Answering the Macedonian Cry
Most touching appeals continue to come from every part of the field. It is a sad thing to be compelled to respond that our treasury is so nearly depleted that we can do nothing more than hold our own the remainder of this year. But that is what is being done. This message from Sister White describes very vividly the situation as it is to-day:— My heart is stirred within me as the Macedonian cry comes from every direction, from the cities and villages of our own land, from across the Atlantic and the broad Pacific, and from the islands of the sea, “Come over . . . and help us.” Brethren and sisters, will you answer the cry, saying, “We will deny ourselves in the embellishment of our houses, in the adornment of our persons, and in the gratification of appetite; we will give the means entrusted to us into the cause of God, and we will devote ourselves unreservedly to his work”? — Here is a question for every church elder to answer as to the attitude of his church, and for every Seventh-day Adventist to answer as to his personal attitude toward the missionary cause. How shall we respond? A practical, systematic remembrance of the field will be an answer most pleasing to the Master, and one which will relieve the present situation.