p. 16 | Let Us All Take Part by A. J. S. B.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 14, 1909

Let Us All Take Part

By A. J. S. B.

ALL should participate in this great effort in behalf of our foreign missions. Let the following be our campaign motto: “Our sisters, the youth, the middle-aged, and those of advanced years may all take part in the closing work for this time.”

The following considerations will help to inspire our workers with courage:—

1. God says to us: “Go work to-day in my vineyard.” All of his commands are enabling promises.

2. God says: “Ye are my witnesses.” Isa. 43: 12. As such we should not burden ourselves with fruitless attempts to convert people, nor to argue with them. We are simply to witness,—to tell them what we know of Jesus. God alone can convert people.

3. God requires not great ability, but only “a willing mind.” He says: “If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.” 2 Cor. 8: 12.

4. Christ sends us to the world as missionaries. “As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.” John 17: 18.

5. God’s angel is the advance agent, guide, and protector of every consecrated house-to-house worker. “Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.” Ex. 23: 20.

6. Jesus himself is praying for his missionaries, and also for those we visit in his behalf. “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.”

Can we possibly afford to disappoint God and retard the progress of his precious cause in our hearts and in the world, by refusing to answer his loving, urgent call to service?

The thirty-one thousand dollars collected during last year’s campaign enabled the Mission Board to send twenty-five new missionaries to needy fields, and support them for one year. To support the workers sent out last year, and to answer the many additional calls for laborers, makes the burden of the Mission Board still heavier than before.

Shall we not, therefore, distribute at least twice the number of copies of the REVIEW, and collect double the amount of money for foreign missions, that we did last year? “Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” 1 Chron. 29: 5. A. J. S. B.