Individual Effort

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 21, 1860

Individual Effort

INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.—We seldom meet with a more forcible illustration of the blessing which may accompany faithful, persevering, individual effort, than the following:

“A gay, worldly man became a Christian, and in all sincerity asked the great question, ‘What wilt thou have me do?’ He thought over his past life, and called to mind as many as one hundred and sixteen of his former associates, with whom he had spent many a wicked hour. He had their names before him, and resolved that if he could reach them, by the grace of God he would speak to every one of them, and urge them to come to Christ. He succeeded in bringing the great question of salvation before their minds, and at the end of the year one hundred of these, his former wicked companions, were traveling with him in the way of life.”