It Is by Way of Sacrifice

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 16, 1911

It Is by Way of Sacrifice

Not all the sacrifice necessary to fulfil Christ's invitation to take the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth, is found in supplying the means. To furnish the sons and daughters to fill places in mission fields and sometimes in making up the gap at home in our schools, for our conferences, our sanitariums, when workers are chosen out and passed on, forms the most important part of the continuous chain of sacrifice necessary to meet the demand. How this works is illustrated by the following item clipped from the Northern Union Reaper. Elder C. M. Babcock, president of the South Dakota Conference, writes:—

“Ever since the release of Brother and Sister Bolton [who came on last fall to attend the Foreign Mission Seminary] from their connection with the academy at Elk Point, we have been looking for a man to fill the place made vacant. When the action was taken by the board, it was taken with the conviction that if the Lord was calling Brother Bolton to other work, he surely had a man somewhere to fill his place, and the board placed upon the writer the responsibility of finding the man. I am glad to be able to report that Brother R. M. Dillworth has been secured to take this place, and the writer believes that God has been calling him to this work. Brother Dillworth is one of those who accepted the truth last summer. He is a practical farmer, and we look for the farm at Redfield to bring good results under his able management. He expects to move to Redfield as soon as he can close up his business at Alpena, and dispose of his holdings there. We are convinced that sharing with others is a right principle, and the South Dakota Conference has become a recruiting ground. “Give, and it shall be given unto you.”

And now Brother and Sister Bolton have been selected to go on to West Africa at once, to help in answering calls from this waiting field, emphasized somewhat by the sudden death of Sister T. M. French in that field. It is thus that workers are secured to answer the calls, and truly God works to supply them by the way of sacrifice, fulfilling the promise, “Give, and it shall be given unto you.”