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Review and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 40.

Waiting Upon God

Review and Herald

Oct 5, 1911

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 5, 1911

Waiting Upon God

FRET not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
For evil-doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

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No Tears in Heaven

By Arthur V. Fox

ARTHUR V. FOX
WITH care-worn heart and throbbing brow I watched the orb of day, That set in tears behind the clouds That veiled its golden ray; And bending o’er the sacred page Of truth divinely given, I heard a loving voice that said, There’ll be no tears in heaven.
My thoughts grew calm, and, in a dream, Bright angels sang to me A choral song of Eden land Beyond the crystal sea; And though too soon its chords were lost, Its tones afar were driven, One hallowed strain I yet recall: There’ll be no tears in heaven.
No tears, no pain, no dreary night With starless gloom o’ercast, The joy our blessed Saviour gives Will there forever last. O eyes that weep, O hearts that mourn, By storm and tempest driven, Look up! look up! ’twill soon be o’er; There’ll be no tears in heaven.
Los Angeles, Cal.

Parents as Character Builders

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE
Seventh-day Adventist parents should more fully realize their responsibilities as character builders. God places before them the privilege of being strengtheners of his cause through the consecration and labors of their children. He desires to see gathered out from the homes of our people a large company of youth who, because of the godly influences of their homes, have surrendered their hearts to him, and go forth to give him the highest service of their lives. Directed and trained by the godly instruction of the home, the influence of the morning and evening season of worship, the consistent example of parents who love and fear God, they have learned to submit to God as their teacher and leader, and they are prepared to render him acceptable service as loyal sons and daughters. Such youth are prepared to represent to the world the grace and power of Christ.
Children and youth are to be taught that their capabilities were given them for the honor and glory of God. To this end they must learn the lesson of obedience; for only by lives of willing obedience can they render to God the service he requires. Before the child is old enough to reason, he may be taught to obey. By gentle, persistent effort, the habit should be established. Thus to a great degree may be prevented those later conflicts between will and authority that do so much to create in the minds of the youth alienation and bitterness toward parents and teachers, and too often resistance of all authority, human and divine.
Let children be shown that true reverence is revealed by obedience. God has commanded nothing that is unessential, and there is no other way of manifesting reverence so pleasing to him as obedience to that which he has spoken.
Parents who truly love Christ will bear witness to this in a love for their children that will not indulge, but will work wisely for their highest good. These children have been bought with a price. Christ sacrificed his life that he might redeem them from wrong-doing. Parents who appreciate the sacrifice Christ and the Father have made in behalf of the race, will cooperate with them, lending every sanctified energy and ability to the work of saving their children. Instead of treating them as playthings, they will regard them as the purchase of Christ, and will teach them that they are to become the children of God. Instead of allowing them to indulge evil temper and selfish desires, they will teach them lessons of self-restraint.
As parents and children cooperate in seeking to reach God's ideal for them, strength and blessing will come into their lives; and joy and satisfaction will fill the hearts of parents when they see, as the fruit of their labors, their children growing up in the love of the truth, and endeavoring to reach the fulness of God's purpose for them.
Let parents study the instruction of the sixth chapter of Deuteronomy. If the counsels of the Word of God are faithfully followed, the saving grace of Christ will be brought to our youth; for the children who are trained to love and obey God, and who yield themselves to the molding power of his Word, are the objects of God's special care and blessing.
The Lord commanded Israel: “These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. . . .
“Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
“And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you? then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: and the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.”
