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We want men and women who can live simply, endure hardship, deny themselves, put up with every discomfort, who are not particular about their outfits, who do not want things “ just so” for their wardrobe, who are willing to go to the hea then just as they are getting on at home, if neces sary; who do not need two or three trunks and a great amount of baggage; who can travel with a knapsack like a soldier and sleep in their boots, and will not grumble about it either, but enjoy it for Christ’s sake; who have got over the romance and novelty of travel and are going to heathen lands for one thing only, and that is to win souls for Christ, to please Him and hasten His coming. W e want men and women who are easy to get along with, who have died to self and self-will, who can keep sweet and can submit themselves to their superintendents until they have learned the language and become qualified to be leaders; who can keep rank as David’s soldiers; who are adjustable, good-natured, ready to meet persecu tion and insult without getting angry, and who can live the gospel of Christ among the heathen is the Master did. We want men and women who are strong, vigorous, rugged, and healthy; or at least have such a hold of the Lord for tbeir bodies that they are not afraid of climate, hard work, inclemency of the weather and physical pressure; who now
W e want men and women who are thorough ly converted and know it. We want men and women who are fully con secrated to God, sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit, so saved from themselves that they are at leisure to work for others. We want men and women who are burning with the love of souls and are longing to lead men and women to Christ. We want men and women who have already begun to work for Christ and have led many souls to the Saviour. One of the first questions asked a missionary candidate is, “How many have you led to Christ since you were saved?” The best place to begin foreign missionary work is at home. A man went away from meeting the Board the other day disappointed at not being able to an swer this question satisfactorily, but he was deter mined it should not happen again. The next Sun day God gave him three souls.
are having victories in their bodies and are able to stand exposure and hardship and do real work for God. We want men and women who know the Lord so well they can have His joy under all circum stances; who will not be afraid of loneliness nor privation; who ask no greater recompense than the privilege of serving and pleasing Him, and who go out not wanting sympathy, but rejoicing in the name of missionary and the privilege of enduring suffering and even shame for the name of Him who died for them. We want men and women who have such a distinct call to the mission field that they cannot stay back, and that even if we do not send them they will go somehow. The Lord send us a thousand such men. The founder of the Alliance published this in T he C hristian and M issionary A lliance W eekly on April 1 , 1892 and it was reprinted in a recent issue of that magazine.
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FEBRUARY, 1965
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