A United Effort by M. E. KERN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 30, 1915

A United Effort

By M. E. KERN

A GREAT campaign is about to begin,—not a campaign of war and destruction, but of peace and salvation. Our missionary lines have been flung out in nearly all the great mission fields of the world. Our children, our brothers and sisters, former members of our churches, and our schoolmates have gone out into all parts of the world to save souls. Good success is attending their efforts almost everywhere. But the lines are so thin! Our missionaries are overworked. They needed help.

In order to furnish these missionaries proper support, and to send them recruits, the Mission Board must have money. I suppose that most of us rarely stop to consider what it means to the men who compose our Mission Board, to have more than a thousand persons in various parts of the earth looking to them for money on which to live and to advance the work. And the Mission Board must look to our people.

A very important part of these funds comes from the Harvest Ingathering. It is very important that the whole church enter enthusiastically into this campaign. Let the church missionary committee, which should consist of officers

representing the different departments of church work, carefully study the work and lay out the plans for the campaign. Let the young people have a part to act, suited to their age and experience. “The Lord has chosen the youth to be his helping hand.” But they must be “properly directed and encouraged.”

Carey said, “I will go down and dig, but you at home must hold the ropes.” We are one great united army of workers. Some have gone to fields afar. We at home must loyally support them while they toil.

The Lord expects every Missionary Volunteer to do his duty in this coming campaign.

M. E. KERN.