Home Missionary Experiences
By E. M. Graham
Does One Good to Work for Others
“I SHALL try to tell you a little of my experience. The first thing I wish to say is that it does my own soul good to work for others. I had never felt the burden of working for lost souls as I have during the last few months. I do most of my work by mail, sending a paper and writing a good missionary letter. I put my solicitor’s card in the letter, and it comes back with anywhere from twenty cents to a dollar. None have given less than twenty cents. I gathered in about eight dollars last year for the Harvest Ingathering work, and want to do more this year. I love the message, and hope to live to see it close in victory.” Decided to Write a Letter
A sister says: “The Lord has greatly blessed my efforts, especially for one soul. When I was out to gather means for the foreign missions in the Harvest Ingathering work, I met a woman who seemed anxious to learn. We became friends in a few minutes. When I returned home, I decided to write to her. In doing so I told her of the great closing work that the money being collected was doing, and how the Lord had said, ‘This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.’ I told her we should then meet Jesus, and if we had been true and obedient, we should have a home in his kingdom. In less than a week, an answer came. She was anxious to learn, and asked me to help her. I wrote again, sending her a tract on the subject of the new earth. Later I sent her ‘Steps to Christ,’ which she writes she is enjoying very much. She ordered four copies to give to friends and relatives, so the blessing is spreading. She is also reading the book to her family. I shall do all I can to help her accept the truth.” We never know the results of our feeble efforts. God can richly bless them; and as one little wave of blessing is started, it starts many other little waves.