A Macedonian Call by L. N. Muck

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 2, 1906

A Macedonian Call

By L. N. Muck

L. N. MUCK

Once more I appeal to you in behalf of the blind of this country. We are bidden to go “into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” There are many Macedonian calls yet unanswered, and it seems to me that one of the most important of these is the earnest appeal for the third angel’s message which comes to us from the blind of this country. This call means that you and I, my brother and sister, must bestir ourselves to a fuller and more comprehensive understanding of what it means to give the third angel’s message to the blind.

Again the warning comes, “Proclaim to the world that Jesus is soon coming.” We believe that the hour has come for the speedy finishing of this threefold message in the earth. We also believe that the blind are included in the number who are to receive the warning message. The Lord would have us consider the sad condition of the blind. Much has been written in the past setting forth the needs of this class, and I would beseech you to lift up your eyes, and get a glimpse of the great need of the blind.

The Lord is ever mindful of the needs of his children, and I believe that he would have us pause and consider earnestly what our duty is concerning the blind. “The eyes of the Lord are in every place,” and I believe that he is watching to see what attitude we are going to take toward the two hundred thousand blind in our land.

We read in “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, page 217: “We can not call ourselves true missionaries if we neglect those at our very doors.” The blind are within our reach. They are standing at the threshold of our doors. They are seeking admission. How shall we escape if we neglect to proclaim to them that Jesus is soon coming? We are told that if we neglect this class, their blood will be required at our hands, because we are the watchmen. We have the warning message.

The fact is that there are libraries filled with novels and fiction for those who can not see. The ones who have been so eager to provide literature for the blind have forgotten that the blind boy or girl has a soul to save. Let us lift up our eyes, and behold the needs of this great work.

I appeal to the president of each union and local conference to consider the number of blind in his field. In the Atlantic Union Conference there are nearly thirty thousand blind, and if the union conference would give two hundred dollars, and each local conference one hundred dollars, hundreds of the blind could receive the message. This is a small amount, and each conference ought to bear its share. All the blind are not willing to hear the message, but hundreds from the Atlantic Union are earnestly calling for the gospel. This is a Macedonian call which should be answered. Do you hear it? There are thousands of unfortunate beings in the Southern Union Conference. And while these weaker conferences may not be able to raise the required amount, let each one do something. And those conferences in the North that are better prepared financially to assist, will be stirred to give of their means to proclaim the message to the blind in the South.

Hundreds appeal to us from the Southwestern Union Conference; and while this field has many home calls for the work among those who see, yet God wishes us not to overlook the weaker ones. The blind are among us, and we must not neglect their calls.

In the Northern Union little has been done up to the present time for the promulgation of the gospel among the blind; but at the Northern Union Conference held last spring, and at the camp-meetings held in that territory recently, steps were taken to raise funds to supply reading-matter to the blind in that field. The Lake Union and Central Union Conferences have also expressed a willingness to co-operate with us. Several hundred dollars have been pledged by the Lake Union.

Here are the fields, and the question is, Do we really mean it when we say, “The time has come for us to sound an alarm to the whole world”? If we do, my brother, I beseech you to co-operate with me in giving the last message to the thousands of blind now ready for it. Send all contributions to Miss Katie Coleman, Secretary, College View, Neb.