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}

Lad os takke Gud, kære søskende og være ved godt mod! Gud blotter sin arm for at gøre en stor gerning på dette missionsfelt inden for vort eget lands grænser. Han giver nu sit folk usædvanlige anledninger til at vinde sejre for Adventbudskabet i Sydstaterne. Især bør vi vise gavmildhed når det årlige offer til vedligeholdelsen af virksomheden blandt de sorte optages. Gud har vist os stor tillid, idet han har sat os til husholdere over sine midler og sin rige nåde og nu overlader han de fattige, lidende og fortrykte, de, som er bundet i overtroens og vildfarelsens lænker, til os og forsikrer os, at om vi behandler dem godt, vil han godkende vor velgerning, som om den var udvist (226) mod ham selv. »Hvad I har gjort imod én af disse mine mindste brødre«, siger han, »det har I gjort imod mig.« Matt 25,40