教会证言-卷九-第27章
第26章 一个传道区域的需要
教会证言-卷九-第27章
Chap. 26—The Needs of a Mission Field
教会证言-卷九-第27章
多年以来,上帝常使祂的百姓注意美国南方黑人中的工作需要。看到南方人民道德上的黑暗,尤足感动人的慷慨捐助之心。过去,已有人尽力支持了我们这一部分的工作;因他们的乐善好施,已有多人悔改归正。{9T225.1}[1]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
For many years the Lord has been keeping before His people the needs of the work among the colored people in the Southern States of America. The moral darkness of this field is, in itself, a powerful plea for the exercise of liberality. In the past some have done what they could to support this branch of our work, and their beneficence has borne fruit in the conversion of many souls.{9T 225.1}[1]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
我们帮助黑人的工作虽还有许多尚需完成,但我们有了个很好的开端,应该欢喜。最近的一期《福音通讯》(1907)里,有篇报告说:“十五年之前南方的黑人相信基督复临安息日会道理者,还不满二十位;现在已有七百多人。十二年前黑人的基督复临安息日会教会只有一处;现在已有了五十处,不包括非洲和西印度群岛的教会。……去年,美国黑人献上的十分之一达美金五千元;而十五年前还不满五十美元。”{9T225.2}[2]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
Although much remains to be done for the colored people, we have cause for rejoicing over the good beginning that has been made. In a recent number of The Gospel Herald?[1907] it is reported that “fifteen years ago there were not over twenty colored Seventh-day Adventists south of Mason and Dixon’s line; but today there are seven hundred. Twelve years ago there was only one colored Seventh-day Adventists church; today there are fifty, not counting those in Africa and the West Indies.... The tithe of the colored people last year in the United States amounted to five thousand dollars; fifteen years ago it was not over fifty dollars.”{9T 225.2}[2]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
亲爱的弟兄姊妹啊,我们应该感谢上帝,鼓起勇气吧!上帝伸出祂的膀臂,要在国内的布道区域成就一番宏大的工作。祂现在正给祂的百姓不寻常的机会,将信息在南方很快传开。在每年募集专供支援黑人工作的捐款时,我们尤其应有慷慨的精神。上帝信任我们,叫我们作祂丰盛恩赐的管家;现在又对我们指着困苦、贫乏、受压迫,以及灵性被迷信和谬误捆住的人,切实地告诉我们说:如果我们善待他们,祂就必认为这是做在祂自己身上的好事。祂说:“这些事你们既作在我这弟兄中一个最小的身上,就是作在我身上了”(太25:40)。{9T225.3}[3]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
Let us thank God, dear brethren and sisters, and take courage! God is laying bare His arm to do a mighty work in this mission field within the borders of our own land. He is now giving His people unusual opportunities to extend the message rapidly in the South. Especially should we reveal a spirit of beneficence at the time the yearly offering for the support of the colored work is taken up. God has reposed confidence in us by making us stewards of means and of His rich grace; and He now points us to the poor and suffering and oppressed, to souls bound in chains of superstition and error, and assures us that if we do good to these, He will accept the deed as though done to Himself. “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren,” He declares, “ye have done it unto Me.”Matthew 25:40.{9T 225.3}[3]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
假如我们现在就能响应上帝的召唤去帮助南方的黑人,就必有成千上万的黑人灵性得以提高,成为上帝的工具去帮助他们的同族。现在这地带有许多人感受着极度贫乏无助,如有忠诚的教师去向他们打开圣经,照着里面的话将纯正的真理传授给他们,必有明亮的光线照在寻求真理的人身上。有文化的人,对圣经中的真理必作深入明理的研究,结果必有多人认识上帝。他们会从那大教师学得真理,并欣然接受那足以提高人的灵性并使人成圣的真理。上帝道义的形像就必恢复在人的灵性上,有许多人就必永远得救。{9T226.1}[4]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
Thousands of colored people in the South may now be uplifted, and become human agents to help their own race, if they can receive the help God is calling upon us to give them. Multitudes of men and women in this field feel their deep poverty and their need of uplifting. And when faithful teachers shall come in to open to them the Scriptures just as they read, presenting truth in its native purity, the darkness will disappear. Bright beams of light will shine upon the soul searching for truth. And with those who have had advantages, a close and intelligent investigation will take place upon the subjects of truth revealed in the Scriptures. Many will be taught of God. They will learn aright from the Great Teacher, and will accept with joy the truths that will sanctify and uplift. The moral image of God will be restored in the soul, and many will be eternally saved.{9T 226.1}[4]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
我亲爱的弟兄和姊妹啊,基督现在正在对你们说:“你举目向南方观看吧!因为那里需要工人──撒种和收割的工人。那里也需要你们的钱财来维持这些工人。”基督的恩惠是无限量的,是上帝白白赐给人的。我们为什么不使这些被忽视的人民,得到些希望,勇气和信心呢?凡是肯接受基督的人,心里必有阳光照耀。写于1907年9月。{9T226.2}[5]
教会证言-卷九-第27章
My dear brethren and sisters, Christ is now saying to you: “Lift up your eyes and look on this Southern field; for it needs workers—sowers of the seed, and reapers. It needs your means for the maintenance of these workers.” The grace of Christ is unlimited, it is God’s free gift. Then why should not this neglected people have some hope and courage and faith brought into their lives? There is sunshine in the heart for all who will accept Christ.{9T 226.2}[5]
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