The Best Kind of a Missionary Society
By M. E. Kern
THE family is the unit of government and the strength of the nation. So the character of the families in the church determines the character of the church. The church will be a missionary church when the families comprising the church are missionary families. Therefore the best kind of missionary society is the family missionary society. This missionary society is brought to view in “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VII, page 11, where, speaking to parents, it says: “Let them [the children] unite with you in opposing the evil by which Satan seeks to destroy the souls and bodies of human beings. Share with them the secret of the cross, the secret that to you means sanctification, redemption, and eternal victory. As you take your children with you into the service of the Lord, what a victory you gain.” Such a family will be a united family, and united in a glorious cause. What will be the result of such missionary societies?—“If this work were faithfully done, if fathers and mothers would work for the members of their own families, and then for those around them, uplifting Christ by a godly life, thousands of souls would be saved.” And what will be the result upon the churches?—“When God’s people are truly converted, when they realize the obligation resting upon them to labor for those within their reach, when they leave no means untried to rescue sinners from the power of the enemy, the reproach will be removed from our churches.”—M. E. Kern, in The Central Advance.