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Our speaker

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for this session is Dr. Oswald J.

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Smith.

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Dr. Smith, worldwide traveler, is now the minister

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of the People's Church, Toronto, Canada, which he

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founded more than 30 years ago and which

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today has a congregation of 4,200.

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Dr. Smith is a missionary and has led

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his church in a program that has brought

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in over $4 million for missions, contributing toward

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the support of 360 foreign missionaries.

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The circulation of Dr. Smith's 25 books is

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over the one million mark in 25 different

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languages.

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He has also written over 600 hymns and

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poems.

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The countries which Dr. Smith has toured number

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66, including Great Britain, Europe, Asia, Africa, the

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East and West Indies, Alaska, Mexico, the Solomon

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Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Central and South

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America, the United States, and the Orient.

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Many outstanding scholars and leaders in the Christian

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world have collaborated with Campus Crusade for Christ

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in the preparation of a series of recorded

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lectures presenting what Christians believe.

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This significant undertaking is designed to make the

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claims of Christ and the great doctrines of

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the Christian faith available to collegians of all

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lands.

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Today's lecture by Dr. Oswald J.

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Smith is entitled, The Calling of God.

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It is my pleasure to present Dr. Smith.

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Years ago, I went through the Bible to

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see if I could stay in Canada and

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obey God.

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Would it be possible, I asked myself, for

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me to enjoy a comfortable pastorate, never cross

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the boundaries of my country, and still carry

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out the post-resurrection commands of my Lord

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and satisfied God?

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And as I studied the Bible, I found

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such expressions as these.

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All nations, all the world, every creature, every

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kindred and tongue and people and nation, the

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uttermost part of the earth.

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In other words, the gospel I discovered was

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to be given to the entire world.

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Every nation, kindred, tongue and people must hear

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it.

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And if we neglect one nation, we have

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not obeyed God's commands.

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When I was 18 years of age, I

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went to the Indians of British Columbia.

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I lived in a little shack on an

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Indian reserve all alone up near Alaska between

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3,000 and 4,000 miles from home.

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I stayed away for over a year.

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Then realizing that I needed more education, I

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returned at last to civilization and settled down

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to a five-year course of theology, finally

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graduating and being ordained to the gospel ministry.

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I then applied to the Presbyterian Board of

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Foreign Missions for work in India.

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My case was carefully considered.

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I appeared personally before the board, and at

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last the decision was reached.

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I was rejected.

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The board felt that I would not be

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suitable for missionary work, and so I was

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turned down.

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I then turned to work at home, became

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pastor in Dale Presbyterian Church, Toronto, and later

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the Alliance Tabernacle.

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But I was not satisfied.

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I knew that I had to do something.

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I had seen the vision.

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Finally, I struck out on my own, going

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to the Russian mission fields of Europe and

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preaching to vast multitudes all over Latvia, Estonia,

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and Poland.

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Finally, one day, after having preached till I

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was worn out, I fainted dead away and

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returned home.

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All over the United States and Canada, I

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traveled, holding evangelistic campaigns.

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Finally, I felt the urge again, and this

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time I went to Spain.

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But again, I became ill and had to

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come back.

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Then I launched the People's Church in Toronto.

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That was in the year 1930.

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Two years later, the urge came upon me

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once more, and I left for Africa.

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By horseback, I penetrated back into the interior

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in the company of Dr. Thomas Lambie, riding

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some 30 miles a day, finally collapsing in

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the long grass of Africa.

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And after a serious illness that lasted for

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six weeks, I was brought back once more

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to civilization.

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By this time, I was beginning to feel

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that the board had been right after all,

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and that I was not fitted for missionary

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work.

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However, I had seen the vision.

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I knew that the other nations had to

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hear the gospel.

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And in 1938, I went once again, determined

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to do my part, if at all possible,

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to help evangelize the world.

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This time, I left for the far Pacific.

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And after traveling by steamer for 31 days,

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I found myself preaching to the cannibals, the

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savages, and the Christians of the Solomon Islands.

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At length, however, I contracted malaria fever, which

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lasted for three years, and again and again,

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month after month, laid me low.

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Finally, one day, Dr. Northcote Deck and the

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other missionaries put me on a steamer and

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sent me back to my work in Toronto.

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I had tried to go, and had visited

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all together some 66 countries, but I had

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discovered that it would be most difficult for

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me to live on the mission field.

