Work at Home and Abroad
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Jesus wept over Jerusalem because of the guilt and obstinacy of His
chosen people. He weeps also over the hardheartedness of those who,
professing to be co-workers with Him, are content to do nothing. Are
those who should appreciate the value of souls carrying, with Christ, a
burden of heaviness and constant sorrow, mingled with tears, for the
cities of the earth? The destruction of these cities, almost wholly given
up to idolatry, is impending. In the great day of final reckoning what
answer can be given for neglecting to enter these cities now?
While carrying forward the work in America, may the Lord help
us to give to other countries the attention that they ought to have, so
that the workers in these fields will not be bound about, unable to
leave memorials for God in many places. Let us not allow too many
advantages to be absorbed in this country. Let us not continue to
neglect our duty toward the millions living in other lands. Let us gain
a better understanding of the situation and redeem the past.
My brethren and sisters in America, it may be that in lifting up
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your eyes to see afar off the fields white unto the harvest, you will
receive into your own hearts the abundant grace of God. You who
through unbelief have been spiritually poor will, through personal
labor, become rich in good works. You will no longer starve your souls
in the midst of plenty, but will appropriate the good things God has in
store for you. When you begin to realize how destitute of means the
laborers are to carry forward the work in foreign fields, you will do
what you can to help, and your souls will begin to revive, your spiritual
appetite will become healthy, and your mind will be refreshed with the
word of God, which is a leaf from the tree of life for the healing of the
nations.
In answer to the Lord’s inquiry, “Whom shall I send?” Isaiah
responded, “Here am I; send me.”
Isaiah 6:8
. You, my brother, my
sister, may not be able to go into the Lord’s vineyard yourself, but you
may furnish the means to send others. Thus you will be putting your
money out to the exchangers; and when the Master comes, you will
be able to return to Him His own with usury. Your means can be used
to send forth and sustain the messengers of God, who by voice and
by influence will give the message: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make His paths straight.”
Matthew 3:3
. Plans are being made for the
advancement of the cause, and now is your time to work.