Wherever in Israel God's plan of education was carried into effect, its results testified of its Author. But in verymany households the training appointed by heaven, and the characters thus developed, were alike rare. God's plan was but partially and imperfectly fulfilled. By unbelief and by disregard of the Lord's directions, the Israelites surrounded themselves with temptations that few had power to resist. At their settlement in Canaan “they did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord had commanded them: but were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.” Their heart was not right with God, “neither were they steadfast in his covenant. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not; yea, many a time turned he his anger away. . . . For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.” Fathers and mothers in Israel became indifferent to their obligation to God, indifferent to their obligation to their own children. Through unfaithfulness in the home, and idolatrous influences without, many of the Hebrew youth received an education differing widely from that which God had planned for them. They learned the ways of the heathen.
The lesson is recorded for our instruction. The enemy of souls will invent many things to lead the minds of our youth from firm faith in God to the idolatrous practises of the world. Let the cautions given to ancient Israel be carefully studied. Satan's efforts to spoil the thoughts and confuse the judgment are unceasing, and we must be on our guard.
We must be careful to maintain our allegiance to God as his peculiar people. While wickedness is increasing in the world, the people of God are to increase in understanding, in sanctified devotion to the cause of God, in keenness of perception to discern between righteousness and unrighteousness. At this time we can not afford to run any risks. If we commit sin, the Lord will be greatly dishonored. But if we work the works of righteousness, we shall follow on to know the Lord more and more perfectly.
We should endeavor to keep out of our homes every influence that is not productive of good. In this matter some parents have much to learn. To those who feel free to read story magazines and novels, I say: You are sowing seed, the harvest of which you will not care to gather. There is no spiritual strength to be gained from such reading. Rather it destroys the love for the pure truth of the Word. Through the agency of novels and story magazines Satan is working to fill with unreal and trivial thoughts the minds that should be diligently studying the Word of God. Thus he is robbing thousands upon thousands of the time and energy and self-discipline demanded by the stern problems of life.
Let the youth be taught to give close study to the Word of God. Received into the soul, it will prove a mighty barricade against temptation. “Thy word,” the psalmist declares, “have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” “By the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.”
I counsel every believer who in the past has indulged the love of fictitious reading to put away novels, and study the Word of God. Those who claim to believe the truth for this time need to search the Scriptures. “Ye are not your own,” the apostle Paul declares, “for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” The life of the believer is to be lived for him who gave his life for us. He is to act understandingly. The wealth of the soul's affections is to flow forth to the One who gave all that he might win men and women to God. Through the knowledge of him the life will be sanctified.
Fathers and mothers, turn your hearts to seek the Lord; for a great responsibility rests upon you to give your children a correct mold of character. Keep ever before you their eternal interests. Educate them to be refined, pure, noble, revealing the highest traits of character, and before the world and heaven to make known that they have chosen to serve God. True Christlike characters will bear the seal of God's approval.
Great blessings and spiritual strength will come to the families who will determine to put away those things which are unessential, and will resolutely take up the work of preparation for the coming of the Lord. God has entrusted parents with the work of helping their children to gain a Christlike experience. Will you prepare the way of the Lord by bearing a decided message for him, not only in words, but by a godly example? The Lord's coming is very near. Those who know the truth should practise the truth, letting the light shine forth in precept and example.
Would you help other families to use their God-given talents to his glory? Then reveal in your own lives conformity to the image of Christ. Improve the talents you have; cultivate the powers of mind and body; increase your knowledge of the Word of God; improve the gift of speech; by the witness of a godly example uplift before others the power of the Word to transform the character. In simplicity and sympathy seek to make known to souls their great need, and point them to the One who will be all and in all to those who seek him. Engage understandingly in this work, and you will receive increased light and increased power to serve.

