Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1916 — Christianity’s Appeal. [ARTICLE]

Christianity’s Appeal.

Christianity’s appeal is to the individual. ft seeks to rescue the perishing as independent units, each of whom has the absolute right to think and choose and act for himself. Christ came to save you, the individual. Jesus loves the masses, and he was moved with compassion when he saw the multitudes, but he did not sweep the multlude into the kingdom as you might drive a flock of sheep into an inclosure. His appeal was to each individual heart and life —to Peter, to James, to John, to Matthew —and he said, “Follow me.”—Journal and MesAs I know more of men I expect lees of them and am ready to call a man 'a good man on easier terms than formerly.—Samuel Johnson.