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In the early days of my ministry, realizing

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that I could not go myself, I turned

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to substitutes.

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One day, I approached Reverend J.

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Cook, the leader of the Evangelical Union of

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South America.

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You want to send out some new missionaries,

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I asked.

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Yes, he replied, we have five ready to

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go.

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Why don't you send them, I inquired.

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We do not have the money, was his

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If I can succeed in raising the funds

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for their transportation, will you allow me to

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support them, I asked him.

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His face lit up as he responded in

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the affirmative.

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Never will I forget the day I placed

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those five missionaries on the platform of the

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People's Church and challenged the congregation to send

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them out.

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They did so.

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Then the five became ten, the ten twenty,

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the twenty forty, the forty one hundred, the

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one hundred two hundred, the two hundred three

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Now we have an army of laborers serving

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as our substitutes on some forty different foreign

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fields, under thirty five faith missionary societies, and

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we contribute toward their personal support.

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But, I was not satisfied.

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I am praying constantly, even now, and this

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is my prayer.

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Lord, let me live.

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Let me live, if it be thy will,

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until we have four hundred missionaries on the

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foreign fields of earth.

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I feel that that is the number the

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People's Church should be helping to support.

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And I will never be satisfied until we

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have at least that many missionaries in the

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regions beyond.

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This is what I am living for.

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I tried to go myself.

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As a matter of fact, I went, but

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each time it seemed that I had to

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come back.

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I knew then that there was only one

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thing left for me to do, namely, to

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send others.

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That is why I travel all over the

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United States of America, the Dominion of Canada,

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Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain.

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I go in order to hold missionary conventions

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and to challenge young people.

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I must do all I can to find

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and send substitutes.

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But, you ask, why go before all that's

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been saved here?

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There is so much to be done at

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home.

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Why not complete the work of the homeland

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before going to the foreign field?

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Everywhere I go, that question is asked.

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Let me answer it by asking three or

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four others.

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First, why did David Livingstone leave Scotland and

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go to Africa before everyone in Scotland had

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become a Christian?

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There are still thousands in Scotland who have

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not even yet decided for Christ.

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And yet, years ago, Livingstone left his own

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land and went to dark, benighted Africa.

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I ask you, why?

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Second, why did William Carey leave England and

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go to India before everyone in England had

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been Christianized?

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There are still some in England who have

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not been one to Christ.

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Third, why did Judson leave America and go

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to Burma before everyone in America had been

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brought to Christ?

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There are still a few in the States

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who have not yet been Christianized.

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Lastly, why did the Apostle Paul leave for

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Europe before Palestine had heard the gospel?

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Paul, you'll remember, deliberately turned from his own

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country and went to our forefathers in Europe

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in order to evangelize them.

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Why, I ask, did he do it?

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Ought he not to have stayed in Palestine

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at least until they had heard the message?

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My friends, there is only one answer, and

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I give it in the words of the

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Bible.

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The field is the world.

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The United States of America is not the

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world.

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Great Britain is not the world.

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The field is the whole world.

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You never in your life heard of a

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farmer working in one little corner of his

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field.

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The farmer works the whole field.

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The United States is but one corner.

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Canada is but a little corner.

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The world, the whole world, must be evangelized.

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And since the field is the world, we

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have no choice but to go to every

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part of it.

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The world is one, and it must be

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done.

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Not corner by corner, but as a whole.

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The tobacco firms have their agents in the

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most distant places.

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Millions of cigarettes are given away to create

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new appetites.

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You mean to say that the reason for

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it is because there is no longer any

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demand at home?

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Of course not.

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Yet the tobacco firms are already sending their

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missionaries into foreign lands.

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They want new markets.

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They are wiser than we are.

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For that, after all, is God's plan.

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And we would do well to emulate them.

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It has never been God's will that we

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should remain at home until the work here

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is finished.

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He wants us to go to the entire

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world, to work the whole field, simultaneously.

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Do you know what you are saying when

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you say you do not believe in missions?

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You are saying that Paul made a mistake.

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That he should have left your forefathers in

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Europe, pagans.

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That it would have been better if he

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had stayed at home in Palestine, so that

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you might have remained in heathenism.

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Is that what you think?

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Are you sorry you are not still a

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heathen?

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You must be if you do not believe

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in missions.

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Do you remember when the Lord Jesus Christ

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said the 5,000?

