Shall We Go? by Missionary Herald

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 14, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 23.

Shall We Go?

By Missionary Herald

THE call for help falls upon our ears from the lost millions of every heathen land. The natural man is inclined to look at his comfortable home, his kindred and friends, to cherish his hope of fame and fortune, and thus stifle the convictions that might enter any man's heart who hears the call for help. Shall we go? If not, why not? Others go. If in India, Africa, or China we could be certain that a rich gold mine could be had for the going, how long would we have to work at our consecration, and how long would we have to wait and pray, before we could get grace to leave our loved ones at home, and give up our own aspirations, to go in quest of such a dazzling reward? Brethren, there is a gold mine in India, in Africa, or China for you—a mine of purest gold; gold of greater value than that we find in mines in the earth; gold that is tried in the fire; gold that will be yours to have and to hold forever; when the gold of earth is consumed by the fervent heat of judgment fires.

Shall we go? Others go for war and plunder, to spill their blood for their fellow men on the battle-field, and, if need be, to bleach their bones on the desert sands in defense of human liberty and to extend the conquests of nations. Is the salvation of human souls of more value than gold? Is the honor of God dearer to us than war? Does the conquest of the cross deserve our loyalty and our lives as truly as the conquests of nations? Shall we then rest at home? Are we neglecting to deny ourselves a few transient pleasures of life, while men of the world, for money, for fame, and for war, at the cost of their homes, their friends, and life itself, go from pole to pole, and over land and sea, in a cause less glorious than ours? Brethren, shall we go?—Missionary Herald.