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Working After God’s Order—Our manner of working must be
after God’s order. The work that is done for God in our large cities
must not be according to man’s devising....
In our work we are to remember the way in which Christ worked.
He made the world. He made man. Then He came in person to the
world to show its inhabitants how to live sinless lives.
Brother _____, the Lord has given you an opening in New York
City, and your mission work there is to be an example of what mission
work in other cities should be. You are to show how the work should
be carried forward, sowing the seed, and then gathering the harvest.
There are those who can unite with you in your labor, engaging in the
work understandingly, and in full sympathy with you....
Your work in New York has been started in right lines. You are to
make in New York a center for missionary effort, from which work
can be carried forward successfully. The Lord desires this center to be
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a training school for workers, and nothing is to be allowed to interrupt
the work. After the people have embraced the truth and taken their
stand, then the Lord will prepare them to be educated for the full
reception of Bible truth. You must select as helpers men who can carry
the work forward solidly and thoroughly, laboring for the conversion of
the whole being, body, soul, and spirit. A solid foundation, laid upon
gospel plans, must be laid for the building up of the church.—
Letter
150, 1901
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Medical Missionary and School Needs of the Great Metropo-
lis—We need a sanitarium and a school in the vicinity of New York
City, and the longer the delay in the securing of these, the more difficult
it will become.
It would be well to secure a place as a home for our mission workers
outside the city. It is of great importance that they have the advantages
of pure water, free from all contamination. For this reason, it is often
well to consider the advantages of locations among the hills. And there
should be some land, where fruit and vegetables might be raised for
the benefit of the workers. Let it be a mission in as healthful a place
as possible, and let there be connected with it a small sanitarium. A
place in the city should also be secured where simple treatments might
be administered.
Such a home would be a welcome retreat for our workers, where
they may be away from the bustle and confusion of the city. The