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Do you recall how he had them sit

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down row upon row on the green grass?

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Then do you remember how he took the

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loaves and fishes and blessed them and then

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broke them and gave them to his disciples?

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Do you remember how the disciples started at

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one end of the front row and went

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right along that front row, giving everyone a

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helping?

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Then do you recall how they turned right

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around and started back along that front row

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again, asking everyone to take a second helping?

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Do you remember?

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No.

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A thousand times no.

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Had they done that, those in the back

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rows would have been rising up and protesting

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most vigorously.

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Here they would have been saying, Come back

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here.

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Give us a helping.

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We have not had any yet.

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We are starving.

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It isn't right.

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It isn't fair.

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Why should those people in the front rows

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have a second helping before we have had

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a first?

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And they would have been right.

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We talk about the second coming of Christ.

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They haven't heard about the first coming yet.

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It just isn't fair.

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Why should anyone hear the gospel twice before

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everyone has heard it once?

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You know as well as I do that

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no one individual in the entire company of

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5,000 men besides women and children got

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a second helping until everyone had had a

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first helping.

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There was an absolutely equal distribution of the

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food.

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My friends, I have been with the back

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rows.

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I have seen the countless millions in those

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back rows famishing for the bread of life.

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Is it right?

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Should we be concentrating on the front rows?

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Ought we not rather to be training the

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front rows to share what they have with

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the back rows thus reach them with the

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gospel, those for whom nothing has been prepared?

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You will have to decide.

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You will have to decide whether you are

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going to spend your life feeding the front

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rows or whether you are going to give

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your life for the back rows, those who

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are in dire need, those for whom nothing

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has been prepared.

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Dr. Alexander Duff, that great veteran missionary to

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India, returned to Scotland to die and as

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he stood before the General Assembly of the

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Presbyterian Church he made his appeal.

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But there was no response.

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In the midst of his appeal he fainted

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and was carried off the platform.

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The doctor bent over him and examined his

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heart.

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Presently he opened his eyes.

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Where am I?

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he cried.

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Where am I?

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Lie still, said the physician.

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Your heart is very weak.

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What?

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exclaimed the old warrior.

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I must finish my appeal.

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Take me back, take me back.

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I haven't finished my appeal.

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Lie still, said the doctor again.

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You are too weak to go back.

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You will go back at the peril of

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your life.

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But in spite of the protest of the

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physician, the old white-haired warrior struggled to

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his feet.

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And with the doctor on one side and

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the moderator on the other side, he again

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mounted the steps of the Pope's platform.

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And as he did so, the entire assembly

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rose to do him honor.

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Then he continued his appeal.

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And this is what he said.

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When Queen Victoria calls for volunteers for India,

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hundreds of young men spring to the colors.

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But when King Jesus calls, no one responds.

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He paused.

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There was silence.

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Again he spoke.

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Is it true, he said, that the fathers

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and mothers of Scotland have no more sons

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to give for India?

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Again he paused.

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Still there was silence.

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Very well, he concluded.

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If Scotland has no more young men to

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send to India, then age it though I

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am, I'll go back to India.

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I can lie down on the banks of

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the Ganges and I can die.

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Thereby I can let the peoples of India

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know that there's one man in Scotland who

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loves them enough to give his life for

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them.

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In a moment, young men all over the

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assembly sprang to their feet, crying out, I'll

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go, I'll go, I'll go.

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And after the old white-haired warrior had

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been laid to rest, those young men, having

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graduated, having been ordained to the ministry, became

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his substitute in dark, benighted India.

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My friend, had you been crying out while

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I'd been speaking, I'll go, I'll go, what

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are you going to do with that life

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that God has given you?

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There are only one of two things that

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you can do.

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You can either waste it, or you can

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invest it.

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You can do what millions of other young

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people are doing.

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You can grow up, get your education, get

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married, have children, go to work, live your

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life, die.

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That'll be all there'll be to it.

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Or, you can invest that life of yours.

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You can invest it for the Lord Jesus

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Christ.

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You can make it count for God.

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You know that there are 2,000 tribes

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that have never yet heard the gospel of

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Jesus Christ?

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In New Guinea alone, there are some 521

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tribes.

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In the South Pacific Islands, there are some

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500 tribes.

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In Africa, there are 350.

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In South America, there are 300.

