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344 H i ty o u A S u n d a y S c h o o l a S ilt la S c h o o l? QUARTERLIES
words, but in obedience. Christ’s part ing command was concerning' rhis- sions (Acts 1:8). Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, on first- leaving for China, wrote to his sister: “If my Saviour calls, shall I not obey? If He' has left His throne in glory to come and bleed apd die for us, shall w£ not leave all, and follow Him?” 3. Compassion compels it (Rev. 20:12-15). The Bible tells us that men without Christ are perishing. Pity should urge us to do all in our power to bring them the gospel. John G. Paton wrote of his call to be a missionary, while doing a useful work at home: “Happy in my work as I was . . . yet I contin ually heard the wail of the perishing heathen in the South Seas.” H. WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN DO. 1. They can give (Mai. 3:10; 2 Cor. 9:6, 7). Under the Old Testament, people gave a tenth of their income to God- Under the New Testament wje should give a.t least as much, and a large proportion should be given to mis- sions. 2. They can pray (Lk. 10:2). Pray for more workers. Today in China, for example, there is only one tjiird of the missionary force which was there in 1937. Pray for mission aries interned in Japan, the Philip pines, China, , and other cotmtrles. Pray for the opening of lands closed to the gospel. 3. They can go (Mk. 16:15, 16). All mission boards need replace ments. Many missionaries will be un able to resume their service because of privations suffered. Reinforcements are urgently needed. In Africa sixty to eighty millions have never heard the gospel. A thousand of the world’s languages have not yet been reduced to writing, and those speaking them have not one word of the Bible. These facts, and thousands of similar opes, should cause us each to face the question of his personal responsibility to go with the gospel. NOVEMBER 26, 1944 AMERICA’S RESPONSIBILITY
‘ NOVEMBER 19, 1944 CENTERS OF INTEREST IN WORLD MISSIONS
M a t t h e w 28:16-20 By Henry Oweti
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