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Bev. Gustaf F. Johnson 67
about millions. I want you to see a man! A man! His heart beats
just like yours, his joys, his sorrows are the same as yours. He loves,
he fears, he hopes as you do. A man! There he stands, over in Russia
and calls to you! Place yourself in his position, try to feel as he does.
Do you get that vision? If you do, then multiply it hy one hundred
eighty-two million! That’s Russia! What response are you going to
give to that vision?
Paul saw the man, heard his call for help and responded immedi-
ately. Jesus saw the multitudes and His heart was overwhelmed with
compassion. The teeming millions of Russia today—each individual
just like yourself—calls to you for
Help
"Come over, and help us," said the man in the vision. And that call
can be heard in tones of thunder from Russia today. Some will say:
"Let us send her armies." Maybe. "She needs leaders," say some.
Maybe. "Money," "bread," shout others. Maybe. But the greatest
help we can give Russia today is the Word of God.
In his book, "Souls In Khaki," Mr. Arthur Copping tells of a British
soldier, both hands shot off, cuddling a Bible, holding it close to his
bosom with the handless arms, saying: "It saved my life, it saved my
life."
Poor wounded Russia needs the Word of God, nothing but that will
save her life. When the man in the vision asked Paul for help he
did not ask for philosophy or art or armies—Europe had all that and
Paul had nothing in that line to give. But when that little company of
four crossed over from Asia, they brought the greatest gift Europe
had ever received, the Gospel of Jesus. That was help, the real help,
the only help. It is not often I wish I was a millionaire, but when I
see these young Russians sitting behind me on the platform, then I
wish I was a millionaire so I could send everyone of them to Russia
with the Gospel.
"We gathered," says Luke, "that the Lord had called us, and im-
mediately we went."
Immediately!
What about the mission board and the passports and the equipment
and all that? Brethren, I have, I think, the necessary respect for
machinery, for organization and proper equipment. But there are
times when waiting for the slow-moving machinery of committees
would be disobedience to the Spirit of God.
We plan to get three million dollars for work in Russia. But if we
do not get the dollars we will not stop for that. The power of God is
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