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Counsels on Sabbath School Work
Christ. God’s people are not to cease their labors until they shall
encircle the world.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:23, 24
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Do Not Plead for Retrenchment
From every church, prayers should ascend to God for an increase
of devotion and liberality. My brethren and sisters, do not plead for
retrenchment in evangelical work. So long as there are souls to save,
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our interest in the work of soulsaving is to know no abating. The
church cannot abridge her task without denying her Master. Not all
can go as missionaries to foreign lands, but all can give of their means
for the carrying forward of foreign missions.—
Testimonies for the
Church 9:55, 56
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Shall We Do Our Best?
My soul is stirred within me as the Macedonian cry comes from
every direction, from the cities and villages of our own land, from
across the Atlantic and the broad Pacific, and from the islands of the
sea, “Come over and help us.” Brethren and sisters, will you answer the
cry? saying: “We will do our best, both in sending you missionaries
and money. We will deny ourselves in the embellishment of our houses,
in the adornment of our persons, and in the gratification of appetite.
We will give the means entrusted to us into the cause of God, and we
will devote ourselves also unreservedly to His work.” The wants of
the cause are laid before us; the empty treasuries appeal to us most
pathetically for help. One dollar now is of more value to the work than
ten dollars will be at some future period.
Work, brethren, work while you have the opportunity, while the
day lasts. Work, for “the night cometh, when no man can work.” How
soon that night may come, it is impossible for you to tell. Now is your
opportunity; improve it. If there are some who cannot give personal
effort in missionary work, let them live economically, and give of their
earnings.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:732, 733
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Praying and Giving for Missions
Brethren and sisters, will you today pledge yourselves before God
to pray for these workers who have been chosen to go to other lands?