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“Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give”
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influences, and in which they can be trained to become missionaries
for God.
My brethren and sisters, invest your means in the establishment
of Christian missions, from which the light of truth will shine forth,
drawing souls to God. One soul, truly converted, becoming a mis-
sionary for God, will win other souls to the Saviour.
God Himself originated plans for the advancement of His work,
and He has provided His people with a surplus of means, that when
He calls for help, they may respond, saying: Lord, Thy pound hath
gained other pounds.”
If those to whom God’s money has been entrusted will be faithful
in bringing the means lent them to the Lord’s treasury, His work
will make rapid advancement. Many souls will be won to the cause
of truth, and the day of Christ’s coming will be hastened. Men
and women are to be brought under the influence of true, earnest,
wholehearted workers, who labor for souls as they that must give an
account. All who are baptized into a measure of the apostolic spirit
will be constrained to become God’s missionaries. If they will be
true, firm in the faith, if they will not sell their Lord for gain, but
will ever acknowledge the divine supremacy and superintendence,
God will prepare the way before them and will greatly bless them.
He will help them to represent His goodness, love, and mercy. And
the glory of the Lord will be their rearward. There will be joy in the
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heavenly courts, and joy, pure, heavenly joy, will fill the hearts of the
workers. To save perishing souls they will be willing to spend and
be spent, and their hearts will be filled with love and thanksgiving.
The consciousness of God’s presence will purify and ennoble their
experience, enriching and strengthening them. The grace of heaven
will be revealed in their work, in the conquests achieved in winning
souls to Christ.
So God’s work in our world is to be carried forward. Faithful
stewards are to place the Lord’s money in His treasury, that workers
may be sent to all parts of the world. The church here below is to
serve God with self-denial and sacrifice. Thus the work is to be
carried forward and the most glorious triumphs won.
Love for lost souls brought Christ to Calvary’s cross. Love for
souls will lead us to self-denial and sacrifice, for the saving of that
which is lost. And as Christ’s followers give back to the Lord His