Our field

The field is the world. It’s the world that we are to give voluntary service in our day. This means that we must go to all the world, continents and divisions. We must navigate all the great rivers and lakes of all countries; we must work our way into the heart of all countries. We must learn the languages of people that are our mission to the world.

Having spread our selves and gotten a foothold in all these lands as we have, it does not seem so difficult to do this work, and yet it is a great work still.

To finish this work we must inspire our young people to consecrate their energies and lives. Our old men cannot go out to distant places, learn new languages and endure the privation incidents to those fields.

This work must be done by a class of young people; they can hardly begin too young. Some of the strongest and the grandest missionary volunteers of this last century were men and women who went to their mission under thirty years of age. We have a very definite message and why not our young people, strong in God should; understand clearly the mission committed to them! Why should not they become giants of strength among the people?

As we look upon this great work today. We have much to encourage us to go forward with our work. We have much to thrust us on. To impel us forward, much to course us to make earnest effort to perform this work and fulfill this mission.