October 9

We are the world’s Bible

“Edify one another, even as also ye do” (1 Thess. 5:11).
“Follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men” (1 Thess. 5:15).

Every individual makes an impression by his conduct, and witnesses either for one side or the other. His looks, dress, whole demeanor make a constant impression on one side or the other. He cannot help testifying for or against religion. He is either gathering with Christ or scattering abroad.
Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence which will tell on the immortal interests of souls all around you. Are you asleep, while all your conduct is exerting such an influence?

If you show pride, levity, bad temper and the like, it is like tearing open the wounds of the Savior. Your spirit and deportment produce an influence on the world against religion. How shall the world believe religion when the witnesses are not agreed among themselves, and the sum of their whole testimony is, There is no need of being pious?
Oh, how guilty! Perhaps hundreds of souls will meet you in the Judgment, and curse you—if they are allowed to speak—for leading them to hell by practically denying the truth of the Gospel.
—Charles G. Finney.

A holy life has a voice. It speaks when the tongue is silent, and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.—Hinton.

We are the only Bible
The careless world will read;
We are the sinner’s gospel,
We are the scoffer’s creed;
We are the Lord’s last message,
Given in deed and word;
What if the type is crooked?
What if the print is blurred?

What if our hands are busy
With other work than His?
What if our feet are walking
Where sin’s allurement is?
What if our tongues are speaking
Of things His lips would spurn?
How can we hope to help Him
And hasten His return?
—Annie Johnson Flint.

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