The Power of Latter-Day Evangelism

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 4, 1913

The Power of Latter-Day Evangelism

Of this the Pacific Christian Advocate of Sept. 17, 1913, declares:—

“Nothing is clearer in latter-day evangelism than that the welfare of society, the Christianization of the state, is to be secured by the transformation of the individual. The great reforms that are struggling for dominance can never come to their own except by ascendency in individual hearts. The community made up of Christian units can be relied upon to establish Christian centres in the community life. In personal discipleship to Jesus Christ lies the secret of that ‘confederacy of regulative forces’ that will alone ultimate in the righteousness that exalteth a nation. It follows that the man who devotes himself with utter abandon to the work of winning souls is not only conferring personal benefits of immeasurable value, but is making a distinct contribution to public welfare. You may not find his name in the ‘Who’s Who’ record of his time, but in the annals of eternity it will be writ large in the list of the benefactors of his race.”