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fellow-worker, remarked that he himself worked for Christ twenty-
four hours of the day. “In all my business relations,” he said, “I try to
represent my Master. As I have opportunity, I try to win others to Him.
All day I am working for Christ. And at night, while I sleep, I have a
man working for Him in China.”
Why should not the members of a church, or of several small
churches, unite to sustain a missionary in foreign fields? If they will
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deny themselves, they can do this. My brethren and sisters, will you
not help in this great work? I beseech you to do something for Christ,
and do it now. Through the teacher whom your money shall sustain in
a foreign field, souls may be saved to shine as stars in the Redeemer’s
crown. However small your offering, do not hesitate to bring it to the
Lord. If given from a heart filled with love to the Saviour, the smallest
offering becomes a priceless gift, which God smiles upon and blesses.
When Jesus said of the widow, She “hath cast in more than they
all,” [
Luke 21:3
] His words were true, not only of the motives of the
giver, but of the results of the gift. The “two mites, which make a
farthing,” [
Mark 12:42
.] have brought to God’s treasury an amount of
money far greater than the contributions of the rich Jews. Like a stream
small at its beginning, but widening and deepening as it flows toward
the ocean, the influence of that little gift has widened and deepened as
it has flowed through the ages. The example of self-sacrifice shown
by the poor widow has acted and reacted upon thousands of hearts
in every land and in every age. It has brought to the treasury of God
gifts from the high and the low, the rich and the poor. It has helped
to sustain missions, to establish hospitals, to feed the hungry, and to
preach the gospel to the poor. Multitudes have been blessed through
her unselfish deed. And in like manner every gift bestowed, every act
performed, with a sincere desire for God’s glory, is linked with the
purposes of Omnipotence. Its results for good no man can measure.
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Methods of Labor in Foreign Fields
As soon as a new field is entered, educational work should begin,
and instruction should be given line upon line, precept upon precept,
here a little and there a little. It is not preaching that is the most impor-
tant; it is house-to-house work, reasoning from the Word, explaining
the Word. It is those workers who follow the methods that Christ