Ellsworth American., 1903-01-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.
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Topic For the Week Beginning Jan.
II-Comment by Rev. s. II. Doyle.
Topic. Bringing others to Christ-John
1. 40-45; iv. $50 Mark V. 10. 20.
The supreme mission of the Christian
iii this life is to bring others to Christ.
Like Andrew, having found the Mes
siah ourselves we should go to others,
tell them this fact and invite them to
come to Him. Christs mission was to
seek souls. To seek and to save the
lost was His chief business in life, and
as His disciples and followers it should
be ours.
The principal factors in bringing
others to Christ are personal work and
individual effort. The church services
and the preaching of the gospel are
not by any means to be underrated in
their importance yet it must be ac
knowledged that most people are led
to Chris - Land to hand, face to face
work Tins = hod is eminently Scrip
tural Ana.cy led Peter to Christ.
Philip led Nathaniel Christ addressed
the multitudes. yet He also had the time
to speak to one man, Nicodemus, and
to one woman, the woman of Samaria.
Peter and John brought the lame man
at the beautiful gate to the Master,
and Philip was led off to the Spirit to
have the revival at Samaria that he
might preach the gospel to the Eth
opian and bring him to Christ. Surely
there is one person in our homes or
among our acquaintances that we can
TO bring one person to Christ may
seem an insignificant thing, yet eternity
alone can reveal the results of such
a work. Andrew could not see Pente-
cost and 5000 souls saved under Peters
prea ching in one day, when he brought
him to Jesus. That may have seemed
little thing to him, but how important
it was in the light of future events!
1t may have seemed a little thing for
Christian workman to have invited
Boston shoe clerk to Sunday school,
yet how transcendently important it
was in view of Dwight l.. Moody's
subsequent career! No soul seeking
service is a little thing If but the one
soul is saved, it would repay lifetime
OF work, for has not Christ declared
that our soul is worth more than all
this world?
To be successful in bringing others
to Christ we must be consistent in our
own lives as Christians. If your reli-
gion has not made you better, it will
be useless to recommend it to some
body else. Peter had confidence in
Andrews word and life, else he never
would have followed him to Christ.
Get sin out of your own life before you
attempt to show others the way TO
Christ. If still living in sin, we have
not Travelled the way of salvation our
selves, and how can we guide others
along a way unknown to ourselves?
1t would be case of blind leading the
blind and both would fall into the
ditch. Keep right with God yourself
full soul winners.
In bringing others to Christ we not
only bless them. and perhaps countless
others through them. but we bless our
selves. "Whosoever shall do and teach
foods commandments the same shall
be called great in the kingdom of
heaven" ''They that turn many to
righteousness shall shine as the stars
forever and ever"
BIBLE READINGS.
Gen. vii, 1; Mum. <, %; Ps. Ii. 1913;
Dan. xii, 8; Luke xiv, 1924: XIV, ITO;
John Iii, 1-16; Acts /, s; viii. 26-40;
Rev. xxi, II.