Remember Our Missionaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 31, 1916

Remember Our Missionaries

As we look into the faces of the young men and women who are going to the Orient, as portrayed in our World-Wide Field department, we are impressed with the fact that it is no ordinary spirit of sacrifice which prompts the fathers and mothers in Israel to lay their sons and daughters on the altar of missionary service. Some of these young men and women doubtless are going from homes which need the cheer of their presence, and the material aid which they might render. Some are leaving parents and friends whom they will never see again in this world. They are going to a people who speak strange tongues, exposing themselves to trying climates and dangers by land and sea. Surely we should pray God to remember our brethren and sisters who have gone out from us into the great regions beyond. We know from letters which they write that their hearts often turn to the homeland. We who know these missionaries should remember them with occasional letters. This will remind them that they still have an interest in our thoughts and prayers.