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There are 2,000 tribes throughout this world

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of ours still waiting for the messengers of

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God's salvation.

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You can have a whole tribe to yourself.

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And you say, but Dr. Smith, I'm heading

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toward a great position here in America.

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Yes, my friend, and there are hundreds of

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others who would be glad to get that

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same position.

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But out there in the darkness of heathenism,

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you can have the position all to yourself.

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You can have all the room you want.

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No one will be cutting on your toes.

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You can labor there for the Lord Jesus

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Christ, and then the reward that God has

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promised will be awaiting you.

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There will be those who will rise up

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to call you blessed.

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You will have invested your life, and your

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life will count for God.

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But you must make the decision.

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What are you going to do with your

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life?

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The master tells his servants that he is

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leaving, but that he will be returning.

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While he is gone, they are to bring

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the entire state under cultivation.

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They begin working around the house.

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They beautify the gardens and flower beds.

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Next year, the weeds grow, and again they

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go to work, keeping the lawns in perfect

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condition.

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Presently, one of them remembers his master's orders.

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I must go, he explains.

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Our master told us to bring the entire

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estate under cultivation, and he prepares to leave.

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But they cry, we cannot spare you.

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See how fast the weeds grow.

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We need you here.

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In spite of their protests, however, he leaves

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and begins working in a far corner of

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the estate.

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Later on, two others remember their lord's orders,

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and in spite of objections, they too go

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and cultivate another part of the estate.

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At last, their master returns.

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He is pleased as he looks at the

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flower beds and gardens and the lawns around

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his house.

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But before rewarding his servants, he decides to

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explore the rest of the estate, and as

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he does so, his heart sinks, for he

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sees nothing but wilderness and marsh, and he

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realizes that there has not even been an

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attempt made to cultivate it.

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Finally, he comes to the one man working

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all by himself in a distant part of

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the estate, and he rewards him richly.

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He discovers the two in still another part,

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and again rewards them.

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Then he returns to headquarters where his servants

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are waiting, expecting a reward, but his face

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indicates displeasure.

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Have we not been faithful, they explain.

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Look at these flower beds and gardens.

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Look at these lawns.

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Are they not beautiful?

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And have we not worked hard?

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Yes, he replies.

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You have done your best.

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You have been faithful.

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You have labored diligently.

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Well, then, they cry.

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Why are you disappointed?

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Are we not entitled to a reward?

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There is one thing you have forgotten, he

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replies.

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You have forgotten my orders.

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I did not tell you to work the

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same gardens and lawns again and again, year

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after year.

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I told you to bring the entire estate

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under cultivation, to cultivate it at least once.

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That you did not do.

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In fact, you did not even attempt to

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cultivate it.

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And when your companions insisted upon going and

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doing their part, you objected.

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No, there is no reward.

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Many a one, I am afraid, is going

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to be disappointed.

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You may be that one.

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You may have won many souls in your

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town.

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You may have been most faithful to your

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church.

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But what have you done for those in

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heathen darkness?

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Did you ever think of going yourself?

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Have you ever given your money that someone

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else might go?

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Have you prayed?

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What part have you had in the evangelization

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of the world?

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Have you obeyed orders?

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Have you done what you could to bring

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the entire estate under cultivation?

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Or have you been satisfied to work in

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your own community and let the rest of

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the world perish?

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If you want to hear him say, Well

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done, good and faithful servant.

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Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

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And if you want to receive the promised

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reward, the diadem or the crown, you had

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better get busy and do what you can

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to publish his gospel among all nations.

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Or you will be a missing Christian in

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the day of reward.

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If this missionary message has challenged you to

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dedicate your life to full-time service for

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God on the mission fields of the world,

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may I invite you to discuss this very

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important matter with the one who has invited

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you to listen to this lecture.

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For additional information and literature on foreign missions

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and on living the Christian life, write Campus

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Crusade for Christ.

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A study plan in booklet form entitled Ten

555
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Basic Steps to Christian Maturity is available to

556
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you.

557
00:21:26,180 --> 00:21:28,100
The address is on the record jacket.

558
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,280
...quota. 125 believers showed up.

559
00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,100
On another occasion, each man was asked to

560
00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:01,980
contribute one pesa toward a new typewriter for

561
00:22:01,980 --> 00:22:03,080
the local municipal office.

