The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-25
CHRISTIAN ENbEAv0R.
Prayer Meeting Topic For the WosSs
Beginning Sept. 26. 1909.
PHONE rl2l

BY REV. S. H. DOYLE.
Topic. - How missionaries win souls
for Jesus Christi Cor. TX. Y-23
The methods of winning souls for
Christ are practically the same the
world over. The sinner must be led
to see his sinfuiness. and in Christ the
power to save him. and to accept
Christ as his atoning Saviour. But
when it comes to the methods Of bring
ing about these results in the minds
and hearts OF men, the work of the
missionary Is vastly different from
that Of those who labor among people
to whom the gospel has been known
from childhood. Missionaries to for
eign fields especially must work along
different lines. They are dealing with
strange people. To these people
Christ and his teachings are unknown.
Their faith has been placed in other
religions. Their methods OF thinking
and of living are vastly different. as
we'll as their daily habits and customs
The effort TO save men under these cir
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emit from those used ut home.
Paul. the greatest Of all missionaries.
realized the problem and solved it.
The ways suggested in this passage to
the Corinthians. properly understood.
cover the entire ground. Indeed one
sentence does tall things to all men.
that ! might by all means save some"
Involved In the principle here set forth
are suggested the requirements Of
missionaries for saving souls for
Christ. --
l. Missionaries need intelligence to
win souls for Christ. Paul was a man
OF marked intellectual ability and fine
~ educated. He had the finest scholas-
tic training that the Jews could give.
He was familiar With Greek philos-
ophy and poetry. OF Rome and Roman
customs. he also had considerable
knowledge. He therefore could meet
with success the philosophy Of Greece.
the paganism Of Rome and the I'M
belief of his fellow countrymen, the
Jews. The people Of other nations are
not lacking in mental capacity. The
religious leaders are shrewd in argu-
mentation. Many of them are keen
sophists and cannot be successfully
reached with Christianity unless the
missionaries be unusually equipped
mentally as well as spiritually for
their work. The church today as
never before is sending its brightest
and best educated men and women as
which Is the proper thing
to do
2. Missionaries need adaptation to
win souls for Christ Paul possessed
this power. To the Jew he became as
a Jew. to the Greeks as a Greek. etc.
Missionaries as far rs possible should
adapt themselves to the people among
whom they labor. Be as much like
them and live as much like them as
can be done. The missionary among
the miners. who dressed as they did.
and went down into the mines as they
did. had no difficulty IN winning them
for Christ. Had he remained above
ground. clothed himself in clerical
garb and erected a regular church
he would have had but few
to hear his message. But becoming
one OF them that he might save some.
they were glad to hear and to accept
his message.
BIBLE READINGS.
lisa. Iii. II: Nah |. Is: Matt. K. ITO:
10. 20: Mark xvi. Is: Luke xv,
Ito; John ". 1-29: Rom. K. 1915; Acts
xviii. 1929: Pev. xxH. IL