CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| I | |
|---|---|
| The Servant Sent | [ 9] |
| II | |
| The Servant Disobedient | [ 34] |
| III | |
| The Servant Restored | [ 68] |
| IV | |
| The Servant Reaping | [ 84] |
| V | |
| Sowing in the Evening | [ 104] |
INTRODUCTION
A LARGE number of Christian students in this and other lands have adopted as their watch-word “The Evangelization of the World in this Generation.” They thus express their conviction that the apostolic Gospel is the power of God unto salvation, that it is intended to meet the world’s greatest need, and that the chief business of a Christian disciple is to make this Gospel everywhere known, and thus best serve his day and generation.
Students who have come under the power of a science that is largely materialistic and of a philosophy which has no place for the supernatural regard this evangelistic program as being antiquated and narrow, and, contemplating man as a mere creature of circumstance, they maintain that the great objective of the Church should be to improve external conditions, to uplift the whole social order by education and by every advantage of an improved environment. To such, even though they may commend in a general way a kind of social evangelism, the preaching of the apostolic Gospel is for the most part foolishness, and they show little if any interest in bringing unbelievers to an acceptance of Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord.
When one notes the small number of additions to the Church on confession of faith, at home and on the mission field, following the labor of a large number of ministers and Christian workers, he must conclude that very little is being done in the apostolic business of winning souls to a personal allegiance to Jesus Christ. The main reason for this is a lack of conviction as to the Gospel’s incomparable value. Our ministers and our churches need to be reminded in the most forcible way that the living Christ is at work in the world, and that through the power of his Spirit he is abundantly able to turn men from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God.
The testimony of Mr. Paul M. Kanamori, often called the Dwight L. Moody of Japan, should serve to stimulate faith in the power of God’s Holy Word, in the saving power of Jesus Christ, God’s only Son our Saviour, in the regenerating power of his Holy Spirit,—to rescue men from sin and make them apostles of the Gospel of the grace of God.
The story of Mr. Kanamori’s conversion, of his departure from the fold of Christ, and his reclamation, is the same old message of God and sin and salvation wherein lies the only fundamental hope for a lost world. This dramatic and appealing biography of a great modern evangelist should serve as a warning to any who may be inclined to abandon the simplicity that is in Christ, and should prove stimulating to all who are enlisted in the great enterprises of the Kingdom. For a preacher of the cross to win fifty thousand disciples for Christ shows that the days of the apostles are not past, and proves that the evangelization of the world in this generation cannot be an idle dream to one who has experienced the Gospel’s power, and is convinced that there is none other name than that of Christ given under heaven among men whereby they must be saved.
J. Ross Stevenson.