562
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,720
When this was announced during the service, those

563
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,580
who had money with them filed up to

564
00:22:07,580 --> 00:22:09,200
the front and deposited their pesa with the

565
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,940
church treasurer, who duly noted each name after

566
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which the service continued as usual.

567
00:22:14,540 --> 00:22:16,320
When inquiry was made as to why they

568
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,440
did this during the church service, the reply

569
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,740
was simply, God has ordered us to obey

570
00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:21,480
our local officials.

571
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,340
We do this as part of our worship

572
00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:24,360
and obedience to God.

573
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,200
Such scriptural conduct could not help but have

574
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a terrific impact on that entire community, including

575
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non-Christians and tribal authorities.

576
00:22:32,460 --> 00:22:33,900
So it has always been where the word

577
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of God has been translated into the language,

578
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,240
then translated into life.

579
00:22:37,740 --> 00:22:40,040
It has made Christians worthy, progressive citizens of

580
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,460
their own country, gaining favor both with God

581
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and with men.

582
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,960
An educator sent by his government to direct

583
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the school for the training of teachers chosen

584
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from the jungle tribes of Amazonia was greatly

585
00:22:50,340 --> 00:22:52,080
impressed by the eagerness of the Indians to

586
00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:52,340
learn.

587
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,440
Having worked with other tribespeople elsewhere in similar

588
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,760
government programs, but with quite a different response,

589
00:22:58,220 --> 00:22:59,540
he was outspoken in his amazement.

590
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:01,940
These Indians of the jungle are simply made

591
00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:03,640
of different human stuff than those I've worked

592
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:04,580
with before, he said.

593
00:23:05,340 --> 00:23:07,600
When someone tried gently to point out that

594
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:08,780
it was the fruit of the gospel and

595
00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:10,520
their faith in Jesus Christ which had brought

596
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,940
about the change, he brushed the idea aside.

597
00:23:13,420 --> 00:23:14,440
He didn't believe a word of it.

598
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,280
He'd worked with Indians all his life.

599
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,360
He could tell that these were simply different

600
00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:18,920
by nature.

601
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,400
Not long after, his own wife, a high

602
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,840
society lady, put her trust in Jesus Christ

603
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:25,940
and began to study the Bible.

604
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Several months later, the educator apologized to the

605
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missionary for poohooing his suggestion that the gospel

606
00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:32,680
had made the difference in the Indians in

607
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:33,100
the school.

608
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,100
I didn't believe a word of it then,

609
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,980
he said, but when I saw what a

610
00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:38,960
difference faith in Christ made in my wife

611
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,840
and in our home, now I see what

612
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:41,260
you mean.

613
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:42,200
You were right.

614
00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:44,220
This does account for the difference in outlook.

615
00:23:45,060 --> 00:23:47,040
Thereafter, he requested that as many as possible

616
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of the government-trained teachers should be Christian.

617
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For, said he, they stimulate the others to

618
00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:52,560
learn and to live better.

619
00:23:53,620 --> 00:23:55,940
Convincing demonstrable evidence such as this has opened

620
00:23:55,940 --> 00:23:58,680
government doors in many areas to a combined

621
00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,680
scientific research and Bible translation program to reach

622
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,280
Bible-less tribes with the word of God.

623
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:05,920
The word of God, sharper than any two

624
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,760
-edged sword, converting the soul, directing men into

625
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,420
lives of righteousness, is God's own provision to

626
00:24:11,420 --> 00:24:14,060
dispel ignorance and darkness, undermine the rule of

627
00:24:14,060 --> 00:24:16,440
vice and superstition, and bring men out into

628
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,260
the glorious light and liberty of the gospel

629
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and godly living.

630
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,320
It is possible for young men and women

631
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,900
today to serve governments and their peoples in

632
00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:27,000
practical ways obvious to them by carrying on

633
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,960
a most effective missionary work with the written

634
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,340
word of God, translated and placed in the

635
00:24:31,340 --> 00:24:32,660
hands of literate tribesmen.

636
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,700
Granted the importance of translating the scriptures, what

637
00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:38,600
training is necessary for those whom God would

638
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,440
use in this task?

639
00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:41,920
A good working knowledge of the scriptures themselves

640
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,440
is a must, and, if possible, a knowledge

641
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:45,560
of the original languages.

642
00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:48,040
Those not trained in Hebrew and Greek are

643
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,240
not eliminated, however, from making a very worthwhile

644
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,440
contribution to getting a translation done.

