What Will You Do?

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 13, 1913

What Will You Do?

Lesson for the Children—No. 7

What Will You Do?

MEMORY TEXT: “And 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.

Jesus will not come until the people on earth have been warned. Missionaries must be sent all over the world. Mark 16:15.

But it takes money to send men and women so far. They must have clothing, food, and homes, and also books, tracts, and other things to work with.

God asks us not only to give ourselves, but also to bring our offerings. Can the children help?—Yes, even though they cannot give large sums; each penny will be like a brick in the wall, and the work will grow stronger and reach farther.

(Ask for experiences in missionary effort, and help the children plan how to work and what to give. They may learn to save and to earn, so they may have something of their own to give. Some self-denial on their part may enable them to bring an offering during this week of prayer. Experiences of children who have made a real sacrifice so they might bring an offering to the Lord may be related.)

Children may begin to work for Jesus at home, and thus become fitted to go to other lands as missionaries. By giving themselves they will make the most costly gift of all.

(Show a wreath of leaves to illustrate the crowns of earth that soon wither, then describe the crowns of gold given those who labor for God. Tell the children of the stars on the crowns, in number corresponding to those brought to Jesus by the one who wears the crown. See “Early Writings,” page 16, for a description of these starry crowns.)

(Tell of the part children will act in the work before its close.) What kind of children can God use? Will it be the unthankful and disobedient, those who are unlike Jesus?

In “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, pages 202, 203, these words are found:—

“As the children sang in the temple and courts, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord,’ so in these last days, children’s voices will be raised to give the last message of warning to a perishing world. When heavenly intelligences see that men are no longer permitted to present the truth, the Spirit of God will come upon the children, and they will do a work in the proclamation of the truth which the older workers cannot do, because their way will be hedged up.

“Our church-schools are ordained of God to prepare the children for this great work. Here children are to be instructed in the special truths for this time, and in practical missionary work.

They are to enlist in the army of workers to help the sick and the suffering. Children can take part in the medical missionary work, and by their jots and tittles can help to carry it forward. Their investments may be small, but every little helps, and by their efforts many souls will be won to the truth. By them God’s message will be made known, and his saving health to all nations.”

(Prayer should be offered that God will fit the children for the work he has said they should do, and help them to begin now.)