“. . .Live according to God in the spirit.” – 1 Peter 4:6 Personal effort for others should be preceded by much secret prayer; for it requires great wisdom to understand the science of saving souls. Before communicating with men, commune with Christ. At the throne of...
“Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.” – 1 Corinthians 13:8 God wants heartwork. The unselfish purpose, the pure, elevated principle, the...
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” – 1 Peter 2:5 The greatest work, the noblest effort, in which men can engage, is to point sinners to the Lamb of God....
“The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.” – Isaiah 50:4 From age to age the Lord has been seeking to awaken in the souls of men a sense of their divine brotherhood. Be co-workers with...
“Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. . .” – John 12:35 The gospel of Christ is aggressive and diffusive. In the day of God not one will be excused for being shut up to his own selfish interests. There is...
“We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.” – 2 Corinthians 6:1 Let us begin to work for those who have not had the light. “All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth,” the Saviour declares, “and, lo,...