The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-03-25

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Ihese are to be largely promoted by
preaching and by the printed page.
There is also propaganda of law
lessness preached on the street cor
ners of our cities, and pushed by, the
distribution Of printed NATTER with the
caption Read and pass it on" The
advocates of false religious doctrines
and false social theories are going ev-
eryWhere proclainiing their teachings.
our Lord planned that the Word OF
Life should be proclaimed everywhere
by earnest propagandists. This is i'm
| piled in His parting words: Go We
Into all the world aud preach the gos-
pei to every creature The power
to do this was promised and the prom.
Use was fulfilled on the Day of Pente-
cost. The power of the Holy Spirit
has been and is available for all who
determine to be witnesses unto Him.
| The early Christians accepted this
work and became propagandists of the
most urgent type. They event every
where preaching the Word
The message of Christ has not
changed. nor has the meaning of His
command. Christians are called to be
propagandi>ts. He is still saying, &C.,"
| The Christians Of the New Testament
time Went everywhere preaching the
Word.
There are many ways in which we
can follow their example:
/. BY living lives that illustrate the
redeeming power of Gods grace. Next
to the direct power of God is the pow
or of holy life. 1t breaches and
witnesses everywhere.
?. BY an unfaltering testimony, un.
ashamed and without apology. To
! maintain this, one must have the
strong convictions that issue from Il
vital Christian experience and from
fellowship with God in His Word.
The man on the fence leads us no.
where, but the man of strong convic-
tons is always recognized as the COM
malller of the day. The men and wom
Ell who are doing the most for the
salvation Of the world are those who
are unashamed of the gospel and un-
afraid to say where they stand.
3. Personal Soul winning. In this
matter the one who takes the offensive
wins the day. Henry Clay Trumbull
said that when he had the opportunity
of shaping the conversation he always
directed il toward Christ and his sal
vation. BY this method of personal
soul winning he gained more lives
for Christ than in all his public preach
ing and teaching.
4. Christian efforts and enterprise.
This calls for the expenditure of time
and effort and money, but the true
Christian praaaeandist does not hest
tate to sgei4 both himself and all
that be II! II the work OF making
Christ known.
The work of the Christian propa-
gaNdist calls for courage and levo-
ton OF the highest order. 1t involves
much more than church membership
and regular attendance ut church
services. 1t demands an abandonment
of ones sell 10 the orders 1T the Com
corning the consequences.
Beware" said an old Christian war
rior, lest You lose your enthusiasm"
This quality is absolutely essential in
the work of the Christian propagan-
| dist. When our government called for
men to serve in the hour of our coun-
! try'S need, the men responded. When
the Red Cross asked for millions to
take care of the sick and wounded.
! they were given more even than they
asked for. When the CRY for help came
| from the desolated countries across the
sea, the response was liberal and gen.
erous. What shall be our response
/ to the call Of Christ? The early Chris.
/ tians went everywhere preaching the
/ Word. You too can do the same either
in your own person or by the hearty
support of the task through money
and prayer.
A mere lad in the army overseas
was rather hard to manage because
of his failure to respond READILY to
discipline, but when the call for actual
service came he developed into man.
On one of the closing days of the war
he had to go out twice iii the face of
the enemy's fire but both times came
back and saluted with these words:
captain, your message was delivered"
We are entrusted with the great mes.
sage II requires courage and sacri.
fee to deliver it, AT the end of our
1 will hn svln
if We, looking into the face of our
Lord. can say to Him, as the Captain
Of our Salvation, 'Your message was