645
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:56,480
Many excellent commentaries and versions, prepared by highly

646
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,180
competent men, are available for those who do

647
00:24:59,180 --> 00:25:02,200
not know the original languages and, incidentally, constantly

648
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,340
used by those who do.

649
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,020
Experienced translation consultants who know the original language

650
00:25:07,020 --> 00:25:09,300
are available to aid the translator and check

651
00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,080
the quality of his translation while still in

652
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:11,980
process on the field.

653
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,940
Many translations are the production of teams of

654
00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:18,540
workers reflecting, when completed, therefore, the total background

655
00:25:18,540 --> 00:25:19,340
of all.

656
00:25:20,780 --> 00:25:22,360
A translation involves two languages.

657
00:25:23,020 --> 00:25:24,520
There must be adequate control of the language

658
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,320
into which the translation is being made.

659
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,320
Courses in linguistics are important.

660
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,300
They are designed not only to help the

661
00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:32,480
missionary learn to speak well, but also to

662
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,000
train him to analyze the sound system, prepare

663
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,460
an alphabet, describe the grammar, including the finer

664
00:25:37,460 --> 00:25:39,560
nuances of meaning so important in translation of

665
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,480
the scriptures, and use with discrimination the vocabulary.

666
00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:45,900
Such courses are now offered at several universities

667
00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:48,160
and colleges and at the three annual eleven

668
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,360
-week Summer Institutes of Linguistics sponsored by the

669
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:51,500
Wycliffe Bible Translators.

670
00:25:52,220 --> 00:25:53,820
The task of giving the Bible to the

671
00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:56,400
remaining tribes involves many other tasks besides that

672
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:57,340
of actually translating.

673
00:25:57,340 --> 00:25:59,880
Many of these tribes live in remote areas.

674
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,740
Qualified pilots, mechanics, and radio men are needed

675
00:26:02,740 --> 00:26:04,980
to make possible surveys to find the tribes,

676
00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:07,240
as well as service in emergency flights to

677
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,340
keep the translator working efficiently at his post.

678
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,280
Bases central to the tribal areas and beyond

679
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,780
all civilized commercial services require doctors, nurses, printers,

680
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,600
agriculturalists, builders, maintenance men, administrators, shippers,

681
00:26:20,820 --> 00:26:23,440
stenographers, and teachers for children whose parents are

682
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,180
translating the scriptures and teaching the tribe's people.

683
00:26:27,380 --> 00:26:29,300
The fact that your field of special studies

684
00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:30,720
has not been planned with this in mind

685
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:31,660
need not deter you.

686
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,000
A university training is not merely the accumulation

687
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,700
of facts in one particular discipline.

688
00:26:36,140 --> 00:26:37,780
It should also be the disciplining of your

689
00:26:37,780 --> 00:26:39,640
mind to grapple with new problems in other

690
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:40,060
fields.

691
00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:42,540
This is precisely what is needed for pioneer

692
00:26:42,540 --> 00:26:43,940
missionary Bible translation.

693
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,800
Present yourself, the product of your training, unreservedly

694
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:48,880
to God for his service.

695
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,000
Let him decide your best usefulness.

696
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,080
Let him say whether he plans to use

697
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,840
you in the field of your training or

698
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,700
in some other, which for his purposes he

699
00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:58,240
considers more important for you.

700
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,880
Any analysis of what graduates do will show

701
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,060
that a considerable number, and often those who

702
00:27:03,060 --> 00:27:04,720
make a real mark in life, not just

703
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,620
the failures, switch fields of endeavor after graduation.

704
00:27:08,380 --> 00:27:10,820
Given interest and vision, graduates can and have

705
00:27:10,820 --> 00:27:14,380
made the transfer from mathematics, physics, medicine, modern

706
00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:17,580
languages, history, Greek, agriculture, and many other fields

707
00:27:17,580 --> 00:27:20,360
with equal and surprising ease to pioneer translation

708
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,600
of the scriptures.

709
00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:25,560
All Wycliffe Bible translator personnel receive three months

710
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,140
training in jungle living and survival before proceeding

711
00:27:28,140 --> 00:27:29,240
to their assigned field.

712
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,420
If God is challenging you to do something

713
00:27:31,420 --> 00:27:33,760
positive with your life, the tribes may have

714
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:34,220
his word.

