I. OPENING SONG: “All hail the power of Jesus’ name.” (“Hymns and Tunes,” No. III; “Christ in Song,” No. 226.)
II. PRAYER.
III. SCRIPTURE READING:—
“Bible Answers to Missionary Questions.”
IV. SONG: “A Missionary Hymn.” (Music, “Hymns and Tunes,” No. 775; “Christ in Song,” No. 570.)
V. RECITATIONS:—
“The Need of Haste.”
“A Plea for Korea.”
“Wunwang’s Story of His Life.”
VI. SONG: “China’s Call.” (Music, “Christ in Song,” No. 397.)
VII. RECITATIONS:—
“Only a Little Baby Girl.”
“The Young Missionaries.”
VIII. BLACKBOARD EXERCISE:—
“Africa’s Need.”
IX. RECITATIONS:—
“Is It Nothing to You?”
“Missionary Exercise for Four Children.”
X. SONG, By the Children: “Freely Give.” (“Christ in Song,” No. 407.)
XI. RECITATIONS:—
“Two Pennies.”
“Please Don’t Refuse.”
XII. COLLECTION.
XIII. CLOSING SONG: “Work and Wait.” (“Hymns and Tunes,” No. 1253.)
Bible Answers to Missionary Questions
1. What are missionaries?
“We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” 2 Cor. 5: 20.
2. Are there enough missionaries?
“The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.” Matt. 9: 37.
3. What is our duty, then?
“Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.” Matt. 9: 38.
4. What is the state of the heathen world?
“The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.” Ps. 74: 20.
5. Why do they not worship the true God?
“How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?” Rom. 10: 14.
6. Who are sent to teach them?
“Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1: 8.
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7. Who sends these witnesses?
“Then said Jesus to them, . . . as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” John 20: 21.
8. What is the great commission?
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Matt. 28: 19.
9. Can children be missionaries?
“The Syrians . . . had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.” 2 Kings 5: 2, 3.
10. What help has Jesus promised?
“Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matt. 28: 20.
11. What have missionaries accomplished?
“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” Isa. 9: 2.
12. What reward has Jesus promised to the faithful missionary?
“They that turn many to righteousness [shall shine] as the stars forever and ever.” Dan. 12: 3.
13. When will missions end?
“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Matt. 24: 14.
A Missionary Hymn
(Music, “Hymns and Tunes,” No. 775.)
For a witness to all nations
Must the gospel news be told,
Till the ransomed countless number
Are within the open fold
Of the Shepherd,
Whom their eyes shall then behold.
We would send the joyful message
Far where death and darkness reign,
Telling out among the heathen
Of the Lamb who once was slain,
Who in triumph
In the clouds shall come again.
We are toilers in the harvest:
Fields are ripe, but reapers few.
Ere the day of his appearing
There is much for us to do.
Jesus calls us,
To his call may each be true.
Grant, O Lord, that from our number
Some may go to preach the Word—
Hear our prayer that none may slumber
When the midnight cry is heard.
Come, Lord Jesus;
For thy reign be each prepared.
—W. F. Edgerton.
The Need of Haste
THEY are dying by tens! don’t you know it?
Dying without the light.
They know not Christ as their Saviour;
His cross is hid from their sight.
They are dying by hundreds! O hear it!
In the chains of ignorance bound.
They see not their need of a Saviour,
The Saviour whom you have found.
They are dying by thousands! Believe it!
O what are you going to do?
Your Saviour cares for these lost ones,
And longs to bless them through you.
They are dying by millions! Yes, millions!
All over the world’s wide lands;
In Africa, India, and China,
Can you sit with idle hands?
Dying while you are sleeping,
Dying while you are at play,
Dying while you laugh and chatter,
Dying by night and by day.
Some do not know they are needy;
Some of them care not at all,
But some of them hunger for Jesus,
Yet know not on whom to call.
They grope for a light, in their darkness;
They call on their gods for aid;
There is no one to tell them of Jesus,
And the sinner’s debt which he paid.
None, did I say? ’Twas an error;
For God has a few lights out there;
But when it’s not three to a million,
O won’t you begin to care?
—The Kingdom.
A Plea for Korea
HEARD ye the voice from over the sea,
Not far from the Flowery Land?
’Tis the Hermit Kingdom that calls to thee,
From the land of the “Morning Calm:”
“Come over and help us.” Heard ye the cry?
“Come quickly. The harvest is white;
Say not ‘Four months,’ or ‘By and by.’”
Korea asks now for the light.
Millions of hands are outstretched there
To receive the Living Bread,15
And multitudes by her rocky shores
Stand waiting to be fed.
Heard ye the voice? ’Tis the Master’s now;
As he speaks the word of command,
Harken attentive, and to it bow:
“Go ye into all the world.”
