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The Motive of Service
HE best service, the service which
is
most acceptable
to the Lord,
.
and the
one
that does
the
most
good
to the one ministering and
the
one
served,
is
that which comes from
a
heart
overflmving with love and compassion.
'Ve
see a
grand illustration o:f
this in
the Master. St. liatthew
gives us
a rec-
ord of
it.
'Ye
read (1\:Iatt.
9: 36-38):
"But
when he saw the multitudes, he
vYas
moved \vith compassion on them,
because they
fainted,
and were scattered
as
having
no shepherd.
Then saith
he unto his disciples, The
harvest truly
is
plenteous, but the labor-
ers
are few :
pray
ye therefore the Lord
of the harvest, that he
will
send forlh
laborers
into
his harvest."
The three words here translated
by
the
expression "moved with compassion'' sig-
nify
an intense yearning,
accompanied
by
a
hembling
of the intestines, as might
be
the
case where one's emotions stir one
to the very depths
of
one's being. Jesus
had great powers of intellect; but he had
"' more: He had a great, warm, loving,
tender, sympathetic, compassionate heart.
see other
uses
of this same
expres~
T
sion
'vhen
Jesus fed the multitude with
the five loaves
and
two fishes
(}wfatthew
14: 14)
and
when
later, he fed another
large
multitude with
the
seven loaves
and a
few little fishes. In the
latter
in-
stance the l'Iaster said, "I have compas-
sion on the multitude,
beca:use
they con-
tinue
with me now
three
days, and have
nothing
to
eat: and I will not send them
away fasting, lest they faint
in
the way."
So
here we have the motives
that
should
actuate
us when
we
go out to
place
the
message of the
kingdom
in the
hands of the people. The motive should
not
be
to
make money,
nor
to make a
record, nor to get
a
great name for our-
selves or for
the
class
or
for
the
SoCIETY,
nor
to
pride
ourselves
on
our standing
in the Lord's cause. The motive, to be
acceptable
to the Lord, must
be
the same
motive that stirred him-...-a motive of
love, compassion, sympathy for
those
needing our
assistance.
,,
And we have just
the
food of which
the people are in· need. Is there any food
which the· people could
have
that would
do them as mueh good as the truth
re~
garding God's character
and plan?
Jesus
did not neglect the physical needs of
those
understood something
of
the message
o£
pres-
to
whom he nilnistercd, but he fed them for ent truth. None of that work
has
been lost.
three days on spiritual food
beiore
he gave
It
has been like bread sown upon the waters,
attention
to
their stomach.
In
due time it
will
be
food for the needy.
It
is
so now. 'l'here is
a
famine in the
"Your labor is not in vain
in
the Lord."
land, not a famine for bread and water,. but
What thrilling stories revolve about tile
for hearing the word of the Lord; and our
efforts of
services rendered by oolportetll'S
in
hearts should go out with compassion for
very recent years
!
There is, for instance,
the
those who need the help which we can give, story
of
the weary colporteur, near
sllllSet,
and which was given to us, as a gift from at the close of a day peculiarly filled with
God, so that we might pass it on to
others.
rebuffs and disappointments, who
saw as the
Moreover, realizing, as every active worker
last house in his territory a dwelling nearly
can plainly see, that the work is exce.edingly a half mile away. He was inclined to omit
great and
tile
real workers very few, we · a visit to it, because
it
w;ould be out of his
should pray the Lord of the harvest that he way, and it might mean only an added bur-
will
rrwre
and more stir up his people
to
go
den to a day already well filled with them.
forth and. do the work for which he has
But the brother was moved with compas-
been training them. Book-selling in the eyes sion. He wanted to bring to others the com-
of the world is ignoble; but the placing of fort that had come to his own heart; and so,
the truth literature in
the
hands of the peo- after debating the matter for an instant, he
ple is,io the sight of God our Father, and in set off, trudging along down the road, deter-
the eyes of our Lord ,Jesus, ani! in the eyes mined
to
take joyfully whatever portion the
of th" holy angels, the grand.est work in I.ord might place in his cup.
which we could be engaged.
'l'he brother visited the home and told his
.1!-,or a thousand vears in
the
future we are
story as only those can tell
it
whose hearts
hoping to be used bless the human family. are bubbling over -.Yith the joy which cornea
During that time we hope to lmve an earnest, from the never-failing Fountain of I,ife.
eneTgetic,
industrious
part in
placing
the
When he had finishe<l, the .lone occupant of
image of God in the heart of every human
the house, a woman, said
to
him, ''Stranger
7
being who is willing that ·it should repose the Lord sent you to my door. When you
there. True,
it
is
God
that
will
take away
eame to me
I
wa.s so crushed with sorrow
the st.my heart out of their flesh and give and woe that l hao determined that this day
them au heart of flesh, but he
will
use The should be my last. This night I would cer-
Christ to do that great work.
tainly have taken my life had you not come
And now as we see the work which The to me and implanted within my heart re-
Christ is to do, what joy is ours to see that ·
newed assurances that God does really
care~
we may have a hand in that work now, and
a11d that at some
time this
tangled
web of
in
a sense in
which
that was never before
!He
will
all be straightened out."
possible!
