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Evangelism
An Example of Thorough Follow-up Work—Our meeting has
ended. From the very first day, October 21, up to the present time
(November 10), the interest has not abated. At the first meeting the
large tent was crowded, and a wall of people stood round the outside.
I spoke six times on Sabbath, Sunday, and Wednesday afternoons
to the crowd that assembled, and five times in various lines to our
people. We had the best of ministerial labor.... The word was spoken
in no faltering, hesitating manner, but in the demonstration of the Spirit
and with power. The interest was superior to anything we have seen in
any camp meeting in this country. We feel very grateful to the Lord
for this opportunity of making known the light of present truth. As in
Christ’s day, the people listen and are astonished and captivated. They
say, “We never heard anything like this. Oh, how I wish I could have
heard all these things before. I never knew such things were in the
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Bible. I see that the work before me is to search the Scriptures as I
have never done before.”
The Word of God has indeed been like a sword, quick and powerful.
The crowds of people listened interestedly for one and nearly two hours
without showing any appearance of weariness. Oh, I am so glad, so
thankful. I praise the Lord with heart and soul and voice....
Several workers are keeping up the interest in Stanmore. This
interest does not flag. The big tent has been taken down and sent to
Melbourne. The forty-foot tent is being spliced in the center so that
it will seat as many as possible, and will be used here. A house has
been rented to accommodate the workers. A room has been prepared
for me, and if I am able I shall probably go to Sydney this week to
join the workers. We must do all we possibly can to make this effort a
success. Elder Haskell writes cheeringly in regard to the work there
and the unflagging interest.—
Letter 27, 1897
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Building on Interest Created—The laborers who may come in
after an interest has been created, may be men who have even less
ability than those who have started the work; but if they are humble
men of God, they may present the truth in such a way as to arouse
and impress the hearts of some who have hitherto been untouched.
The Lord reveals truth to different minds in different aspects, so that
through one man’s presentation some point of truth is made clearer
than through another man’s presentation, and for this very reason the