MISSION WORK AT HOME by Charles P. Whitford

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 30, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 52.

MISSION WORK AT HOME

By Charles P. Whitford

[Tune “Your Mission.”]

Ye who sigh to till the acres In some distant harvest field, Long to plant in far-off furrows Seed which precious life will yield, Know that not to all there cometh Call in foreign lands to roam; For close by the fields are whitening:— There is mission work at home.

Ye who look beyond with pity For the souls in darkness deep, With a knowledge of whose blindness Heart is chilled and eyes must weep, O, forget not in your sadness That they do not stand alone In their need of truth and Jesus:— There is mission work at home.

Broad the fields for harvest whitening; Some to each our Lord will call. No mistake His wisdom maketh, When He plans the work for all. Does He call across the water? Go, then, in His strength alone. Does His hand restrain? Then meekly Do the mission work at home.

Boulder, Colo. CHARLES P. WHITFORD.