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find that nothing is so encouraging as doing evangelistic work in new
fields.—
Letter 169, 1904
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If the ministers would get out of the way, if they would go forth
into new fields, the members would be obliged to bear responsibilities,
and their capabilities would increase by use.—
Letter 56, 1901
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Ministerial Forces Exhausted on Established Churches—Our
people have had great light, and yet much of our ministerial force is
exhausted on the churches, in teaching those who should be teachers;
enlightening those who should be “the light of the world”; watering
those from whom should flow springs of living water; enriching those
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who might be veritable mines of precious truth; repeating the gospel
invitation to such as should be scattered to the uttermost parts of the
earth, communicating the message of Heaven to many who have not
had the privileges which they have enjoyed; feeding those who should
be in the byways and highways heralding the invitation, “Come; for all
things are now ready.” Come to the gospel feast; come to the supper
of the Lamb; “for all things are now ready.”
Now is the time for earnest wrestling with God. Our voices should
join with the Saviour’s in that wonderful prayer: “Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Let the whole earth
be filled with His glory. Many may ask, “Who is sufficient for these
things?” The responsibility rests upon every individual. “Not that we
are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God.”—
The Review and Herald, July 23, 1895
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