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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.—
The Southern Watchman, March 15, 1904
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The Lord still moves upon the hearts of kings and rulers in behalf
of His people. Those who are laboring for Him are to avail themselves
of the help that He prompts men to give for the advancement of His
cause. The agents through whom these gifts come, may open ways by
which the light of truth shall be given to many benighted lands. These
men may have no sympathy with God’s work, no faith in Christ, no
acquaintance with His word; but their gifts are not on this account to
be refused.—
The Southern Watchman, March 15, 1904
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The Lord has placed His goods in the hands of unbelievers as well
as believers; all may return to Him His own for the doing of the work
that must be done for a fallen world. As long as we are in this world,
as long as the Spirit of God strives with the children of men, so long
are we to receive favors as well as to impart them. We are to give to
the world the light of truth, as revealed in the Scriptures; and we are to
receive from the world that which God moves upon them to give in
behalf of His cause.—
The Southern Watchman, March 15, 1904
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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 fulness thereof.” “The silver is Mine, and the
gold is Mine, saith the Lord of hosts.” “Every beast of the forest is
Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the birds of
the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. If I were
hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness
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.—
The Southern Watchman, March 15, 1904
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Admonition to Workers
To all who are about to take up special missionary work with the
paper prepared for use in the Harvest Ingathering campaign, I would
say: Be diligent in your efforts; live under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit. Add daily to your Christian experience. Let those who have
special aptitude, work for unbelievers in the high places as well as