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making him rough and coarse, or fretful and impatient. Make apparent
to all your patience, your kindness, your long-suffering, gentleness,
compassion, and true goodness; for these graces are the expression of
the character of the God whom you serve.—
Manuscript 49, 1907
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Workers for the Southland—Let missionaries work quietly for
both white and colored people in the South. Let them work in a way
to help those who most need help, who are surrounded with influences
that are misleading. Many of them are under the control of those
who will stir up the worst passions of the human heart. The priests
and rulers in Christ’s day worked most successfully in stirring up the
passions of the mob, because they were ignorant, and had placed their
trust in man. Thus they were led to denounce and reject Christ and
to choose a robber and murderer in His place. The work in the South
should be done without noise or parade. Let missionaries who are
truly converted, and who feel the burden of the work, seek wisdom
from God, and with all the tact they can command, let them go into
this field. Medical missionaries can find a field in which to relieve the
distress of those who are falling under bodily ailments. They should
have means so that they may clothe the naked and feed the hungry.
Christian help work will do more than the preaching of sermons....
Let the workers be Christlike, that they may by precept and example
exert an elevating influence. Let them furnish themselves with the
most appropriate, simple lessons from the life of Christ to present to
the people. Let them not dwell too much upon doctrinal points, or
upon features of our faith that will seem strange and new; but let them
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present the sufferings and the sacrifice of Christ; let them hold up His
righteousness and reveal His grace; let them manifest His purity and
holiness of character. Workers in the Southern field will need to teach
the people line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there
a little.—
The Review and Herald, December 24, 1895
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Southern City Workers to Receive Encouragement—The Lord
God has been at work. My brethren, instead of criticizing what has
been done, save your speech for the great cities that have not yet been
worked, such as New Orleans, Memphis, and St. Louis. Go to these
places and labor for the people, but do not speak a word of censure
regarding those who have tried so hard to do everything in their power
for the advancement of the work. Sometimes these workers would be
almost discouraged, but we kept praying for them. Wherever I was, I