It
has
always
been true that God's
Wbo
shall say that
that
brother was not
people could so live and so teach the truth fully rewarded that very day for all he had
by
word and example
that
others, seeing
suff<Ored
in Ch1·ist's name and for his sake?
their good works, should glorify our Father But yet, the best of it is that his reward
will
in heaven in their day of visitation; but the go on and on; for others to whom he minis-
present time is the dawn of their very day tered that same day
will
at sometime remem-
of visitation its!'J:f.
ber with joy the message
that
he told. And
We may be sure tlmt
there
are millions who shall say tlmt he may not at some time
of people now living who have heard and have the joy of seeing some
of
those to
wli.om
to
he ministered, or most of tllem, or perhaps
all
of them, bring their
all
and
!a.y
it at the
Master's feet in loving, joyful
~uhmission
to
his will?
To be moved with compllJlsion for the poor
world,
to
wish
to
wipe
away
tlleir tears, and
to
do what
we can to
accomplish that end
in the here
and
now
i•
to be filled with tile
Mllilter's spirit; and tile doing of his will is
to
prepare ourselves
for sweet
fellowship with
Wm,
b€gun
hem and continued
in
eternity.
METHODS OF WORK
The year 1926 unveils to every worker,
we are sul'e, wonderful opportunities
'oi
witnessing
for the
Lord's kingdom.
As a message in se3,?ion comes his admonition
to
raise a standard for the people. But what
1926
will actually produce depends greatly
upon the plans made to take advantage of
the opportunities to ·witness; and
it
is not
too ooon to begin to plan to make 1926 the
greatest year of witnessing for the truth, tile
year that will find the message in a greater
number of homes than has any past year.
The first three mouths of the year do not
present very favorable weather for working,
but this season should present the opportune
time for perfecting plans that
will
make the
most of the favorable season beginning with
April. We urge frequent meeting of the
· Wor1ce:rs for the purpose of
fliscussing
meth-
ods
of
work~
methods of canvaSsing. These
meeting- we recommend to he entirelv meth-
od
meetings
rather than· meetings tl1at will
tell
of
experiences iu the work. As April
presents more favorable weather and thus
opens the way for a larger number to enter
the oorvioo
.it
will
f'Jtd those who can engage
in the work better equipped because of the
meeting for discussion that they have enjoy,
ed
and taken
part
in.
In
cornpaTing our
rooorils
of past years
it
has been found that the spring usually
a[.
lows about llOO more :friends
to
engage in
the service tllan were in the work during
the winter months ; that August and Sep-
tember allow about 300 additional workem
to
engage in the service, and that during
tllese""months the greatest number
of
workers
iEdn
the fteld. Each worker
pmballly
knows
how he
is situat<ed
to
engage in the work, and
what season
of
the year is the
=st
oppor-
tune for him to devote his time to :field eerv-
ice. But what is important at the beginning
of 1926 is that each worker, appreciating this,
will plan far enough in advance to hooome
acquaintoo with the methods of work, the
canvass,
and the conditions in the
field
00
that the time spent in the service
will
en-
able him to reap tile greatest possible results.
Conditions
seem
to
warrant the forecl!St
that 1926 will find
a great
increase
in
the
number
of homes
in
which literature
em>
b€
placed. Our observation of the people of tile
United States is that during times of pros-
perity they are more inclined to purchase
our literature than dnring times of depres-
sion.
There
seems
to
be a"
disposition
among
the people of this country
to
want assurance
that their present joy and happiness and con·
tcntment is stable; and while they are en-
jaying better times they arc more apt to be·
lieve and
""""Pt
information that
still
better
times aTe
in
the
offing.
Throughout Europe
the literature sells during times of depres·
sion mainly because the people are mor:e con-
cerned with understanding why conditions
exist as
they
are;
while
io
the United States
the people wish to be assmed that beiter
times aTe
still
in
prospeet.
Hence,
since
the
general
trm1d
of times through
1926
is
toward prosperity, we believe that you will
find the people more ready to accept your
mcs>age, aml that especially you will find a
greater field for placing the Eight Volumes
in the homes of the people.
During 1923, '24 anti '25 we have urged
the
canva;;sing
for the sets of
ST.mm:s IN
THE SclllPTIJl!ES;
parllcularly since 1924 has
it
been advocated that the Eight Volnmes
be mnvasood for at $2.85. We urge the work-
ers
to
make a campaign during 1926 of the
Eight Volumes. Present
to
tile people
the
meesage of the Eight Volumes rather than
that o£ a single book or a booklet.
Let
the
people understand that the plan o£ God's
Word is coYered exhaustively by I. B. S. A.
pnhlicatiom. We believe that you
will
find
it no more difficult to present the meesage
of the truth and to demonstrate the Eight
Volumes than you would
to
present the mes-
sage
of
the truth and demonstrate
a
booldet
or
the
HARP
BIBLE
STUDY
Course. Then
if
they do purchase but a booklet they
will
not
reaol it as merely a treatise on present-day
conditions; rather they
will
read it
as a
sample of
the
larger
offer
that was
brought
to
their
attention. And the booklet or bound
volume which you
have
left
with
them
will
provide them with the argument that they
need, that is, an argument that will convince
them that the Eight Volumes are necessary
for their home; and your next call with the
Eight Volumes
will
produce a larger number
of sales than the first cenvase. An additional
advantage· in offering the people the Eight
V olu_mes and making a consistent campaign
or canYass
·with these volumes
is
that
you
hring to their attention the scope of the work
of
the
I.
