(See Acts 18.6; 20.26)
If I go not to those who have not heard;
If I withhold from them God’s precious Word;
If guilty sinners go to Christless graves,
And never come to know that Jesus saves;
If by my negligence some souls are lost
Despite God’s mercy and Calvary’s untold cost;
If I care not for those in distant lands
Shall not their blood-guilt be upon my hands?
If I pray not for those who witness bear;
If I no intercessory burden share;
If God’s dear servants ne’er are in my heart,
And in their labours, I have not a part;
If by my prayerlessness there comes an hour,
When they lack wisdom, grace, or strength, or power,
And captive souls escape not sin’s strong bands,
Shall not their blood-guilt be upon my hands?
If I give not, and by my selfishness
I cause God’s work and workers sore distress;
If my indifferent heart will hardened be
To needs of others, their necessity;
If by my failure some shall never hear
The message of salvation, then I fear
Mine is the sin, and justice fair demands
That I accept the guilt of bloody hands.
- From the Bible of the late Frank Knox, evangelist.