Opposition to the Message

By G. B. Thompson

G. B. THOMPSON
The fact that warfare is waged against a movement is no proof that the movement is not in the order of God. Opposition has been experienced by the church in all ages. God's true people have been mocked, scourged, imprisoned, stoned, sawn asunder, beheaded, and tortured. They have been outcasts; they have wandered in lonely and desolate places on earth, clothed in sheepskins and goatskins; yet from their affliction and destitution they have waxed strong; they have routed the armies of the aliens; they have gone forth conquering and to conquer.
The foes of God's people and work have not always been from without. From within have appeared wolves clothed in church livery, who have sought to hinder the work of God. In the days of Israel's wanderings in the wilderness, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram rose up against the leaders. They charged Moses with usurping his position. Is it a small thing that “thou . . . make thyself a prince over us?” was their cry. With a rebellious heart they said, “We will not come up.” They were amenable to no leadership; they rejected all rulership except their own. “Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy,” was the language of rebellion.
In apostolic times, false teachers took from the Galatian church the true gospel, and substituted another, which was not the gospel. The believers in Asia departed from the faith, under the leadership of Phygellus and Hermogenes, who were doubtless apostates from the faith, yet no doubt claiming “new light.” Hymeneus and Philetus taught that the “resurrection is past already,” and overthrew the faith of some. No matter what is taught, somebody will believe it. Paul and other of the apostles had enemies, and no doubt the dissatisfied elements which were in the church gathered around these blind leaders, and made quite a showing. Some doubtless claimed that Alexander and Hymeneus should not have been turned out of the church, and strengthened them in their apostasy and wrong course by unwise sympathy.
Yet notwithstanding all these and numerous other adverse experiences, the gospel moved on and triumphed. The people which the Lord brought out of Egypt entered Canaan in spite of all the Korahs, Dathans, and Abirams. And Paul wrote that the gospel in his day had gone to all the world.
Truth can not be stamped out. The Bible has been ridiculed, hated, and despised, but it keeps on multiplying.
The last message will pass through experiences similar to those which the church has met in all ages. It has been assailed all through its history. It has had to contend with critics of various caliber, from the honest, perplexed doubter, to the outspoken skeptic and apostate. Men have risen among us, begun a warfare on former brethren, and sought to tear down what they once tried to build up; but up to the present they have neither torn down the message nor built up anything.
When men left our ranks in the earlier days of the message, they said so, took an open stand, and began their fight; but more recently the tactics of open opposition to the message have been changed. Modern opposers put up the claim that they represent the originalmessage; that while the whole movement has been side-tracked, they believe as they always have, not having moved a hair's breadth.
When Lucifer began his warfare against the government of heaven, he, too, claimed to be loyal. He could deceive his former associates better this way; and it took the Creator a long time to remove the mask, and disclose the real condition, so that all in the universe could understand the matter.
Some have left us, and declared they would never fight the message. But it is difficult for a man going over Niagara to stop when he is half-way down. Ere long some pretext has been found on which to hang an excuse to begin the work of opposition. But time has fully demonstrated that this message can not be disposed of with a sneer and a few tracts. While being opposed and ridiculed, it goes on reaching out into new lands.
Others, having received more “light,” which sets aside all former light, have maintained a sphinx-like silence for considerable time; but by and by they grow restless. They must preach the “truth,” for which they have sacrificed all. While they muse, the fire burns. With a martyr-like air, they declare that they have waited for light from former brethren, and none has been given. The great truths of the message which they have believed and preached do not appeal to them as proof. Some dissatisfied brother writes and tells how the “new light” has fed his soul, and urges that it be hidden no longer under a bushel, but that it be put on a candlestick. This advice is regarded as a clarion call to action. Tracts are written, and a campaign is opened.
But against what have the campaigns of those who have given up the message been waged? What is their mission? Do they raise large funds to plant missions in heathen lands to teach the gospel? The writer has never known of a single instance where this has been done. Do they organize an educational work, and build institutions in which to train the youth for the work of saving souls? We never heard of such steps being taken.
Do they go into the highways and hedges, turn sinners from their evil ways, raise up churches, and live from the fruit of a vineyard of their own planting? We never heard of such a thing. Instead of appealing to the ungodly to lead a better life, they hover around our churches, and directly, or through some sympathizer, seek financial help, to have, perhaps, the tithe diverted from its proper channel into their own pockets. Think of it! While nursing their spiritual mother for sustenance, they seek at the same time to strangle her. They present the strange spectacle of seeking to extinguish the fire around which they gather for warmth.
Do they establish printing-houses, and produce literature for the masses, to teach them the gospel? Do they send forth workers to labor among the millions who are unprepared to meet God in the judgment? It seems not. Their mission appears to be to tear down the work of their former brethren, to hold up to the gaze of an unfriendly world what they claim to be the errors of those whom they once fellowshiped. They make warfare on the Testimonies, and charge Mrs. E. G. White with being a false prophet. It requires neither prayer nor consecration to do this kind of work. But have any of those who claim such advanced light ever produced a single book of such deep spiritual power as those written by the one whom they denounce? Not one such has been produced during the past half-century.
The tracts and publications of those who leave the message are sent almost exclusively to Seventh-day Adventist churches and ministers. I have found these leaflets in distant parts of the world, not in the homes of heathen and unbelievers, but in the homes of those who are striving to keep God's law, and prepare to the best of their ability for a home in heaven. The literature seems to have been prepared and sent out for the express purpose of wrecking confidence in the message; but it gives no certain hope in its place.
Anybody can burn a house or scuttle a ship. It requires no fasting and prayer to sow doubt and divide a church, which has been built up by consecrated labor. The only wonder is that any are so blind that they can not understand the spirit which inspires such work as that pointed out.
One of the ablest opponents of this truth once declared that the believers under the message are the most spiritual of any with whom he was acquainted. Yet this is the class upon whom those who renounce the message do the most of their “missionary” work. Strange, is it not? If they have such great light, why not give it to the masses?
But we have no fears for the future of this work from this source. None need grow nervous, and wonder how things are coming out. No Goliath-like boast need cause any to be alarmed. I read recently of a lunatic who rushed into a crowded church, and seizing one of the pillars supporting the gallery, exclaimed, “I am going to pull down this structure.” Some screamed, and a stampede was threatened. But the aged minister quelled the tumult by exclaiming, in solemn tones, “Let him try it! Let him try it!” The message has stood for more than six decades, through all manner of opposition. It is safe for the future, so far as opposition is concerned.
There is not much to encourage a person to leave the message, and begin an effort to overturn it. We look in vain to find success in gospel work by those who have felt themselves compelled to separate from this truth. This will be equally true in the future. This is God's truth, and it will surely triumph. Let those who believe it consecrate themselves more fully to the Lord, that they may triumph with it.
Takoma Park, D. C.

