and you will be happy your
self, and / say, live to save the
souls Of others, and in so doing you
viii save your own soul.
Two friends viii meet and begin
10 talk on various subjects-politics,
etc.-but it is q very rare thing to
hear one 70 say to theother, Broth
er, how is it with your soul ?" Did
you stop for a moment and consider
the value Of a soul? Dear beloved,
II there was but one man in Siberia
unsaved, and all the world was
saved besides, il God should move
our minds, il would be worth for all
the people in America to 60 after
that one soul. Did you ever think
of the value Of a soul? All you
have not heard the bowls and yells
Of hell; you have not heard the nigh
ty songs and hosannas of the glori-
fed; you have no idea Of what eter-
nifty Is, or else you would know the
value of . soul. We, who have been
broken by conviction, humbled by
the spirit and led to cry for mercy
through the covenant of Christ, know
something of what souls value is.
Could we preach carelessly, could
we pray coldly II we knew what a
precious thing il is about which we
are concerned +? No, surely we would
be double in earnest about this mat
ter.
II is sad to know that there are in
the world today over eight million
of people who have not heard the
Gospel Of Christ, over eight million
who have not heard the story Of the
man Of Nazareth who died for their
sins! Ii is these people that we
tthe members Of the Young Men :
Christian Association should endea-
vor 10 reach; and ! believe we will
reach them IL our Association con-
tinues 20 grow in the future IS it
has in the past few years. All We
need is thoroughly interested men,
bers. We need men who have the
interest OF the Association az heart.
We need men who win make the
saving Of souls the chief object Of
their lives and not the almighty dol
lar We want men who viii dare to
stand up for Jesus Christ, no mat
ter what the sacrifice may be. When
our ranks have been filed with men
OF this type heathenisln win nolong-
er prevail, but in its place God 5
kingdom viii be built up in every