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  CHARLES HILL ROE
  by Charles Finney
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Summary: Charles Finney encourages Charles Hill Roe to share his
experiences and record God's blessings to give glory to Him.

Topics: "Sharing God's Work", "Responsibility in Ministry"
Scripture References: Psalm 96:3, Matthew 5:16, Romans 1:16, Philippians 2:15-16, 1 Peter 4:10

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Charles Finney encourages Charles Hill Roe to actively contribute to the
periodical press, emphasizing the importance of sharing the work of God
and the displays of divine grace witnessed in Birmingham. Finney
believes that Roe has a responsibility to document and share these
blessings, as it serves to glorify God and inspire others. He urges Roe
to use his writing as a tool for the furtherance of Christ's cause,
highlighting the need to publicly acknowledge and celebrate God's work.

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To Charles Hill Roe

c. April 1850

[Extract published in Eliza Roe Shannon, A Minister's Life: Memoirs of
Charles Hill Roe (Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1900), pages 69-70. This
letter was probably written from Worcester in March or April 1850 to Roe
who was in Birmingham]

[page 69]

I never remember his [Roe's] contributing a line, aside form home
mission reports, to any paper or magazine while we lived in England, and
I might say almost the same in regard to his after life in America. His
esteemed friend Charles G Finney, once wrote to him as follows:

"Brother Roe, how is it that you have nothing to do with the periodical
press? Why don't you use your pen for the furtherance of Christ's cause?
Could you not do great good by giving some [page 70] account of the work
at Birmingham as you view it? It seems to me that you owe it to God and
to the churches in this and other countries to record these displays of
divine grace to the glory of the Redeemer. We have no right to conceal
and hide so great blessings received from God. Hide pride from man and
give glory to God."

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