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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-05
Love as a Factor in SouIWinnine
Copyright. 1904, by ]. NJ. Edson.l
1T IS THE INDISPENSABLE EQUIPMENT o.
CHRISTIAN WORKER.

| we have not the sturdy faith of a Peter,
or the power of argument of a Paul, or
the eloquence of an Apollos, we are not
able to become a soul winner. In false
modesty and humility we shrink back
from the post of duty and the life line
falls short. We think that if we could
speak as that other Christian speaks, or
if we knew our Bible as some other
one does, or if we had the conservation
and faith which are possessed by some
other brother or sister We would be glad
and eager to join the ranks of the soul
winners. But we have not, and so we
hesitate and go not at our Lords COM
mand.
How much Bible knowledge does it
take to become soul winner? Ask that
ignorant, humble laborer into whose
heart the Christ had gained entrance
and who went out among his fellow
workmen and repeated the one verse of
Scripture which he knew: For God so
loved the world that He gave His only
begOtten Son, that whosoever believeth
upon Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life"
How much wisdom and learning and
skill in argument does it take to become
a soul winner? Ask that little boy
whose infidel father sought to SOW the
seeds of infdelity in his little heart and
so printed a sign, God is Nowhere
and placed it on the walls of his home
and asked his son to read it. The little
fellow had been to Sunday school and
had learned of God and Jesus, the Sa-
viour, and he promptly spelled out the
words and said. God is Now Here
And God was there, for the unexpected
reply sent the arrow OF conviction
straight to the fathers heart. The mass
Of infidelity and unbelief was swept
away as no argument could ever have
done, and lite child it was who led the
father to Jesus.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-05

With the new relation Of the believer to
God through the cleansing power OF
Jesus blood comes a new relation TO
the world lost in sin. The one saved, by
the very nature of the new power which
has become operative in his life, must
himself become a soul-winner. Inc
man brought from the sinking ship TO
the shore in the braeches-buoy becomes
one more man at the end of the life line
to draw others from the brink OF death
to safety on shore. AS Christ reaches
out and saves it is that the one saved
may become another channel through
which redeeming grace may reach those
still in peril. Far out in the surg1ng
waves of sin the precious human souls
are going down to death. Christ throws
out link by link the human chain to
reach the sinking ones and draw them to
Him. He is mighty to save. His arm is
strong, and from it flows to His follow
ers a never-failing current of power.
But suppose the human chain is too
short to reach that perishing soul far,
far out in the grasp of the dashing
waves.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-05

N THAT inimitable classic, the thir-
| teenth chapter of Corinthians, Paul
tells us about love, the greatest thing
in the world. In words of marvellous
grace and simplicity, he shows that all
knowledge, all power, all charity and
good works are absolutely a negative
quantity, in Gods estimation, without
love. Faith-yes, because without
faith it is impossible to please God"
Hope-yes, because hope maketh not
ashamed" and because hope as an an
chor to the soul is sure and steadfast"
But. above all else love, for it is the
crowning glory of all else. AS F. B.
Meyer beautifully puts it: Faith is
the root, hope is the stem, and love is
the perfect flower" God is love-" and
hence is the source of love. God so
loved that He gave" Herein is the
depth of Gods love revealed. God
commendeth His love towards us in
that while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us, here is conQuering love.
Hereby know we love, because He laid
down His life for us"-here is love the
begetter of love. Gods love not only
conquerfng, but Gods love filling. Love
giving birth to love. We have then
Gods love-the true loVe-revealed
through Christ; love conquering
through Christ, and love begetting love
through Christ. This is the love which
is a factor in soul winning But it is
not the love which always rules in the
heart and life of Christ's followers
Faith may be present in saving power;
the Christian graces and virtues may
be a possession of the heart and an ex-
preston of the life; Christian service
may be faithfully and freely rendered,
but love may be lacking-that love
which bleeds and suffers and dies that
souls may be saved.
DAUL, who loves to reach his climaxes
/ on the sublime pinnacle of love,
pleads with the Christian in the third
chapter of Colossians, to above all
these things, put on love-" And as We
glance back over the verses which pre-
cede we discover that the apostle has
-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-05

