Chapter 37—God Preparing the Way
If the needs of the Lord’s work were set forth in a proper light
before those who have means and influence, these men might do much
to advance the cause of present truth. God’s people have lost many
privileges of which they could have taken advantage, had they not
chosen to stand independent of the world.
In the providence of God, we are daily brought into connection
with the unconverted. By His own right hand God is preparing the way
before us, in order that His work may progress rapidly. As colaborers
with Him, we have a sacred work to do. We are to have travail of soul
for those who are in high places; we are to extend to them the gracious
invitation to come to the marriage feast.
Although now almost wholly in the possession of wicked men,
all the world, with its riches and treasures, belongs to God. “The
earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.” ... O that Christians
might realize more and still more fully that it is their privilege and
their duty, while cherishing right principles, to take advantage of every
heaven-sent opportunity for advancing God’s kingdom in this world!—
Stewardship Series, No. 1, 14, 15
(An Appeal to Ministers and Church
Officers Regarding the Soliciting of Gifts for Our Foreign Mission
Work).
Impressed by the Spirit to Give
Medical missionaries who labor in evangelistic lines are doing
a work of as high an order as are their ministerial fellow workers.
The efforts put forth by these workers are not to be limited to the
poorer classes. The higher classes have been strangely neglected. In
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the higher walks of life will be found many who will respond to the
truth, because it is consistent, because it bears the stamp of the high
character of the gospel. Not a few of the men of ability thus won to
the cause will enter energetically into the Lord’s work.
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