Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-13

| the church. Many people think whe
: they are doing those things that the
are doing the work of Gud. | dom
II usually turns out to be the wor
OF the devil.
One Is wise for giving himself t
the work OF winning souls because tina
Is the only way that We can prove t
the world thai we are Christians
Jesus said: by their fruits yc shal
know them" | tremble for those pro
Tossing Christians who have no con
Germ for souls. Rev ], Campbell Nor
| gan tells of two mon. Gominally Chris
tians, who worked side by side for nv,
years before finding out. either of then
| that the other had ever made pro
fession of religion. One of them In
telling this to Mr.. Morgan, said "Wns
Mt It funny2" Funny" said Mr.. Nor
gan, why. no; 70 find the man and
let us get down before God. you have
never been born again" II you have
been horn again your chief desire
must be to win others to Christ.
The Promised Reward.
One is wise for winlng souls be-
cause of the promised reward. Dan.
1898, "They that he teachers shall
ahine as the brightness of the nrmn-
ment. and they that turn maj, to
righteousness as the stars forever and
forever. We are saved through faith
but We win he rewarded according to
our works raul makes this plain In
no man lay than that which Is laid
which Is Jesus Christ, now II any man
build upon this foundation, gold, sill
yer, precious stone. wood. hay stub
BILE, every mans work shah be made
manifest, for the day shall declare It,
because 1t shall be revealed by fire
and fire snail try every mans work
oil what sort At Is II any mans work
abide which he hath built lthorcupon
he shall receive II reward II any
mans work shall be burned he shall
saved, yet so as through fire" There
will be many saved as through fire
that is. they will he saved but without
reward. going into the presence of
t'od empty handed.
Know Yourself Saved.
Then Mr. Lowry showed In the next
place that TO be successful soul win.
ner, one must he wise. First. that
he must he wise unto salvation him.
sell that ~, he must be saved and
know thai he Is saved. have never
seen protesting Christian whose
name was worth having on the church
roll when 1t comes to practical work
and soul saving who didn't have as.
surance. that Is know they were saved
Second. one must be wise in prepa.
ration. Timothy 2:15: Study to
show thyseli approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be
ashamed handling Alright the word of
God If the average lawyer knew
no more about Blackstone and Kant,
than the average Christian does
about the Bible he would be a dis.
grace to his profession II the ply
siciana knew no more about the sub
iocts on which he is supposed to be
versed than the Christian does about
the Bible. he would be considered a
quack
Personal Responsibility.
Many do not engage in this work OF
8oul-winning because they do not real
i2e their personal responsibility In the
matter. II seems that most people
have got the idea that all we need 10
do Is to build fine church. put in a
pipe organ, get n quartet, choir and
a preacher that will draw, and that Is
all thai ie necessary. In other words
the people have come to depend upon
tnc pulpit to do all the work. OF
course preacher isn't any good I'M
less he will draw, neither is ii chin
ney or a porous plaster But the
preacher cant do II all. especially
while there are Two or three hundred
down in the pews drawing for the
| devil. In many churches today yon
VIII find fifteen or twenty people pray
ing for the prizes at The card parties
What the church needs is dignitaries
who Will dig. deacons who will deak
and stewards who will stew. Ever
officer and member needs to realiz,
their own personal responsibility 70
the winning OF souls I want to cal
your attention 10 passage OF Scripture
hat probably but few OF you have
ever noticed, II Is ist Cor. 1874, Il
Ia In the great resurrection chapter. ]
seems to stand alone and to have NJ
especial bearing upon what goes be
fore or what follows; but we cal
Imagine Paul as he IS writing on thi
glorious theme. he thinks of some poo
soul down in Corinth and he turn
aside in the oath verse and says
Awake to righteousness and sin no
for some have not the knowledge o
! God | speak this to move you Il
| shame" II Paul was here today will