Article June 21, 1947 Issue

"Do the work of an evangelist"

HAROLD MOLTER

Throughout the centuries since the establishment of the Christian era devout men, women, and even children have been impelled to travel from place to place to share the message of Christianity with their fellow men. These traveling messengers have been called evangelists, an appellation derived from the Greek word for glad tidings and signifying messengers of good news.

The prophet Isaiah pays a tribute to evangelists in the following verse (Isa. 52:7): "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" Celestial evangelists with a message of great moment came to the shepherds at the birth of Jesus, announcing the coming of peace on earth and good will towards men, a promise which is forever being fulfilled as the Christ is revealed and accepted in human consciousness.

John the Baptist, the immediate forerunner of Christian evangelism, preached a change of heart from evil to righteousness, accompanied by the fruits of demonstration, and said to the Sadducees and Pharisees who came to his service of baptism (Matt. 3:10), "Every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." When John sent a messenger to Jesus to ask if he were the Messiah, the Master pointed to his works rather than his words as proof of his divine authority.

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