On the Trail of the Johnston District Sunday Bill

By C. E. Holmes

C. E. HOLMES
APRIL 4, 1911—Extra session Sixty-Second Congress convened.
April 6—Johnston Sunday bill for the District of Columbia introduced in the Senate.
May 17—Public hearing granted on this bill.
May 22—Favorably reported without amendment to the Senate by Senate District Committee.
May 24—An effort made by Senator Johnston to have it passed. Opposed by Senator Smoot, and laid over.
May 26—Again presented for consideration. Opposed by Senator Heyburn, who made a vigorous speech against it.
May 29—Came up again on the Senate Calendar. Senator Heyburn objected. The bill went over.
June 1—Senator Heyburn objected to its consideration. Went over.
June 8—Senator Dixon objected. Bill went over.
June 16—After considerable discussion between Senators Heyburn and Johnston, the bill went over.
June 20—The bill again came up on the Senate Calendar. Senator Heyburn again objected, and the bill went over.
July 8—Senator Heyburn objected. Bill went over.
July 17—Bill went over.
July 18—Bill came up; at Senator Heyburn’s suggestion it was transferred to Rule IX. Under this rule all opposing senators must be notified before a measure is brought up for a vote.
August 22—Congress adjourned.
The bill is still on the Senate Calendar, and will no doubt be brought up at the regular session of Congress this fall.
From the time the bill was favorably reported to the Senate, May 22, until July 18, there were over two hundred thirty-seven memorials and petitions against it presented to the Senate by differentsenators, and printed in the Congressional Record. These were sent in from twenty-one States, and in nearly all instances represented churches. The Washington, D. C., Chamber of Commerce also adopted a resolution against this bill and forwarded it to the Senate.
Only seven memorials in favor of this legislation have been recorded during the same period of time, six of these being from individuals.
Takoma Park, D. C.

Watching for the Answer

By Jennie Owen Mc Clelland

JENNIE OWEN MC CLELLAND
I AM. watching for the answer To the prayer I breathed to-day; For has not my loving Father Bid his child to watch and pray?
It were idle to be asking Without hoping to receive, And the prayer, based on his promise, Gives me courage to believe
That the answer will be given, And perhaps is on its way; So I’m watching for the answer, While continuing to pray.
Like Elijah on Mt. Carmel O’er and o’er I scan the sky, While with earnest expectation To the gracious Lord I cry.
Ready, too, to spring to action To perform my humble part; Praise and thanks the meantime waiting To spring up within my heart.
North Dakota.

Sinning More

By M. E. YERGIN

M. E. YERGIN
PROBABLY one of the most successful delusions Satan has foisted upon a sinful race, is the idea that if one sins at all, he may just as well go to the limit — commit just as many sins as he can. It is bad enough to commit one sin; but why, because one has committed one sin, should he add to his iniquity, increase his guilt, and use his powers to get just as far from God as he can?
John says: “These things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 2: 1, 2.
Sin is forbidden, yet if we commit sin, the Spirit urges us to remember that we have an advocate present with the Father, who is the propitiation for that particular sin. We should at once take advantage of the sin-pardoning, sin-annihilating grace of Jesus Christ, who is the really righteous One, and immediately terminate our sinful act.
If we sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, who is the propitiation for our sins. O, what a blessed thought that that besetting sin with which we have struggled so long, need not lead us into any further sin! The scripture just quoted, gives us the assurance that we need not add sin to sin by continuing to transgress God’s commands, but we may receive grace to wage successful warfare against the one sin that has brought us into bondage.
God is very wise. He does not ask his weak child to struggle on alone until a whole regiment of sins shall rise up against him. No! If one of the enemy appears, that is enough. He bids us to come at once before the throne and obtain the armament and weapons provided by Jesus Christ the righteous, and attack that one lone sin quickly while it is alone; come upon it unexpectedly, suddenly, with the power of prayer and sincere repentance, and slay it, cause it to die, to cease, to perish miserably; come upon it with the shout of a man of war, even a warrior of the King, the King of Righteousness, and thrust it through, tread it under foot, utterly destroy it, and cast it into the trenches of the abominable and defiled.
“These things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we,” — you and I, dear fellow pilgrim in this world of sinful foes, you and I — “have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” And he is there for the purpose of giving us the equipment,— the weapons as well as the strength necessary to destroy and make away with sin at its first appearance, when, as only one of a hateful, ugly tribe, it sets upon and wounds us.
We are provided with an armor which should always be upon us to protect us from the attack of every sin. Let us keep all the armor on, in full preparation for an unexpected attack; but if at any time we find that we have not been fully heeding the counsel of the Commander-in-chief of our war department, who has bidden us to keep always armed, then let us remember the instruction he has given to meet such an emergency: “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous,” who “is the propitiation for our sins,” and “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Chicago, Ill.

