Words for Doubters

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 30, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 41.

Words for Doubters.

Dr. Archibald Alexander had a large experience in dealing with doubters, and his counsel was marked by a thorough common sense and great familiarity with the ways of the Spirit. A theological student once called on him in great distress of mind, doubting whether he had ever been converted. The old doctor encouraged him to open his mind to him. After he was through, the aged disciple, laying his hand on his head, said: "My young brother, you know what repentance is—what faith is. You think you once repented and once believed. Now, don't fight your doubts; go it all over again, repent now, believe in Christ now; that's the way to have a consciousness of acceptance with God. I have to do both very often. Go to your room and give yourself to Christ in a moment, and let your doubts go. If you have not been his disciple, be one now. Don't fight the devil on his own ground. Choose the ground of Christ's righteousness and atonement, and then fight him."

—Sel.