ONLY in one sense can it be said that there is a foreign field with God. "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Sin has alienated all men from the love of God, so far as man himself is concerned; but, after all, the love of God has made it possible in the wonderful gift of His Son for all to return. His love has reduced every corner of the earth to a home field, a family circle, and sinful man is but the erring member of the household.
God is no respecter of persons. "The God that made the world and all things therein, . . . made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth." Acts 17:24-26. Then it is true that to Him, the Creator of all, there is no foreign field. His love is for all; His life is for all. Not a nation of all the earth may be excluded from the gifts of His love, the greatest manifestation of which is the gift of His Son, which brings salvation to all who accept, of whatever nation.
How narrow the conception of man is! His affection is limited to so few, centering in himself or those nearest him, while the needs of those without the favored circle claim little of his thought and less of his solicitude. But "God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son;" and that Son "gave Himself for our sins;" and "the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon Him; for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Surely man should not discriminate between the nations of earth, the worthy and the unworthy, if God does not.