The Power of Prayer

By GEO. O. STATES

GEO. O. STATES
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”
In the past when the Lord’s people have been brought into close places, God has always wrought deliverance. “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.” It is possible for a mother to be so unnatural as to forget her own child, but the Lord assures his people that he will never forget them.
We may come to the Lord and ask for things we believe will be for our good and to his glory, and yet be mistaken. The Lord will give us that which is for our good, instead of what we ask for, if that would be to our hurt. The prayer of faith lifts us above our surrounding discouragements, and gives us strength patiently to endure our trials.
The life of the soul depends upon habitual communion with God. Its wants are made known, and the heart is opened to receive new blessings. Gratitude flows from unfeigned lips; and the refreshing that is received from Jesus is manifested in words, in deeds of benevolence, and in public devotion. Where love to Jesus exists in the heart, there must be expression given to it in the life. Secret prayer sustains the inner life. They that love God will desire to commune with him, and will lean on him in perfect confidence.
One can not help being impressed with the fact that in the Reformation the leading men were men of prayer. The “morning star” of the Reformation and his associates were men of God who were willing to risk their lives to advance the cause that was so dear to them. Luther was a man of prayer, or he never could have had the courage to stand before that council, and with open Bible, boldly say:—
“Here I take my stand; I can not do otherwise. God help me! Amen.”
The secret of his ability to take that stand is revealed in his pleading: “O thou my God, help me against all the wisdom of this world. Do this I beseech thee . . . by thine own mighty power. . . . The work is not mine, but thine. I have no business here. . . . I have nothing to contend for with the great men of the world. . . . But the cause is thine, . . . and it is righteous and everlasting. O faithful and unchangeable God, I lean not upon men. . . . Whatever is from man is tottering; whatever proceeds from him must fall. . . . Thou hast chosen me for this work; . . . therefore, O God, accomplish thine own will; forsake me not, for the sake of thy well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ, my defense, my buckler, and my stronghold.” Luther knew upon whom he was dependent, and when the crisis came, the Lord sustained his servant.
Cedaredge, Colo.

Our Young People and Our Foreign Mission Enterprise

By J. N. Anderson

J. N. ANDERSON
At the Foreign Mission Conference of North America held in New York City, January 11, 12, of this present year, one of the representatives speaking of the Young People’s Missionary Movement as an educational agency in fitting young people for the mission fields in the immediate future, spoke as follows:—
“It is estimated that the population of the world is increasing 240,000,000 every decade. The problem of securing missionaries for the foreign missionary boards of North America between 1915 and 1935 is therefore to be a larger one than in the past. Those who are then to volunteer are now among the youngpeople needing instruction. The missionary societies of the continent must take a long look into the future, not only with reference to money, but also to candidates. This is one of the great functions of the movement and of the educational departments of the boards.
“I want to lay upon the heart and the conscience of all here this burden of responsibility, that the twenty million young men, women, and children of North America now within the influences of the Christian churches we represent may be so trained through the years of their developing life that they will be inclined favorably toward missions and the ministry for their life-work. I trust you may be given grace to lay the need of this great, and as yet largely unreached, army of the young in the churches upon the hearts of the men who compose your executive committees. The plan for their future missionary education must be so generous in its provisions and so persistently and wisely executed that with the increase of wealth and gifts we may have also that increase of the gift of life which is absolutely essential for the world-wide extension of the kingdom of Christ.”
In the face of such appalling facts—a world of 1,500,000,000 souls increasing in population at the rate of 240,000,000 a decade, with a large two thirds out-and-out heathen or followers of the false prophet—in the face of such facts what indeed could a thoughtful Christian propose to do other than what is set forth in the above paragraphs? There is nothing more vital to the cause of foreign missions at the present moment than the work of equipping our children and young people for the world-wide missionary task that lies before us. We believe that God has separated us as a people for the very purpose of making us the bearers of the advent message to all the world; this is our one mission in the world. To fulfil our duty, and effect the divine end of carrying the message of Christ’s soon coming to all the world, we must above all Christian people fully realize the fact that our first and chief concern is to inspire our young people with the true missionary spirit, and give them such a training that they may enter on their task with intelligence and efficiency.
Washington Foreign Mission Seminary.
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