715
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,480
The facilities, both at home and on the

716
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,040
field, are available to train you for the

717
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:38,400
task.

718
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,620
Three months linguistic training, working with actual languages,

719
00:27:42,140 --> 00:27:44,620
and three months living under jungle conditions will

720
00:27:44,620 --> 00:27:46,900
be far more convincing proof that God can

721
00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:48,160
use you to give his word to a

722
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,840
tribe than years of armchair appraisal of your

723
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:52,240
own abilities to do the job.

724
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,580
To date, 1,151 languages have received some

725
00:27:56,580 --> 00:27:57,640
portion of the word of God.

726
00:27:58,180 --> 00:28:00,780
Of these, only 219 have the whole Bible.

727
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,440
Bible translation activity has steadily increased through the

728
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:04,800
centuries.

729
00:28:05,780 --> 00:28:07,560
Recently, some portion of the scriptures was being

730
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,000
published in a new language on an average

731
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:09,820
of every three weeks.

732
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,720
At this rate, it would take over 150

733
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,980
years for the 2,000 tribes to receive

734
00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:16,200
their first portion.

735
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,640
But it need not take that long.

736
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,500
A task force of 8,000 young men

737
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:22,480
and women is needed.

738
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,420
Using present facilities, this many can be trained

739
00:28:25,420 --> 00:28:27,280
in linguistics in the next 15 years.

740
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,500
A trained worker in a program giving priority

741
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,540
to the translation of the Bible, 15 years

742
00:28:33,540 --> 00:28:35,520
after beginning the study of an unwritten language

743
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,760
can have the New Testament, or a sizable

744
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,960
part of it, translated and printed.

745
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,220
Usually by the time it is ready, there

746
00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:44,620
is a growing constituency of readers and believers.

747
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,800
The fruit of the translator's personal evangelism and

748
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,640
discipling, waiting for the book.

749
00:28:50,180 --> 00:28:52,620
This means that this minimum job can be

750
00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:54,240
done in the next 30 years.

751
00:28:55,020 --> 00:28:57,520
This generation, those of you in the sound

752
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,400
of my voice at this very moment, can

753
00:28:59,400 --> 00:28:59,860
do it.

754
00:29:00,820 --> 00:29:03,180
If it can be done, it ought to

755
00:29:03,180 --> 00:29:03,560
be done.

756
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,400
If it is not completed, it will be

757
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,840
our failure, and we will answer to God

758
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:09,560
for it.

759
00:29:10,860 --> 00:29:12,760
What does God want you to do for

760
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:14,460
the next 20 or 30 years of your

761
00:29:14,460 --> 00:29:14,840
life?

762
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,980
I can't tell you what He wants you

763
00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:17,360
to do.

764
00:29:18,020 --> 00:29:19,660
He can, and He will.

765
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,840
As a responsible Christian, you must ask yourself

766
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,840
the question, what part has God planned for

767
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,900
me in the proclamation of the gospel to

768
00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:28,780
every creature?

769
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,840
If He wants you to translate, or do

770
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,780
any one of the many other tasks involved,

771
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,720
He will provide the training and the ability

772
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:37,960
as you need it.

773
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,540
Go to Him in all sincerity of heart

774
00:29:41,540 --> 00:29:43,780
with the words of David's mighty man upon

775
00:29:43,780 --> 00:29:44,280
your lips.

776
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:48,020
Thy servant is ready to do whatsoever my

777
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:49,520
Lord the King shall appoint.

778
00:29:50,460 --> 00:29:53,200
Your Lord, the Lord of the harvest, will

779
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,640
tell you what He wants you to do,

780
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,200
where He wants you to do it, and

781
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:57,600
when.

782
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,260
He has good works, which He has before

783
00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:03,300
ordained that you should walk in them.

784
00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:06,280
God bless you as you seek His faith

785
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:07,760
and do His will.

786
00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:10,920
If this missionary message has challenged you to

787
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,920
dedicate your life to full-time service for

788
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,460
God on the mission fields of the world,

789
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,780
may I invite you to discuss this very

790
00:30:16,780 --> 00:30:18,720
important matter with the one who has invited

791
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,080
you to listen to this lecture.

792
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,200
For additional information and literature on foreign missions

793
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,060
and on living the Christian life, write Campus

794
00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:28,160
Crusade for Christ.

