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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 2, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 22.

The Need of Missions

By H.

All men need Christ. There is that in the human heart which cries out for divine guidance. Man is a worshiping being, and has been through all the history of his existence on earth. Even in the darkest heathenism, there can scarcely be found a tribe which does not worship in some way. And all these tribes are included in the men who need Christ. Since all need Christ, should not all be given an opportunity to know Him? More than that, it is surely the duty of some one to take that knowledge to the world.

Our Saviour committed the duty to His disciples. They spent their lives in giving the Gospel to others. Their converts carried it on. Companies were formed, churches were organized, Christianity was established. Always it has been the experience of the one newly converted that he has a burden to tell the glad tidings to his loved ones

and his neighbors, and then to those beyond. This has come to be one true test of conversion. With churches those which have made the most of mission work have been the most virile and progressive. With a waning interest in missions has invariably come a falling away spiritually. Churches which have grown formal and creed-bound, and yet have clung to the mission idea, we find still existing after centuries — their work for souls has kept them alive.

All men need Christ. Shall not the church, recognizing the need, accept the responsibility of bringing the world to Him? The need is great, the time is short, the workers are few; but beyond all the labor is the reward. Not only does there wait for the faithful a crown, but in that crown are stars, jewels of precious souls, saved by grace through the faithful labors of those who answered the call to go.