"Limited Time"
If you knew the exact hour that you would be called to leave this frail existence, would it make any difference to your outlook on life - or your duties and responsibilities as a missionary? Supposing the Lord should send an angel to your bedside this night and tell you that you would be called to the other side in three months. Would you double your efforts, or just continue on at the same rate you are now going? Or would you increase your efforts to enjoy more of the pleasures of the world?
In truth the Lord has designated the time of service of the missionary. This is the time allotted to each of you to put forth your full effort toward the furtherance of his work in the earth. If ever missionary laboring in this mission would resolve to organize his days and weeks to crowd in every worthy work to serve the Lord to the very best of his ability, we could unitedly bring in over 1200 baptism during 1957. We are not setting this as a goal, but we are saying that the wonderful results that were achieved during the last year (1956) were due to the increased efforts on the part of all missionaries.
Now, with the increase of approximately 40 hours more per month in hours worked during 1956 over 1955, resulting in more than double the baptisms, then by the same token of increased hours and more effective cottage meetings, the Lord will again bless our efforts. We would like to see double the number of baptisms during 1957. And only by working as though it were our last day on earth and that our salvation depended upon it will we realize such an increase. Start where you are today and resolve to serve as the Lord has asked you to serve, with "all your heart, might, mind and strength."
This year gives us another opportunity to be obedient unto the Lord, to live nearer unto him, that we can receive the promise given unto the faithful. A wise old sage said, "Be ashamed to die until you have left the world a better place than you found it." We might paraphrase that and say "be ashamed to depart from this mission field until you have left it in better condition than what you found it."
Sincerely, your brother
Asael T. Sorensen
In truth the Lord has designated the time of service of the missionary. This is the time allotted to each of you to put forth your full effort toward the furtherance of his work in the earth. If ever missionary laboring in this mission would resolve to organize his days and weeks to crowd in every worthy work to serve the Lord to the very best of his ability, we could unitedly bring in over 1200 baptism during 1957. We are not setting this as a goal, but we are saying that the wonderful results that were achieved during the last year (1956) were due to the increased efforts on the part of all missionaries.
Now, with the increase of approximately 40 hours more per month in hours worked during 1956 over 1955, resulting in more than double the baptisms, then by the same token of increased hours and more effective cottage meetings, the Lord will again bless our efforts. We would like to see double the number of baptisms during 1957. And only by working as though it were our last day on earth and that our salvation depended upon it will we realize such an increase. Start where you are today and resolve to serve as the Lord has asked you to serve, with "all your heart, might, mind and strength."
This year gives us another opportunity to be obedient unto the Lord, to live nearer unto him, that we can receive the promise given unto the faithful. A wise old sage said, "Be ashamed to die until you have left the world a better place than you found it." We might paraphrase that and say "be ashamed to depart from this mission field until you have left it in better condition than what you found it."
Sincerely, your brother
Asael T. Sorensen
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