Said a friend to a minister: "How many members have you in your church?"
"Fifty-five," replied the minister.
"How many are active?'
"All of them are active," was the reply. "Twenty-five of them are active for me, and thirty are active against me."
We sometimes wonder how our Lord feels as he looks at His professed followers.
"There is one thing I have noticed as I have travelled in different countries," said Mr. DL Moody.* "I have never known the Spirit of the Lord to work where the people are divided. The one thing that is required to have the Spirit of God work in our midst is UNITY."
* Dwight Lyman Moody was one of the most effective evangelists of the late 19th century - the Billy Graham of his generation. Dwight was born in Northfield, ... Read more