B.
S. A., and for
the most
part
you
h&ve presented
a.
new proposition to them.
1
iNe have, in outlining the work to direc-
tors for
1926,
urged than to
attempt
to
can-
always produces more sales thm the
canvass. HenceJ since your second
<a:ovl!.$8
will be
within
a
period
of
three
montb!S'
tl.m<t '•I:
to people who at your first call
p:.cr~~~~!·
:;1
only
a booklet or
the
HARP Bmi:E
Course, you will, '''e are quite sure, :find _·a
greater demand for the Eight Volumes.
Notice to Colporteurs
We
begin our colporteur sales
records anew
at
the first of January each year; therefollii!
we desire all colporteurs
to
begin the
y<$±
1926
with new totals on· their report
cll.l'iW.
Please consider this and do not carry ov!lf
the
1925
totals when making out
your
cuds
for the new
year.
The year
1926
should prove to be a great
year of witnessing. We trnst
that
the stan-
dare!
will
be so raised for the people that
they
will
come to a greater appreciation of
God's wonderful plan and to a better com-
prehension of the blessings in store for man-
vass that section of their assignment that
is known as isolated and near-by territory
twice during the summer months instead of
just once. This territory being inaccessible
the large! part of the year, should, we be-
lieve, be' given more attention
during
the
period that it is accessible than the neigh-
borhood or local territory that can be reach-
ed with handbllls, advertising material, and
canvassing parties that can devote but two
or three hours of work per week. This
is
a
diversion from the general outline of cam-
paign
of
past years, but
it
recommends
it-
S£!£
because of
the
results attained
by
a few
classes that have made
experiments
in can-
vMSing territory every
three months.
It has
been demonstrated
that
the second
canvMs
kind because of the efforts that you have put
forth~:
I
or
you have planned for the service,
anti in your planning sought not only to
make a drive day notable or one week
nom
table, but to make the entire year an out-
standing one. As you go forth as the st!lll-
dard bearers o:.E the 'Lord you are assured of
the promised strength and grace 'and as..
sistance in evcrr time of need; and when
obstacles seem
tO:
block
your path for service,
wben difficulties seem almost Ullilunnount-
able,
we trnst that. you
will
lay
hold
upon
his promise of strength and grace in
llllcli
times of need, and surmount the difficulties,
sweeping aside every obstacle that would
hinder the wide spread of the message.
:Be
assured of an interest in our prayem
M
yon
valiantly go forth in the strength of
the
Lord, raising the standard for the people.
With Christian greetings, we are
Your brethren
1.111d
senanta in the Lord,
Watch TOOJM Bible
dl
T...wt lfJocitltrJ,
Service Dept.
FEBRUARY
1, 1926
COMFORT JERUSALEM
''COMFORT ye, comfort ye my
people,
saith
your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem,
and cry unto her, that her warfare is ac-
complished, that her iniquity is par-
doned: for she hath received of the
Lord's hand double for all her sins."
Together with the proclamation of the
name of our God to the Gentiles of
earth
in fulfilment of the divinely-given
commission, it is fitting that the Lord's
anointed should speak a message of com-
fort to Jerusalem and point the people
of Israel to Jehovah, their God. The
Psalmist declares : "Blessed is the na-
tion whose God is Jehovah; and the
people whom he hath chosen for his own
inheritance." We have known of God's
special interest in the posterity of Abra-
ham. He has addressed them through
the Prophet Amos saying: "You only
have I known of
all
the families of the
earth;" and the Psalmist declares: "He
[Jehovah] sheweth his word unto J a-
cob, his statutes and his judgments unto
Israel. He hath not dealt so with any
nation."
No nation on earth ever had such kind
and considerate treatment at the hands
of Jehovah as the J
ews.
No people have
ever had such reason to have faith in
God as the Jews. The enemy however
has long blinded the offspring of Jacob
to the great truths contained in the Bi-
ble. As a result of this blindness they
have had a long warfare which the
prophet foretold would come upon them
if
they were disobedient to the
statutes
of Jehovah.
The
·
"double" referred to by the
Prophet Jeremiah has been fulfilled
in
their experiences. From the time of the
organization of the people of Israel into
a nation at the death of Jacob (Deut.
26:5) to the lOth of Nisan A. D. 33
was the period of favor to the J ewa of
1845 years. At the end of this period
of favor the double of disfavor began and
40 years later
iB
A. D. 73 the complete
overthrow of Jerusalem was effected.
This period of disfavor lasted 1845 years.
At the conclusion of the double in 1878
the returning of favor began resulting
in the official establishment of the Jew-
ish people in their own land in 1918,
just 40 years later.
I ADVERTISE THE KING AND 1HE

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