795
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,300
A study plan and booklet form entitled Ten

796
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:34,120
Basic Steps to Christian Maturity is available to

797
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:34,360
you.

798
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,040
The address is on the record jacket.

799
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,400
Your field of special studies has not been

800
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:03,380
planned with this in mind, and this training

801
00:31:03,380 --> 00:31:04,380
need not deter you.

802
00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:06,680
A university training is not merely the accumulation

803
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,400
of facts in one particular discipline.

804
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,500
It should also be the disciplining of your

805
00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:12,400
mind to grapple with new problems in other

806
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:12,800
fields.

807
00:31:13,540 --> 00:31:15,340
This is precisely what is needed for pioneer

808
00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:16,800
missionary Bible translation.

809
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,680
Present yourself, the product of your training, unreservedly

810
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:21,780
to God for His service.

811
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,940
Let Him decide your best usefulness.

812
00:31:24,340 --> 00:31:26,040
Let Him say whether He plans to use

813
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:27,860
you in the field of your training or

814
00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:29,720
in some other, which for His purposes He

815
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,180
considers more important for you.

816
00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:33,980
Any analysis of what graduates do will show

817
00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:36,200
that a considerable number, and often those who

818
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,880
make a real mark in life, not just

819
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,840
the failures, switch fields of endeavor after graduation.

820
00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:44,060
Given interest and vision, graduates can and have

821
00:31:44,060 --> 00:31:47,700
made the transfer from mathematics, physics, medicine, modern

822
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,880
languages, history, Greek, agriculture, and many other fields

823
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,420
with equal and surprising ease to pioneer translation

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of the scriptures.

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All Wycliffe Bible translator personnel receive three months

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training in jungle living and survival before proceeding

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to their assigned field.

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If God is challenging you to do something

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positive with your life, the tribes may have

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His word.

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The facilities, both at home and on the

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field, are available to train you for the

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task.

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Three months linguistic training, working with actual languages,

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and three months living under jungle conditions will

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be far more convincing proof that God can

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use you to give His word to a

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tribe than years of armchair appraisal of your

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own abilities to do the job.

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To date, 1,151 languages have received some

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portion of the word of God.

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Of these, only 219 have the whole Bible.

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Bible translation activity has steadily increased through the

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centuries.

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Recently, some portion of the scriptures was being

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published in a new language on an average

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of every three weeks.

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At this rate, it would take over 150

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years for the 2,000 tribes to receive

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their first portion.

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But it need not take that long.

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A task force of 8,000 young men

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and women is needed.

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Using present facilities, this many can be trained

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in linguistics in the next 15 years.

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A trained worker in a program giving priority

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to the translation of the Bible, 15 years

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after beginning the study of an unwritten language

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can have the New Testament, or a sizable

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part of it, translated and printed.

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Usually by the time it is ready, there

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is a growing constituency of readers and believers,

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the fruit of the translator's personal evangelism and

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discipling, waiting for the book.

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This means that this minimum job can be

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done in the next 30 years.

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This generation, those of you in the sound

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of my voice at this very moment, can

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do it.

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If it can be done, it ought to

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be done.

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If it is not completed, it will be

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our failure, and we will answer to God

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for it.

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What does God want you to do for

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the next 20 or 30 years of your

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life?

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I can't tell you what he wants you

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to do.

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He can, and he will.

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As a responsible Christian, you must ask yourself

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the question, what part has God planned for

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me in the proclamation of the gospel to

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every creature?

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If he wants you to translate, or do

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any one of the many other tasks involved,

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he will provide the training and the ability

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as you need it.

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Go to him in all sincerity of heart

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with the words of David's mighty man upon

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your lips.

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Thy servant is ready to do whatsoever my

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Lord the King shall appoint.

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Your Lord, the Lord of the harvest, will

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tell you what he wants you to do,

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where he wants you to do it, and

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when.

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He has good works, which he has before

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ordained that you should walk in them.

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God bless you as you seek his faith

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and do his will.

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If this missionary message has challenged you to

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dedicate your life to full-time service for

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God on the mission fields of the world,

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may I invite you to discuss this very

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important matter with the one who has invited

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you to listen to this lecture.

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For additional information and literature on foreign missions

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and on living the Christian life, write Campus

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Crusade for Christ.

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A study plan in booklet form entitled Ten

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Basic Steps to Christian Maturity is available to

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you.

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The address is on the record jacket.