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This morning at the Our Generation Training Center (www.ogtc.info) we are having a brief orientation with some of the students headed to work with Project China this summer. We went around the room and heard why they believe they should go to the field of China this summer. We heard some wonderful and heartfelt responses. It reminded me of an article I read for the 3rd International Convention from the Student Volunteer Movement.
FAREWELL MESSAGES FROM THOSE EXPECTING TO SAIL FOR THE FOREIGN FIELD WITHIN A YEAR
Mr. Mott: Now we should like to have all of the students who hope to sail to the mission field within the next year stand. (About sixty arose immediately.) I wish you to answer these two questions. Indicate the field to which you expect to go and then in a sentence, if you can put it into a sentence, the reason why you go there that is – at least one reason; I suppose some of you have many reasons – but at least one reason.
“To the Soudan Africa because He says Go!”
” To work among the lepers of China because the Master has called me.”
“To China because of the great need!”
“To China to nurse the heathen for Jesus sake.”
“To China because of the great need of that field with its multitudinous inhabitants.”
“To the Upper Congo because God has placed it upon my heart to go there.”
“To China because I believe He wants me there.”
“To Bolivia South America because I believe that He wants me to go there and I have felt in this convention especially the need of that field.”
“To China because God has definitely called and is definitely leading me there.”
“To Bulgaria because I hear God’s voice and the voice of the people’s need.”
“To Bulgaria because God has greatly blessed us and I wish my own people to know of this great blessing.”
“To Arabia because while I was unwilling God kept laboring with me until He has made me desirous of going.”
“To China because the Lord has shown me the need of that field and has said Go China because the love of God constraineth me.”
“South America to hasten the coming of the King India to tell the women there of Jesus India because there may be some who will never enter the Kingdom of God if I do not hasten to go and tell them.”
“To China because woe is me if I preach not the gospel and I am not satisfied to stay in this country.”
“Field not definitely known but I go because of the last command of Jesus Christ”
“To India because of the condition of my sisters there.”
“To China because of John iii 16 To China because God calls me there India with the desire to be obedient and to have my little light shine in the greatest darkness.”
“Returning to Japan because my life has been given to that empire.”
“China because the harvest truly is great but the laborers are few.”
“To China because we cannot but speak the things that we have seen and heard to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
“To the Soudan Africa because He says ‘Go’”!
“To work among the lepers of China because the Master has called me.”
“To China because of the great need.”
“To China to nurse the heathen for Jesus sake.”
“To China because of the great need of that field with its multitudinous inhabitants.”
“To the Upper Congo because God has placed it upon my heart to go there.”
“To China because I believe He wants me there.”
“To Bolivia South America because I believe that He wants me to go there and I have felt in this convention especially the need of that field.”
“To China because God has definitely called and is definitely leading me there.”
“To Bulgaria because I hear God’s voice and the voice of the people’s need.”
“To Bulgaria because God has greatly blessed us and I wish my own people to know of this great blessing.”
“To Arabia because while I was unwilling God kept laboring with me until He has made me desirous of going.”
“To China because the Lord has shown me the need of that field and has said ‘Go’.”
“China because the love of God constraineth me.”
“South America to hasten the coming of the King India to tell the women there of Jesus.”
“India because there may be some who will never enter the Kingdom of God if I do not hasten to go and tell them.”
“To China because woe is me if I preach not the gospel and I am not satisfied to stay in this country.”
“Field not definitely known but I go because of the last command of Jesus Christ.”
“To India because of the condition of my sisters there.”
“To China because of John iii 16.”
” To China because God calls me there India with the desire to be obedient and to have my little light shine in the greatest darkness.”
“Returning to Japan because my life has been given to that empire.”
“China because the harvest truly is great but the laborers are few.”
“To China because we cannot but speak the things that we have seen and heard to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
“China I want to go back because I know the need better than I did when I went out there.”
” China because God has called me India.”
“China or wherever the Master may send me because by His grace.”
“He has made my faith to stand not in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”
“I leave this week for Bolivia South America because so far as I can learn there is only one saved man in the country.”
“I am going to Cairo the citadel of Islam to work among Mohammedan students because Trinces shall come out of Egypt.”
Mr. Mott: We have four traveling secretaries of the Volunteer Movement standing I think you will agree with me that we ought to give them a little extra time I will call upon Miss Rouse traveling secretary among the women’s colleges of the country who has also spent one year among the women’s colleges of Great Britain and a large part of another year among the women students of Europe Miss Rouse has already accomplished a truly remarkable work among the college women of the world.
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