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The Fundamentals Souls will mean more, and things less. Lives will become more attractive and fascinating, and books, papers and stories will only control interest when related to lives which can be in fluenced for and by Him. The last verse of “In the Secret of His Presence” asks the real question: “Would you like to know the secret of the sweetness of the Lord? Go and hide beneath His shadow; this shall then be your re ward. And whene’er you leave the silence of that happy resting place, You must feel and bear the image of the Master in your face.” This will be the result, and others will be won by you as they see in your very face the reflection of Christ, because His Spirit dwells within you. THE BIBLE A second most necessary element in winning men to the Master is a knowledge and appropriate use of God’s Word. We must be workmen who need not to be ashamed, who can rightly divide the Word of Truth. The use of the Bible is the greatest advancing weapon for Christ. The worker who knows his Bible will constantly read it for strength and apply it in dealing with the unconverted. He will not argue with men, nor talk about God’s Word, but he will explain with it, and repeatedly refer to it. An open Bible before and with an inquirer almost always means conversion and spiritual growth to follow. When dealing with your subject, ask if he has ever considered what the Bible says on the point under discussion. For instance, a man tells you he does not take much stock in what you have been saying about the necessity of the Cross; it seems somewhat foolish to him. Do not be angry, but reply pleasantly that you do not blame him a bit, in fact, Paul himself writes, in his first letter to the Corinthians,
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