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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 12, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 19.

An Uneven Exchange

By H.

WHEN God in His infinite love for lost humanity “gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life,” He gave more, infinitely more, than He could possibly receive in exchange. When the Son of God died for this rebel race, the reward for His sacrifice was utterly inadequate. But He asked nothing, knowing that the world in its sinful condition could give Him nothing worth having. And yet, in spite of the poor recompense, the Son of God is content with the bargain, if only man is redeemed, for “He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied.”

How, then, can men complain if after years of labor and the expenditure of vast sums of hard-earned money, little fruit is seen in the harvest? Missions are supported for years and years, and the results are so meager. Men give their lives to the work of teaching the Gospel, and die with but a handful of believers to show for the years of service. But in scores of dark places in the earth where this has been the experience, sometimes where not a soul has been converted, in the after years an abundant harvest has developed. Still must the believer toil on—the harvest must come, for God is true, His word will not return unto Him void, but, He declares, “it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”

Therefore, “in the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that.” It may be that all may appear to be lost, but as God Himself is our example, we may not withhold the sowing. He freely gave Heaven’s best for man; we can give our little for no better purpose.