Individual Work for Christ
THE world can never be converted en masse, nor by human machinery, however well devised and arranged. If men are ever converted, they must be converted, as individuals, and the influence that is brought to bear upon them to lead them to Christ is individual influence. The way to advance the cause of Christ is for every man to perform his individual duty, work faithfully in his own sphere, and do all he can in the circumstances in which God has placed him, to bring others to a knowledge of the truth. It is the individual workers, the lonely toilers, that do the most for God and humanity. Their names, perhaps, are seldom seen in the papers; they are not prominent in conventions, associations, and institutes; they have little to do with the popular, sensational movements of the day; but they may be found visiting the sick, supplying the wants of the poor and needy, comforting the disconsolate, lifting up the degraded, and, like the Master, going about doing good. These are the men that are doing efficient work in advancing the cause of Christ, blessing society, and saving the souls of their fellow-men.—Sel.