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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 11, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 56.

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The Unworked Places

Lesson for the Children — No. 7

The Unworked Places

MEMORY TEXT: “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” John 4:34.
In this lesson the leader may help the children to see what a great work is yet to be done in warning the world before Jesus comes. A map may be used showing where most has been done. Facts concerning the needs of other countries may be gleaned from our periodicals and the reading for the older people for this day.
GROUP OF MISSIONARIES LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE ORIENT, SEPTEMBER 15
GROUP OF MISSIONARIES LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE ORIENT, SEPTEMBER 15
Illustrate by the care we give a garden. We do not plow and sow and tend only one part of the ground, but all is fully cultivated. We do not spend all our time hoeing and weeding one little place, and leave all the rest for weeds to destroy the crop. So one country must not claim all the workers, all the labor, and all the money. Show how few laborers we have in Africa, Asia, and South America as compared with other countries.
God wants the children to become helpers with him. They can begin at home. Isaac carried wood for his father. Joseph went on errands. The little girl worked in Naaman’s home helping his wife. Jesus worked with Joseph as a carpenter, and as he worked he sang, and so comforted any who were sorrowful and troubled. By learning to be useful at home, little Christian children are preparing themselves to work in other places.
The special objects for prayer in this meeting should be that God will help us to be workers for him; that he will bless the missionaries in India, China, Korea, Japan, and other lands; that he will make many others willing to go where work is greatly needed, and help us to give our money to support them. We should also pray that we may be so unselfish that we shall be willing to give ourselves, our friends, and all we have, that God’s work may soon be finished.