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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Sep 26, 1912

Conserving Missionary Life and Resources

By Editor

MUCH is being said to-day about the conservation of resources. As applied to the work of this denomination, there is nothing more important than the conservation of the life of our workers, particularly those who go out to represent us in the great strongholds of sin in the foreign mission fields. Sad indeed it is to see some of our most faithful workers, after gaining a valuable experience in the mission field and becoming acquainted with the language, fail in health, and either succumb to some deadly malady or be compelled to return home in a state of invalidism. What a great loss to the denomination is represented in experiences of this kind, and how much might be saved in life and working energy and missionary money if those working in mission fields could be provided with such facilities as would enable them to properly carry forward their work. An effort has been made recently to provide homes for our missionaries. The need of this is well emphasized in the excellent article by Mrs. J. N. Anderson, found on page 15, entitled "The Missionary and His Home." The Sabbath-school offerings on the last Sabbath of September will be applied for this commendable work of conservation. Every reader will have an opportunity to demonstrate his practical interest in this effort.