T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S A WORD IN SEASON In the course of a sermon, preached recently by Gipsy Smith, the following story was told. Coming home from France on leave during the war, he arrived a t a London station where he had t o ’change trains. An aged porter seized his heavy kit-bag. “No, no,” protested the Gipsy; '“it’s too much for you.” The man insist ed, so the preacher himself took the heavy end. When safely seated in his carriage, he shook hands with the porter, and left something there. Then he said, “Good day,” and he added, “I hope you love Jesus,” T h e "effect was electrical. “ Sir,” said the porter, “I have been here for thirty years, and I have carried bags for thousands—Christians and non- Christians,—and amongst them have been many persons; but you are the first man to recognize th a t I have a soul. I’m much obliged to you, sir, for what you have said.” A word spoken in season, how good it is! Would th a t all Christians would by life and word commend their Saviour to others! Ssi a» POOR FISHING One day Paul Rader said to Leon Tuck er, “Most fishing is poorly done. Fisher men make too much noise, they show the fish the pole, fhe line and the hook and scare them away rath er than lure them in. I want to w rite a story so th at no body can see the hook, pole or string; I w ant to make the bait so attractive that they will swallow it hook and all.” So he wrote the story of “The Empty Cot tage a t Silver Falls.” Rader was wise and his whole life m in istry has demonstrated his wisdom. The only way to fish for men is TO KEEP YOURSELF and PARAPHERNALIA OUT OF THE WAY. SOWING BESIDE ALL WATERS Says C. H. Spurgeon: “When a sports man goes out after game, he does not know which way hevwill go, neither does
559 he bind himself in th a t m atter. If he is deer-stalking he may have to go up the mountain side, or down the glen, across the burn, or away among the heather. Where his sport leads him, he. follows; and so it is with the genuine soul-winner: he leaves himself free to follow his one object. He does not know where he is going, but he does know what he is going after. He lays himself out Tor the win ning of souls for Jesus. On the railway he speaks to any one who happens to be put in the same car;' or in the shop he looks out for opportunities to impress a customer. He sows beside all waters, and in all soils. He carries his gun a t half- cock, ready to take aim at once. That is the man whom God is likely to bless.” GOD’S STATISTICS Sometimes believers are asked how many souls they have won. We know ex cellent Christians, who live saintly lives and are grieved because they could not point to many whom they had led to the Lord. Such feelings are not right. No one knows ju st how the Lord uses His people in the salvation of others. Many an unknown saint, whose name was little known, whose voice was never heard in public, was used in the" salva tion of others by his quiet and devoted life. Nor do we know how th e Lord blessed the Gospel message, which our support made possible, in the salvation of the lost. E te rn ity will bring th e most sta rtlin g revelations- in this m at te r.—A. C. Gaebelein. ARE YOU A SWITCH? Many professing Christians are like railroad station-houses; and the wicked are whirled indifferently by them, and go on' their way, forgetting them : whereas they should be like switches, taking sin ners off one track, and putting them on to another.—Beecher.
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