Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Repiew-Christ for the World Y
BY DR.. MARION McH. HULL

I population too has increased. For
every Christian won in the foreign
lands there are several Christless
babies born. In America we have
10, 100000 people, but less than
any religion at all, and these in.
clude every ism" known. Not ten
per cent Of the church members
are efficient. They have a name
to live, but are dead. The fact
that there are so many hypocrites
in the church is often given as a
reason for not coming in by those
outside-(they don't seem to realize
how many are outside)-and it is
only honest to admit that the
charge is true.
No, Christ will not be given to
the world EN- masse.
Changing surroundings and en-
vironment will not win the world
to Christ. Legislation never made
a man righteous-and we believe in
having good laws and as citizens
enforcing them. Education will not
do it-witness Germany, the most
highly educated country in the
world.
Then how?
Just Jesus own method. and no
other. Eye shall be my witnesses, -
telling others one by one what
you know of Him, what you have
found Him to be to you. If the
story is told to the crowd, it must
finally come to the acceptance of
it one by one. He has no other
plan-now
Teachers, what about that boy or
girl, or that man or woman in your
class? If Christ is to meet the needs
of the world, Christ must meet
Mary's need, and Johns need, and
Jim's, and Susie's. And Mary and
John and Jim and Susie will each
have to find Him individually, never
collectively. Oh, yes, they may all
find Him in the same meeting, but
each will be an individual find. Have
you borne such a witness to them
as to what Jesus Christ means to
you that they will want to accept
Him? Have you ever spoken to
them one by one? Is there any bet
ter time for you to do it than now
on this last Sunday of the old year?
Won't you try to bring them to Him
before the old year goes out that
the new year may be full of bless
ing to them such as they have never
known before?s
Reader, if you have never accept
ed Jesus Christ as your Saviour or
have never surrendered your life
wholly to Him as your Lord, won't
you do it now? He alone can sup
ply your every need, and how gra-
ciously He will do it,
I said it is the one by one method
now. Some day'He will change His
plan. Then a nation will be born
in a day; then mems hearts will be
turned to Him in large numbers and
Now it is Christ for the world; then
it will be all of the world for Christ,
and it will be accomplished. That
will be during the Lords day. This
is mans day, when man is judging
and ruling, and making a miserable
mess of it. The Lords day will be
when He rules and judges in person
and He will make glorious success
of it. Every day has its morning,
noon and evening. Just when mans
day will close we have no knowledge,
but the darkness now makes us be-
IeVe that 1t is near the eVentide
of mans day. And the gracious
promise that makes our hearts
strong in the midst of all the grow
ing spirit of lawlessness is that Eat
evening time it shall be light" We
are, therefore. looking and hoping
for the light that will come with
the personal appearing of Him who
is the Light OF the world.
Seeing, therefore, that the method
Of Jesus now is to win them one by
one,' shall we not do that? Begin
now. And when He comes we shall
snare with Him the joy of seeing
the whole world turn to Him.