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miles away from this city, as a sanitarium site, and a place from which
New York could be worked?—
Letter 176, 1903
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Plans to Reach Businessmen—You should feel a decided respon-
sibility for the working of New York City. The men in the business
houses of New York and other large cities, as verily as the heathen in
foreign lands, must be reached with the message.—
Letter 168, 1909
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Halls and Church Building Problems—Go to New York City.
Look the ground over carefully, and see whether it is advisable to
purchase the hall and the land on which it stands. Perhaps the land
could be leased for a term of years. I have been instructed that some
such methods will have to be followed in the work in the large cities.
If, after careful consideration, you decide that it is best to purchase
the hall, we shall do all in our power to raise the money. But it is best
to move understandingly. Pray, pray, pray, for if possible Satan will
close the doors which have opened for the entrance of truth. The Lord
desires a center for the truth to be established in the great, wicked city
of New York....
I ask you to investigate the work in New York, and lay plans for
establishing a memorial for God in this city. It is to be a center for
missionary effort, and in it a sanitarium is to be established.... A
determined effort must be made to unify our churches in New York
and the surrounding cities. This can be done, and it must be done
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if aggressive warfare in New York is successfully carried forward.—
Letter 154, 1901
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Results to Follow Proper Effort—God wants the work to go
forward in New York. There ought to be thousands of Sabbathkeepers
in that place, and there would be if the work were carried on as it
should be. But prejudices spring up. Men want the work to go in
their lines, and they refuse to accept broader plans from others. Thus
opportunities are lost. In New York there should be several small
companies established, and workers should be sent out. It does not
follow that because a man is not ordained as a preacher he cannot
work for God. Let such ones as these be taught how to work, then
let them go out to labor. On returning, let them tell what they have
done. Let them praise the Lord for His blessing, and then go out again.
Encourage them. A few words of encouragement will be an inspiration
to them.—Life Sketches, p. 385. (1915).