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Christian Service
Minutemen
Be faithful minutemen, to show forth the praises of Him who hath
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.—
The Review and
Herald, January 24, 1893
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God’s servants should be minutemen, ever ready to move as fast
as His providence opens the way. Any delay on their part gives time
for Satan to work to defeat them.—
Patriarchs and Prophets, 423
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His commandment-keeping people are to stand constantly in readi-
ness for service.—
Testimonies for the Church 8:247
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Those who are really representatives of Christ are working for the
good of others. They delight in advancing the cause of God both at
home and abroad. They are seen and heard, and their influence is felt,
at the prayer meeting. They will try to supply the place of the minister,
whose labors they cannot have. They do not seek to exalt self, or
to receive credit for doing a great work, but labor humbly, meekly,
faithfully, doing small errands or doing a greater work, if necessary,
because Christ has done so much for them.—
The Review and Herald,
September 6, 1881
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Brave and True
What the church needs in these days of peril, is an army of workers
who, like Paul, have educated themselves for usefulness, who have a
deep experience in the things of God, and who are filled with earnest-
ness and zeal. Sanctified, self-sacrificing men are needed; men who
will not shun trial and responsibility; men who are brave and true; men
in whose hearts Christ is formed “the hope of glory,” and who, with
lips touched with holy fire, will “preach the word.” For want of such
workers the cause of God languishes, and fatal errors, like a deadly
poison, taint the morals and blight the hopes of a large part of the
human race.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 507
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By aggressive warfare, in the midst of opposition, peril, loss, and
human suffering, the work of soul-saving is to be carried forward. At
a certain battle, when one of the regiments of the attacking force was
being beaten back by the hordes of the enemy, the ensign in front
stood his ground as the troops retreated. The captain shouted to him to
bring back the colors, but the reply of the ensign was, “Bring the men