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Letter to Editor
January 26, 1842
Morning Star
Limerick, York County, Maine
What is this article about?
A letter in the Morning Star exhorts Baptist brethren to intensify efforts in converting sinners, citing church records showing only one addition per fourteen members last year (excluding Free Baptists), and calls for each Christian to lead fourteen sinners to Christ this year.
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For the Morning Star.
Will it be said of us, dear brethren, at the day of Judgment, they have done what they could in the conversion of sinners. This reflection arose in my mind, upon examining the table of recapitulation in our Register, when I found during the past year, that about one had been added to the church to every fourteen members; (exclusive of the 2534 Free Baptists.) Is this as it should be? Should it take fourteen Christians one whole year to lead one sinner to Christ, with all their prayers, sermons, Sabbath schools, exhortations, tears and private entreaties? Is this like one chasing a thousand? May God help us to reverse this picture; and instead of its taking fourteen Christians to lead one sinner to Christ during the present year, let each Christian lead 14 sinners to the Savior. Amen.
D. W. McKOON
Will it be said of us, dear brethren, at the day of Judgment, they have done what they could in the conversion of sinners. This reflection arose in my mind, upon examining the table of recapitulation in our Register, when I found during the past year, that about one had been added to the church to every fourteen members; (exclusive of the 2534 Free Baptists.) Is this as it should be? Should it take fourteen Christians one whole year to lead one sinner to Christ, with all their prayers, sermons, Sabbath schools, exhortations, tears and private entreaties? Is this like one chasing a thousand? May God help us to reverse this picture; and instead of its taking fourteen Christians to lead one sinner to Christ during the present year, let each Christian lead 14 sinners to the Savior. Amen.
D. W. McKOON
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious
Emotional
Ethical Moral
What themes does it cover?
Religion
Morality
What keywords are associated?
Sinner Conversion
Church Growth
Baptist Register
Christian Duty
Day Of Judgment
What entities or persons were involved?
D. W. Mckoon
Morning Star
Letter to Editor Details
Author
D. W. Mckoon
Recipient
Morning Star
Main Argument
christians should greatly increase their efforts to convert sinners, aiming for each member to lead 14 to christ this year, rather than the current rate of one per 14 members.
Notable Details
References Table Of Recapitulation In Register
Excludes 2534 Free Baptists
Biblical Allusion To 'One Chasing A Thousand'