WHAT CHRIST DEMANDS by Charles M. Sheldon

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 22, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 50.

WHAT CHRIST DEMANDS.

By Charles M. Sheldon

OH, yes, sacrifice, sacrifice! What does the church of America in this age of the world know about it? How much do church members give of themselves nowadays to the Master? That is what we need,—self, the souls of men and women, the living sacrifices for these lost children down yonder. O God, to think of what Christ gave up, and then to think of how little his church is doing to obey his last command to go and disciple the nations! . . . Yes, truly, except a man is willing to renounce all that he hath, he cannot be his disciple. Yes, all. My beloved, if Christ speaks so to you to-day, listen and obey. Service, self, that is what he wants. And if he asks for all, when all is needed, what then? Can we sing that hymn with any Christian honesty of heart unless we interpret it literally?

"Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were an offering far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all." —Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon.