Winning Souls | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 17, 1865

Winning Souls.

A FEW weeks ago a man and his wife, being tenderly admonished by a Christian friend, were persuaded to visit the long-neglected house of prayer. The Spirit of Christ opened their eyes, and they were led to see their need of mercy, and sought and found a God ready to forgive. With thankfulness and love, in conjunction with the friend before alluded to, these new converts sought to bring other careless ones to the sanctuary; and the Lord had been pleased graciously to own and bless these efforts, and two other couples have united themselves with the people of God.

That was a blessed Sabbath when this Christian friend with these six souls, sat at the table of the Lord to commemorate his dying love. O, who can tell the far-reaching results of this simple Christian effort? This friend did no more than every disciple can do. Who can not say to his brother, "Come thou with us, and we will do the good; for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel?"

"Would you win a soul to God? Tell him of the Saviour's blood, Once for dying sinners spilt, To atone for all their guilt."

These converts are heads of families, all of them having little children to train up in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord." There are now three more family altars in the world. The world is richer, brighter, and purer for these; and when we can estimate the usefulness of a Doddridge, we may learn how to value pious parental example and instruction.

Dear reader! fellow Christian! follower of Jesus! where is thy brother? Are you earnestly, and prayerfully, and wisely seeking to win his soul? or are you sleeping over his immortal interests?