the only true reformer of mankind. By Charles Spurgeon

1 Corinthians 2 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

The great object of the Christians' work should be that people might be saved from their sins and made examples of holiness, integrity, morality, and honesty. as the fruit of the Spirit of God. Nothing can sweep away the social evils of the day but the gospel. Vices are like vipers, and only the gospel of Jesus can drive them out of the land. The gospel is the great broom with which to sweep away the wretchedness and the misery of this country.

Nothing else will be of any avail Political and social reforms labor in vain because they ignore the fall of Adam and original sin. These are great stubborn facts which ruin all their calculations. Without acknowledging the reality and consequences of sin, the great social problems of humanity can never be solved.

How much we ought to hate sin and to make the curbing of sin the first object in our efforts to do good. how much we ought to long and strive to promote the progress of the gospel of Christ. This, after all, is the only true reformer of mankind. Just in proportion, as men are brought under the influence of the despised old gospel, will be the increase of peace on earth and goodwill among men.

The more Jesus is known and loved, and the more the Bible is read, the more will the inhabitants of the earth love one another. The more grace reigns over hearts and lives, the less hatred and violence will there be in the world. If pure and undefiled religion prevailed everywhere, then such social plagues and pests and nuisances, such as lying, quarreling, robbing, murder, drunkenness, and immorality, would be comparatively unknown. Most of the prisons would soon be shut. Lawyers and policemen would have little to do. Taxes would be cut in half.

He is the truest friend to human happiness, who does the most to spread the gospel of Jesus. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come.