FOREIGN MISSION WORK AT HOME.
By H. Shultz
THE last message to all people is the Threefold Message of Rev. 14: 6-15, with its kindred truth. To say that the time has come for these truths to be given to the world is true, but this would hardly express the facts as they are. As we examine the prophecies we are forced to the conclusion that these messages must be given to this generation now living upon the earth, and by a more careful study of the word we find ourselves a long way down in the generation to which these messages are due, and that but a short time remains to finish up the work. This being true, we know that the time has come for every Seventh-day Adventist to be working somewhere in the Master's vineyard. Let us not begin to make excuse and say, I am not fit to preach. It is true God has not called every man and woman to be a preacher by word of mouth, and yet none are excused from doing their part in carrying the Lord's last message. All the world is to be warned, every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. The world in their blindness do not seek after salvation; it must be brought to them. So if we can not go forth and preach the word, get a good supply of papers, books, pamphlets, and tracts, and scatter them among the people like the autumn leaves after the frost has nipped them. They will do the preaching for you in a quiet way, and if any one gets angry at what they preach and throws them down, they will take the abuse without retaliating, and when they are picked up again, in a quiet way they will preach the same thing over again; and so men and women will be brought to a knowledge of the truth for this generation. Remember, also, that America is a country made up of all nations. There are in the United States alone nearly 31,000,000 people speaking foreign tongues, and nearly half of these can not speak the English language. They must hear it in their own tongue, and as our brethren and sisters speaking a foreign language are anxious to have their American neighbors hear the glad message of a soon-coming Saviour, and provide them with English reading-matter, will not our American brethren and sisters everywhere look about them and see if they have not neighbors speaking other languages, learn of what nationality they are, and provide them with such publications as they are able to read? But you may ask, Where can we get literature in different tongues? Get it from your tract societies. State plainly in what language you desire the books or other reading-matter, and if your tract societies do not have them, send direct to the International Publishing Association, College View, Neb. Tell them what you want and it will be sent you at once. The joy of our Lord is to see many souls saved in the kingdom of God thru His labors and sufferings, and if we would enter into His joy (Matt. 25:21-23), we must do something for others, to win them to the kingdom of our God. Then shall we enter into the same joy that fills the Master's heart.