Speak Earnestly

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John 1:40-41

One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.…

There was a dying man upon his death-bed, and he was visited by his Christian brother. The dying man said, "I am dying. I know that I am lost, but I cannot help putting some of my ruin at your door. I believe you to be a Christian, I know you to be a Christian, but I do not recollect that you ever solemnly addressed me about my soul. You believed I was perishing, and yet you did not speak to me; therefore, as I cannot conceive you to be inhuman — for you were always a kind brother — I suspect you do not believe, as you say you do." His brother said — "I was afraid of offending you. I did speak to you once or twice." The brother replied, "You ought to have taken me by the shoulders. You ought not to have let me be lost. I cannot acquit you."

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