Author: Bill Brinkworth

Prophets of the Bible

Words to Find:
Ahijah
Azariah
Elijah
Elisha
Enoch
Gad
Iddo
Jacob
Jehu
John
Judas
Nathan
Noah
Obed
Shemiah
Silas
Simeon
Zacharias
Zechariah

Soul-winning
Author Unknown
Are you seeking out the lost ones
Whom the Saviour died to win?
Are you showing them the Fountain
That can wash away their sin?
Are you looking by the wayside
For the weary ones who fall?
Do you win them to the Master
Who has promised rest to all?
Aliens Carrying the
Gospel
The Other Sheep
It was a Jew who brought the Gospel to Rome; a Roman who took it to France; a Frenchman who took it to Scandinavia; a Scandinavian who took it to Scotland; a Scotsman who evangelized Ireland, and an Irishman in turn made the missionary conquest of Scotland. No people ever received the Gospel except at the hands of an alien.

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Whose Boy Is in Danger?
Author Unknown
Dr. Cortland Meyers relates the following story, as told by a ship’s surgeon:
“On our last trip a boy fell overboard from the deck. I didn’t know who he was. The crew hastened to save him. They brought him on board the ship, took off his outer garments, turned him over a few times and worked his hands and feet. When they had done all that they knew how to do, I came up to be of assistance, and they said he was dead and beyond help. I turned away, as I said to them, ‘I think you have done all you could,’ but just then a sudden impulse told me I ought to go over and see what I could do. I went over and looked down into the boy’s face and discovered it was my boy. Well, you may believe I didn’t think the last
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think the last thing had been done. I pulled off my coat and bent over that boy. I blew in his nostrils and breathed into his mouth; I turned him over and over; and simply begged God to bring him back to life, and for four hours I worked until, just at sunset, I began to see the least flutter of breath that told me he lived. Oh, I will never see another boy drown without taking off my coat the first instant and going to him and trying to save him as if I knew he were my own boy.”
Are we as much interested in trying to save boys who are exposed to the curse of drink, the cigarette curse, social evil or just lost without Christ as if they were our own boys? Are we concerned for those who are lost and away from God? Are we doing all within our power to save them? Whose boy is in danger?

The “Reversed” Version
Alliance Tidings
A missionary candidate was engaged in deputation work in the home land before leaving for the foreign field. He visited a farm and was met at the door by an older lady. “May I sell you a Bible, madam?” he asked.
“My! Bless you!” she replied, “We have more Bibles now in this house than we use. We have the Old Testament Bible, the New Testament Bible, the Holy Bible, and besides we have the Reversed Version Bible also.”
“True,” thought the missionary, “it is this last mentioned Bible that is evidently read by most Christians — The Reversed Version! When the Word says ‘Go’ they all stay at home. When it says ‘give’ and ‘send’ the Gospel to all the world, they all seem to think it says, ‘Enough to do at home.’”

“The world has many
religions; it has but one gospel.” — Owen

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thing had been done. I pulled off my coat and bent over that boy. I blew in his nostrils and breathed into his mouth; I turned him over and over; and simply begged God to bring him back to life, and for four hours I worked until, just at sunset, I began to see the least flutter of breath that told me he lived. Oh, I will never see another boy drown without taking off my coat the first instant and going to him and trying to save him as if I knew he were my own boy.”
Are we as much interested in trying to save boys who are exposed to the curse of drink, the cigarette curse, social evil or just lost without Christ as if they were our own boys? Are we concerned for those who are lost and away from God? Are we doing all within our power to save them? Whose boy is in danger?
An Infidel’s Sermon to a Preacher
The Gospel Banner
Never shall I forget the remark of a learned, legal friend who was at one time somewhat skeptical in his views. He said to me, “If I believed as you do, that the masses of our race are perishing in sin, I could have no rest. I would fly to tell them of salvation. I would labor day and night. I would speak it with all the pathos I could summon. I would warn and expostulate and entreat my fellow men to turn unto Christ and receive salvation at His hands. I am astonished at the manner in which the majority of you ministers tell your message. Why do you not act as if you believed your own words? You have not the earnestness in preaching that we lawyers have in pleading. If we were as tame as you are, we would never win a single suit.”
A decade has passed away since that remark was made. I bless God that it was addressed to me. It put a fire into my bones which I hope will burn as long as I live. God preached a stirring sermon to me that day by the mouth of that infidel lawyer.
Divine Orders
Author Unknonw
Dr. Robert Wilder, the founder and head of the Student Volunteer Movement tells the story, “When I was working in India, I went to a place near Poona. On Saturday night, when I entered the hotel dining room, I found seated at the same table with me a naval officer, an infantry major, and his wife. When the conversation started, the naval officer remarked, “Why don’t these missionaries stay at home, and mind their own business? You can get all the converts you want at a rupee a head.”
Dr. Wilder replied, “Suppose you were ordered to take your battleship to Constantinople tomorrow, and I was to ask you why you didn’t stay here and mind your own business; that there was no sense in going to Constantinople.”
The man’s eyes flashed fire as he said, “I would tell you to mind your own business. If we are ordered to go, we must go, even if every ship is sunk, and every sailor killed.”
The doctor added, “Quite right, my friend, and I have marching orders from the Divine Government to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, and the primary question is whether I am going to obey the last command of my Lord.”
A Heavenly Investment
The King’s Business
A man called Tidman lived in a village near by. He longed to do something for the London Missionary Society. His money was scarce; but he decided one of his hens should belong to the Society, and all the eggs she laid should be sold and the money given. Before the hen died, the money she earned for the Society amounted to four pounds, ten shillings — about twenty-three dollars. She also sat on eight of her eggs. They were hatched. These too, belonged to the Society, and in time brought in a large amount of money.
When the hen died the old man had her body embalmed, buried it in the garden, and erected a little monument. He thought many others would be inclined to do something similar, so that the hen would still be helping the Society. Here is what the tombstone read.
Dec. 21, 1869
Here lies Tidman’s missionary hen,
Her contributions, four pounds, ten;
Although she is dead, the work goes on,
As she has left seven daughters and a son
To carry on the work that she begun,
So be it.

“Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” — James 5:19-20
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“If we work upon marble, it will perish. If we work upon brass, time will efface it. If we rear temples, they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon immortal souls, and embue them with just principles, the fear of God and the love of their fellow men, we engrave on those
tablets that which will brighten all eternity.”
— Daniel Webster