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Graduate Nurses and the Foreign Mission Seminary

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 8, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 36.

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Graduate Nurses and the Foreign Mission Seminary

By M. E. Kern

“WITH such a preparation as they can gain, thousands upon thousands of youth and those older in years should be giving themselves to this work. Already many hearts are responding to the call of the Master Worker, and their numbers will increase.”—“Education,” pages 270, 271.
The whole world is opening to the second advent message, and although it seems very difficult at times to send qualified workers to answer the calls, doubtless the Lord has his workmen in preparation. The following words from a letter recently received may illustrate the position of many others upon whom God is laying a burden for the millions who sit in darkness:—
“I have been endeavoring to prepare myself for work in the foreign mission field, and for a preliminary training have taken the nurses’ course at the — Sanitarium. However, I feel the need of more training in lines which I can not obtain here, such as music, language, and a more thorough course in Bible. Feeling that the Lord is calling me to this work, and having a burden for the African field, I am writing you at this time for information in regard to entering the Foreign Mission Seminary, and the opportunity for earning my expenses, etc.”
The Foreign Mission Board is looking for young people who have definite convictions, who have been preparing themselves for service, and who are still willing to sacrifice that they may become well equipped to do good work in the mission fields.
In the same mail with the letter quoted came a letter from one of our physicians concerning recruits for the foreign field and the work of the Foreign Mission Seminary. It says:—
“We have many graduate nurses all over the United States who ought to be taking just such work. It seems to me that it would be well to make a vigorous effort through all our conferences and training-schools to get in touch with these graduate nurses. They are the people with experience who will go into these foreign fields and do splendid work.”
Who of these many nurses will respond to the call “from lands where the Lord is unknown”? Volunteers should write to the Secretary of the General Conference or to the undersigned, at Takoma Park, D. C.
M. E. KERN.