Churches of Christ -- Sermons; Sermons, American -- 20th century
We are told to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. God
would not be pleased with a secondary place in our lives, and that
means, among other things, that our program of work in the church should
be given our best thought, our most careful consideration, and our most
diligent support.
II
Sending Messages
I want to say a few things tonight under Item No. 2 of our evangelistic
program. God tells us to go into all the world and preach the gospel
unto every creature. We discussed some methods this morning that might
be used in carrying out that responsibility in our own neighborhood.
Now, the question arises, “What can we do about preaching in communities
that are too far away to receive any direct benefit from our local
program of services and personal work?”
One method which we have been using recently is that of distributing
tracts. We have published 70,000 tracts for free distributions. Bro.
Shacklett reported this afternoon in the business meeting that the most
of this supply has already been distributed. He probably has enough
calls on his desk now to more than exhaust the remainder. If it is not
too optimistic to assume that each one of those tracts has been read by
at least one person, that’s the equivalent of preaching a sermon to
70,000 people, which certainly is no small consideration!
And I happen to know that those who are selling tracts on a commercial
basis, at least some of them best known to me, are making from 100 to
200 per cent profit. The tracts that cost us less than 1 cent each, are
being sold by those who are in it for the money at 2½ cents each. That
means that by spending less than one penny we can give to these
missionary fields a service that would cost them on the market 2½ cents.
Therefore, from a financial point of view, by giving away tracts instead
of giving the money with which to buy tracts, we are making a great
saving.
The response that has been received from this work is very encouraging.
If we had time, we would like to read some of the letters that have been
received. In addition to the tracts distributed by Chapel Avenue, the
church at Madison has made a very wide distribution of one of the same
tracts, and is now contemplating publishing 100,000 with which to answer
the calls they are receiving. That seems to be one good means of
carrying the gospel to those of other communities who have not heard it.
And, remember, it is our duty to use every legitimate means at our
disposal.
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