Address to the Missionary Workers
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Delivered before the Swiss Tract and Missionary Society, Sunday,
September 13.
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“And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What
is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as
thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right; this do, and
thou shalt live.”
Luke 10:25-28
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If any are in perplexity to know whether they will be saved or not,
they will find the query settled here. The world’s Redeemer has plainly
specified the conditions of eternal life. Both the conditions and the
promise are positive. Christ must be the center. We must love him
with every power of our being, and our neighbors as ourselves. And
if we do love our neighbor as ourselves, we shall labor earnestly to
present to him the truth in its beauty and simplicity.
It was thus that the foundation of the Christian church was laid.
Many people had assembled where John was baptizing in Jordan. As
Jesus walked among them, the observing eye of John recognized him
as the Saviour, and with kindling eye and earnest manner he cried,
“Behold the Lamb of God.” Two of John’s disciples, whose attention
was thus directed to Jesus, followed him. Seeing them following him,
he turned and said, “What seek ye? They said unto him,” “Master,
where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see.” And when
they had come and seen where he dwelt, he opened to them the great
plan of salvation. The words which he there spoke to them were too
precious to be kept to themselves, and they immediately went and
found their friends, and brought them to Jesus.
At this very time Nathanael was praying to know whether this
was indeed the Christ of whom Moses and the prophets had spoken.
While he continued to pray, one of those who had been brought to
Christ, Philip by name, called to him and said, “We have found him
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