THAT MISSIONARY | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 14, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 11.

"THAT MISSIONARY."

MANY doors are open for him. Many Macedonian cries are heard by him. He wants to go. Will you hold the ropes while he searches in these mines for diamonds in the rough? Don't just have a little spasm of missionary fervor, but let the subject grip you with its giant hand and hold you as steady as a rock in mid-ocean. Keep posted as to the needs of the "Regions Beyond." Keep step with the purpose of God for this age, be an intelligent co-worker with Jesus.

Possibly you might send a missionary yourself, or if you can't do this, you might enlist a few of your friends to assist you and assume the support of some one. What do you say? If you don't know of any, we can suggest some. Yes, it will require a sacrifice, but David refused to offer as a sacrifice unto the Lord that which cost him nothing. He would pay Araunah for the thrashing-floor on which to build an altar. How often do we hear the expression when people are solicited for offerings, "O you won't feel it?" "It won't hurt you?" "You will never know the difference," etc.

The facts are, people ought to sacrifice until it does hurt and they do feel it, and will know the difference. The real difficulty is not a want of money, but of interest. When the evangelization of the heathen occupies its proper place in the heart, the money is always forthcoming. The church squanders money enough every year to increase the missionary offerings a hundredfold. Yes, indifference is the explanation of why so little is being done. Well may we ask ourselves the searching question, "What have I done to evangelize the world?"

That missionary is still waiting. What will I do to pay and pray him through?—Selected.