Then said I, here am I; send me. —Isa. 6:8.

So, too, in 1919, the “faithful and discreet slave” class volunteered their service. It was then a case of acting deed to divine service, like the leprous King Uzziah, or of rousing oneself to activity and answering the invitation and being sent. It took faith, love and courage to answer the divine call to service in this world’s “time of the end”. As Isaiah with lips cleansed felt qualified to respond, so the cleansed, forgiven remnant felt qualified and humbly offered their services. Did Jehovah turn down the volunteers for this final witness to the world because they were not ordained by the clergy? Not if judged by his ready acceptance of Isaiah’s services. He did not ask whether Isaiah was a priest, a Levite, a single or a married man, a schooled man or a common laboring man. He let him hear the open invitation and then respond with appreciation of the purification for God’s use. Likewise, he accepted the voluntary services of the remnant now purified. W 1/1