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INFLUENCE OF A LIFE

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 26, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 21.

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INFLUENCE OF A LIFE.

WHAT David Livingstone is to the tribes of Africa, Henry Martin is to the people of Persia. These clever Mohammedans could argue point by point in favor of their own religion; but the fact of this noble, self-sacrificing life, so like the Christ he came to commend, either convinced them or sent them away baffled. The fact that so few were converted under Martin, and that so few have been won since, shows what a difficult task the church has before her. This work is not to be done at our ease, with the mere surplus of our wealth and the fragments of our time. It demands all the energy, and faith, and prayers of the church. It is a dead lift, demanding the redeeming grace of the Almighty God working through man doing his best. The church of Christ is slowly awakening to this fact.—The Church Monthly.