\u201cI had many things to write\u201d, however, not only time, but also space, fails me. Years have passed since the first edition of the little Gideon booklet made its appearance in 1941 \u2014 years of every kind of experience filled with work, trials, and blessing.<\/p>\n
Many of our faithful prayer helpers have, since then, gone to be with the Lord. But there have always been prayer groups who have met in various places regularly for these twenty-six years, and there are still with us many who have from the very beginning of this work supported it by their constant prayers, labor, and gifts. How I praise God for the blessing that has come to the Society and its workers through the unremitting prayers, labors, and offerings of our faithful intercessors everywhere.<\/p>\n
God has marvelously demonstrated His faithfulness through the years. He gave assurance of His help when He dampened my fleece twice at the beginning in regard to this work, as I have related before in this story. He said, \u201cProve me now herewith … if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it …\u201d (Mal. 3:10). This promise was given to the people Israel concerning their tithes and offerings, but I believe it is also true of every believer and of every Christian work, for those who \u201ctrust Him wholly, find Him wholly true.\u201d He never fails. Again and again He has worked while we slept and met us in the morning with the blessing. He has helped us over the rough and trying places in the way.<\/p>\n
Millions are going into eternity without God. No one who honestly believes in an eternal hell \u2014 that place of everlasting separation from God\u00e2\u20ac\u201dshould be able to rest from his responsibility to give out God’s Word while myriads for whom Christ died are perishing and going into outer darkness where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. \u201cLost! lost! in eternal night!\u201d This is the sad wail of the multitudes of human beings who depart this life without accepting Christ. Will there be some in that number who might have been rescued if you had been faithful? If I had been faithful?<\/p>\n
God has greatly blessed the ministry of the Biblical Research Society. He has allowed us to see some of the fruits of our seed-sowing, and we confidently expect to see more and to share in the rewards which will come to the 144,000 servants of God (Revelation, chapter 7). In the Tribulation Period these sealed servants will bring about the greatest revival the world has ever seen, as shown in the latter part of Revelation, chapter 7. Do you, dear friends, want to share in the rewards that will come to those who are instrumental in giving the Word of God to the future 144,000 evangelists of the Tribulation Period? Then \u201cLift up your eyes, and look on the fields that they are white already unto harvest.\u201d God is calling to you, as well as to me, and is giving you an opportunity to share in these rewards and to lay up untold treasures in heaven.<\/p>\n
The Biblical Research Society has endeavored to bend all energy and every effort to get God’s Word out to the lost during these twenty-six years, through every possible means. But we are not satisfied with the past. We want to do our share now in reaching the lost. And that is the greatest reason why we believe that God gave us our beautiful new headquarters where we can really expand our program for both Jew and Gentile.<\/p>\n
God has marvelously answered prayer for us. The half has not been told and perhaps can never be told. Each day brings its own problems, its own blessings, and its answers to prayer. I have related in these articles only some of the outstanding answers. But if what I have related brings a blessing and inspires some to a greater faith in the wonderful power of prayer; if it stimulates some to a deeper prayer life and to a greater zeal in working for the salvation of the lost; and if it lays upon some a greater burden of Israel’s need, then this booklet will not have been written in vain.<\/p>\n
As I close this incomplete prayer story of what God has wrought in and through the Biblical Research Society and its co-workers, it is my prayer that many of you will search your hearts to find out what God would have you do about the task which our Lord committed to each of His followers when He said, \u201cAll authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world\u201d (Matthew 28:18-20).<\/p>\n
\u201cFor I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Gentile)\u201d (Romans 1:16).<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand …\u201d (Ecclesiastes 11:6).<\/p>\n
Sow in the morn thy seed;
\nAt eve hold not thy hand;
\nTo doubt and fear give thou no heed,
\nBroadcast it o’er the land.<\/p>\nThou know’st not which shall thrive,
\nThe late or early sown;
\nGrace keeps the precious germ alive,
\nWhen and wherever strown:<\/p>\nAnd duly shall appear,
\nIn verdure, beauty, strength,
\nThe tender blade, the stalk, the ear,
\nAnd the full corn at length.<\/p>\nThou canst not toil in vain:
\nCold, heat, and moist, and dry,
\nShall foster and mature the grain
\nFor garners in the sky.<\/p>\nThen, when the glorious end,
\nThe day of God, shall come,
\nThe angel reapers shall descend,
\nAnd heaven shout, ‚Harvest home!‘ \u201d<\/p>\n\u2014 James Montgomery<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The harvest cannot be greater than the sowing! \u201cHe harvests big who sows big!\u201d \u201cBlessed are ye that sow beside all waters …\u201d (Isaiah 32:20).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Mrs. David L. Cooper Chapter Twenty One \u201cFor They Perceived That This Work Was Wrought Of Our God\u201d (Nehemiah 6:16) \u201cI had many things to write\u201d, however, not only time, but also space, fails me. Years have passed since the first edition of the little Gideon booklet made its appearance in 1941 \u2014 years … <\/p>\n