Follow-up Methods
295
who do not understand anything about it, therefore we need to lead
them along, to instruct them kindly and tenderly, and if the spirit of
God is with us, we will know just what to say.—
Manuscript 42, 1894
.
Comprehension of God’s Over-all Purpose—The student
should learn to view the Word as a whole, and to see the relation
of its parts. He should gain a knowledge of its grand, central theme,
of God’s original purpose for the world, of the rise of the great con-
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troversy, and of the work of redemption. He should understand the
nature of the two principles that are contending for supremacy, and
should learn to trace their working through the records of history and
prophecy, to the great consummation. He should see how this contro-
versy enters into every phase of human experience; how in every act
of life he himself reveals the one or the other of the two antagonistic
motives; and how, whether he will or not, he is even now deciding
upon which side of the controversy he will be found.—
Education,
190
(1903).
Teaching New Believers How to Meet Enemy—It is poor policy
to leave a few here and there, unfed and uncared for, for devouring
wolves, or to become targets for the enemy to open fire upon. I have
been shown that there has been much of such work done among us as a
people. Promising fields have been spoiled for future effort by striking
in prematurely without counting the cost, and leaving the work half
done. Because there has been a course of lectures given, then stop the
work, rush into a new field to half do the work there, and these poor
souls who have but a slight knowledge of the truth are left without
proper measures being taken to confirm and establish them in the faith
and educate them like well-drilled soldiers how to meet the enemy’s
attacks and vanquish him.—
Letter 60, 1886
.