WORK FOR BOTH by A. E. Bates

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 11, 1901

WORK FOR BOTH.

By A. E. Bates

A. E. BATES.

(Training School, Chicago.)

“Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.” Ps. 3:2.

Yes, there are many to-day who are saying, “It is no use to waste time in working for men who are as far down in sin as these criminals are. So we had better let them alone, and work for those who are more favorably inclined.”

But hold, my brother! did not Jesus come to save the sinner, and had we not better work for Him, in showing these discouraged ones His way, instead of turning all our energies to those who think themselves “good enough” already?

What if they are poor? “Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?” James 2:5.

Should we have respect to “him that weareth the gay clothing,” or to him that is morally inclined, and forget the one whose heart, perhaps, in the sight of God, is nearer right?

Let us deal with each as of infinite worth.