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His grace.” “But my God shall supply all your need according to His
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riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
1 Corinthians 1:30
;
Jeremiah 9:23,
24
;
Ephesians 1:7
;
Philippians 4:19
.
Such an appeal, made in the spirit of Christ, will not be thought
impertinent. It will impress the minds of many in the higher classes.
By efforts put forth in wisdom and love, many a rich man may be
awakened to a sense of his responsibility and his accountability to God.
When it is made plain that the Lord expects them as His representatives
to relieve suffering humanity, many will respond and will give of their
means and their sympathy for the benefit of the poor. When their
minds are thus drawn away from their own selfish interests, many
will be led to surrender themselves to Christ. With their talents of
influence and means they will gladly unite in the work of beneficence
with the humble missionary who was God’s agent in their conversion.
By a right use of their earthly treasure they will lay up “a treasure in
the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth
corrupteth.” They will secure for themselves the treasure that wisdom
offers, even “durable riches and righteousness.”
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Through observing our lives, the people of the world form their
opinion of God and of the religion of Christ. All who do not know
Christ need to have the high, noble principles of His character kept
constantly before them in the lives of those who do know Him. To
meet this need, to carry the light of Christ’s love into the homes of the
great and the lowly, the rich and the poor, is the high duty and precious
privilege of the medical missionary.
“Ye are the salt of the earth,” Christ said to His disciples; and in
these words He was speaking to His workers of today. If you are salt,
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saving properties are in you, and the virtue of your character will have
a saving influence.
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Although a man may have sunk to the very depths of sin, there
is a possibility of saving him. Many have lost the sense of eternal
realities, lost the similitude of God, and they hardly know whether