CHRIST the LORD of the HARVEST: “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest” (Mt 9:37-38). Andrew Murray writes, “Christ meant to teach us that, however large the field may be, and however few the laborers, prayer is the best, the sure, the only means for supplying the need. In the China Inland Mission, when the number of missionaries had gone up to 200, at a conference held in China, they felt so deeply the need of more laborers…that after much prayer they felt the liberty to ask God to give them within a year 100 additional laborers and £10,000 to meet the expenses. They agreed to continue in prayer day by day throughout the year. At the end of the time the 100 suitable men and women had been found, and £11,000! To meet the need of the world, its open fields and waiting souls, churches complain for lack of funds and laborers. But God answers prayer.”