STUDY XXIII.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Memory Verse: "Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with
mine own hand."--(Gal. vi, 11.)

Scripture for Meditation: Philemon.


What a beautiful letter is that which Paul wrote to Philemon! How it
breathes affection, and sympathy, and tender entreaty! And it was
written _by his own hand_. Study this letter, and have your heart
saturated with its spirit. You will then know how to write "words that
touch" to your unsaved friends.

There are special occasions [Transcriber's note: original reads
'ocasions'], such as the time of bereavement, of sickness, of trial, or
of success, when this method may be employed to advantage. Many a soul
has been won for Christ, and many a lonely life cheered by a
sympathetic, wisely-worded letter, winged by prayer.

Sitting in a public park, a young man was seen poring over a letter
while the tears rained down his face, and he almost sobbed aloud. "It is
from my mother," he said. "She wrote it herself, and though I ran away
from home and broke her heart, yet she says that she still loves me, and
is praying for me, and wants me to come home."