Needs of the Southern Field
The Lord expects far more of us than we have given Him in un-
selfish service for people of all classes in the Southern States of Amer-
ica. This field lies at our very doors, and in it there is a great work to
be done for the Master. This work must be done now, while the angels
continue to hold the four winds. There is no time to lose.
The Lord has long been waiting for human instrumentalities
through whom to work. How much longer will He be obliged to
wait for men and women to respond to the call: “Go work today in
My vineyard”? Messengers of mercy are needed, not merely in a few
places in the South, but throughout the whole field. Rich and poor are
calling for the light.
Men and women should now be offering themselves to carry the
truth into the highways and byways of this field. There are thousands
who might give themselves to God for service. He would accept them
and work through them, making them messengers of peace and hope.
The workers will meet with many who will harden their hearts
against the conviction of God’s Spirit; but they will meet also with
many who are hungering for the bread of life, and who, receiving the
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message, will go forth to sow the seeds of truth.
When the Lord laid upon Moses the work of leading the children
of Israel from Egypt, He gave him the assurance: “Certainly I will be
with thee.” “My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.”
Exodus 3:12
;
33:14
. The same assurance is given to those who go
forth to work for the Lord in the Southern field.
My brethren and sisters, commune with God, that you may be
imbued with His Spirit, and then go forth to bestow on others the
grace you have received. The example of the Saviour should inspire
us to put forth earnest, self-sacrificing effort for the good of others.
He came to this world as the unwearied servant of man’s necessity.
Love for the lost race was manifested in all that He said and did. He
clothed His divinity with humanity, that He might stand among human
beings as one of them, a sharer of their poverty and their griefs. What
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