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I have been instructed that even where the people hear the message
from the living preacher, the canvasser should carry on his work in
co-operation with the minister; for though the minister may faithfully
present the message, the people are not able to retain it all. The
printed page is therefore essential, not only in awakening them to the
importance of the truth for this time, but in rooting and grounding
them in the truth and establishing them against deceptive error. Papers
and books are the Lord’s means of keeping the message for this time
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continually before the people. In enlightening and confirming souls
in the truth the publications will do a far greater work than can be
accomplished by the ministry of the word alone. The silent messengers
that are placed in the homes of the people through the work of the
canvasser will strengthen the gospel ministry in every way; for the
Holy Spirit will impress minds as they read the books, just as He
impresses the minds of those who listen to the preaching of the word.
The same ministry of angels attends the books that contain the truth as
attends the work of the minister.
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The tidings of every successful effort on our part to dispel the dark-
ness and to diffuse the light and knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ,
whom He has sent, are borne upward. The act is presented before
the heavenly intelligences and thrills through all the principalities and
powers, enlisting the sympathy of all heavenly beings.
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“Thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in
Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every
place. For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are
saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savor of death
unto death; and to the other the savor of life unto life. And who is
sufficient for these things?”
2 Corinthians 2:14-16
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