Inhaltsangabe
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1912. Excerpt: ... SEEKING COMMON INTERESTS CHRISTIAN man was urging his friend to give ^ * himself to the Saviour. "I know you do not believe you can save yourself," said the first; "do you know of any other Saviour than Jesus Christ?" The man thus questioned faced his friend squarely, and said, "May I ask you a question? What do you mean by being saved?" Then it was that the first speaker had to consider, more carefully, perhaps, than he had ever done before, though he had from boyhood been a confessed follower of Christ, what he did mean by being "saved." To show any vagueness or uncertainty in defining his belief would be disastrous, at that moment, to his influence with the one whom he longed to help. Yet he believed that it would be equally disastrous to use "stock phrases" with this man, who from his boyhood had been brought up in a Christian home of exceptional strictness, and who was, as he claimed, too familiar with conventional religious views and talk to be otherwise than antagonized by them. Other circumstances added to the difficulty. The man was, far beyond the average, clean-lived, morally high-toned, honorable, aspiring, interested in the best things. But he was not at all sure that there is any life beyond the present, nor did he find the average church or preaching of special interest to him. The critically important thing for the soul-winner to do, at this point, was to answer the honest question in terms of the present interests of the questioner. His first move was to put a counter-question. "Are you satisfied with yourself?" he asked. "Not by a good deal," came the unhesitating reply. "I knew you well enough to be sure of that," said the first man. "Have you always been able to accomplish what you want to accomplish in your life?" "Far from it," was the answer. "Let me tell you,...
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