♥♪CHRISTIAN, DOST THOU SEE THEM? ♥♪
Some say we go too fast! This accusation comes from all directions. Our enemies do not like our speed and our friends are afraid of it. What do they mean? If they had complained that we did not go fast enough, I could understand them. If our enemies had argued that after all we say about the evils of sin, the terrors of the Judgment Day, and the damnation of hell, we do not believe in these things ourselves, I could understand that, and feel humbled under their indictment.
If our friends came together and said, "Why don't you increase the speed? Look at the dying millions at home and abroad. You have evidently got a wonderful way of reaching the masses. But because God has given us a little success in saving men and women from endless damnation, and extending the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, there is a great outcry-especially from those who every morning pray "Thy Kingdom come!" -that we are going too fast; they say we are ambitious and seeking great things.
Can we go too fast, my comrades in saving souls? I will not attempt to answer that question. No soldier in the Salvation Army would ask such a question. It is an insult to the Bible-to the teachers of Christianity. I refuse to reply to it.
If anyone still wants a reply, let him ask the lost souls in Hell whose brothers and sisters are following them there. Let him go and ask the blood-washed throng in Heaven, whose eyes are wide open at last to the value of salvation. Let him anticipate the Judgment Day, and in spirit stand before the Throne and propose, if he dares, the question to God Almighty. I think from Hell, Heaven and the Great White Throne, the answer would come back; "More speed! Go faster!" If it should entail the stopping of legislature, pleasure, business, and all the employments and occupations of time, push forwards! Hurry onwards! Save the world!
Does salvation travel as fast as sin? See how wickedness spreads. Talk about a prairie fire - it devours everything before it. Does Salvation keep pace with our ever-growing population? Make the calculation in your most favored Christian cities, and you will find we are terribly behind in the race. Do we keep pace with the devils in energy and untiring labor? Do we go as fast as death? Oh, say no more! We'll close our ears to this cold, unfeeling, stony-hearted utterance of unbelief.
William Booth (1829-1912). Founder of the Salvation Army this radical soldier for the Lord had one of the greatest impacts on the world in the last 200 years for Christ. During the course of Booth's ministry he traveled 5,000,000 miles and preached 60,000 sermons. God help us in this desperate and distracted day in which we live to heed the General's advice. "Work as if everything depended upon your work, and pray as if everything depended upon your prayer." Last public words of Booth: "while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight - I'll fight to the very end.
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2 comments:
This was great to share! Good insights. My pastor says "eternity is at stake" and when we start thinking about where people who are unsaved will be spending eternity, I don't think we can go fast enough. We just need to make sure we do it with gentleness and respect and not too militantly.
Good thoughts today to keep in the back of mind.
betty
Praise God, awesome entry, just awesome. Do all in love and in His name. we cannot move fast enough. As a friend once said to me we plant the seeds and God does the watering. I say stand and speak the truth so their blood will not be on our hands when we stand before the Lord also, think of that. But most importantly to save the soul from death and give life in the Lord!
angelsrose
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