Every Member Evangelism by J.E. Conant

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on her, and that she had neither time nor opportunity to do such work.

Dr. Pope asked: “Do your neighbors never call to see you?” “Rarely.” “Does the grocer call?” “Yes.” “Is he a Christian?” “I don’t know.” “Does the milkman ever call at your house?” “Yes, every day.” “Is he a Christian?” “I don’t know whether he is or not, and I don’t consider it my business to ask him, either,” and the woman went away very angry. She couldn’t rest very well after she went to bed that night, and finally determined she would make it her business to find out whether these men were saved.

The next morning the milkman ran up the steps, emptied his pail, started to run out, when the woman gasped, “Milkman!” “Oh, an extra quart today?” emptying another quart into the pail. “Oh, no, but are you a Christian?” The man turned on her with a look she never forgot. “No, and I don’t care a fig about being one, either. Do you remember the meetings held last winter? Well, I was interested then, and if I had been invited would have attended. Someway, I thought perhaps you would like to talk to me about it, but you didn’t, and no one seemed to care whether I was a Christian or not, and now I tell you I don’t care. I have lost all interest in those things,” and he turned on his heel and ran down the steps. The poor woman threw herself prostrate upon the floor and in agony of spirit promised her Lord if he would forgive her past neglect she would

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