LOW much eloquence does it take to
| | become a soul winner? Ask that con-
vert of the Water street mission, Billy
Kelly, who before his conversion was
barkeeper and sport. After he came to
Jesus he went to work at rough, hard
labor. He was surrounded by wicked,
drinking men. He longed to bring them
to Christ. He could not be eloquent in
pleading his Saviour's cause. He could
not even speak without stumbling and
faltering in his message. But he could
say: I've been down to the mission,
and you better come, too" And they
did come at the simple invitation, and
found salvation, and Billy Kelly became
an important link in the life line reach
ing out for lost men. And so ignorance,
and weakness, and lack of Scriptural
knowledge are not bar to entering the
ranks of the soul winners. There are Pc
ters to-day, there are Pauls and Apol-
loses, and they are used nightly by
God, but, thank God! Jesus calls the one
talented and the half-talented and the
Quarter-talented disciples into His ser
vice. and He blesses their efforts in the
saving of men. Learning, eloQuence,
deep understanding of the Bible enlarge
ones possibilities of service for the Mas
ter, but qualification which is more i'm
portant than all these, and which all may
possess from the lowest to the highest
from the weakest to the strongest, from
the unlettered artisan to the intellectual
giant, and which all must possess if they
would be in the ranks of the soul win
ners, is love-simple, sweet, powerful
love. Love is an essential element in
soul winning. Whatever else may be
needed or not needed, this is certain, the
soul winner must have love.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-05

A ND Christ saves you, oh Christian.
- that you may become part of the life
line reaching out into the world and
rescuing the precious souls going down
to eternal death in the black waters of
sin. Your failure to respond '5hen the
cry goes up: Another man needed :?
The line is too short!" may prevent the
rescue of one far out in the waves. And
it may be your own brother or sister.
your father or mother. A great many
prayers are requested for loved ones.
and there is much anxious thought and
even prayer for them, but, do you know.
l do not believe it will avail much in
rescuing the perishing ones unless the
one wishing to have the rescue effected
joins the life line and helps in drawing
TO the glad shores of salvation. NAV
ring my hands on the shore and CRY in
agony to God for my dear ones still out
on the perilous waters of sin, but, unless
l become one of the life line, unless I
put one hand in the strong hand of nv
Saviour and reach the other one out in
eager effort to draw the perishing one
TO Jesus, my loved one may be lost for
ever right before my very eyes.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-05

w TIL this truth clearly seen and
w sincerely accepted comes the de-
sire to know how to become a soul win
ner. Question of qualification and
equipment is at once raised. AS we hear
our Lord say to US: 60 tell,'' we turn
to Him and, in fear and weakness, plead,
as Moses did of old: "Oh, Lord, am
slow of speech" And if it is not STAN
mering tongue it is something else
which we feel utterly units us for the
doing of that which the Lord has COM
manded US to do. We feel that because
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-05

waves.
THINK of the life-savers on the shore
| battling with the waves and, with
that heroism which braves death itself,
seeking to save the precious lives of
those struggling in the dark waters.
With strong hand clasped in strong
hand the men stretch the human life
line far out into the raging sea. The
waves break in mad fury about them as
though filled with angry fear of losing
their human prey. The wind hOwls in
cruel glee and lashes the foaming
waters until they seem possessed with
a fury and power born of hell. But the
brave men hear not the shrieking wind
nor do they hesitate before the awful
breakers, for just before them going
down to death is a human life. The
white face has turned towards them in
mute appeal, the hands are thrust out
in desperation. The human life line
stretches every muscle and nerve AL
most they have reached the drowning
man. Another wave may bring him with
in reach of their strong hands. But no,
Oh, God! just when salvation seemed
rear, dnOtner wave came and swept him
out OF reach. The line is too shortI
"Out little farther!" is the cry which
goes up. And the man on the shore
shouts back: Another man is needed.
My God! for another man" One of
the rescued ones springs up from the
sands where he has been resting after
his awful battle with the waves and be-
comes part of that life line. 1t reaches
farther out into the surf, now. The
drowning man is reached just as he is
sinking out of sight forever A shout of
joy goes up which sounds above the rag
ing of the storm, and the precious life
is brought safe upon the shore. AS the
men crowd round, chaing the hands and
applying restoratives to the nearly
dead man, a glad cry of recognition |!
bursts from the lips of the last man to |
join that life line-the man who was
needed to effect the rescue-and he ex- |
claims: MY brother! my brother," |
All. what joy surged through his heart |
as he realized what it had meant for him |
to become part of that life line
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I ST TENN. CAV.-The 18th Annual Reunion OF
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s(D MICH. CAV.-The Annual Reunion of the Sd
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