Earnestness Needed in Soul-Saving

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As the ferry boat St. Louis was nearing mid-stream in the North River, the passengers were startled by a cry of “Stop the boat! My God, stop the boat! My sister has jumped overboard!” It of course attracted immediate attention to the drowning woman, but no one among all the passengers criticized the sister for her passionate outcry or bade her keep still. It seemed the most natural thing in the world that she should evince this deadly earnestness. We need the same passionate earnestness in seeking to save our friends and neighbors who have jumped overboard from righteousness and innocence into the whirling current of sin and worldliness, and will be drowned eternally if not speedily rescued.

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