Cities of the East and South
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would ask the prayers of God’s people in their behalf.—
The Review
and Herald, May 25, 1905
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Philadelphia, New Orleans, and St. Louis—You speak of the
work which should be done in America, but which is undone. I wish
to speak of these neglected fields as they are presented to me. I wish to
speak, not merely in behalf of the Southern field, but in behalf of the
large cities, whose neglected, unwarned condition is a condemnation
to our people, who claim to be missionaries for the Master....
We stand rebuked by God because the large cities right within
our sight are unworked and unwarned. A terrible charge of neglect
is brought against those who have been long in the work, in this very
America, and yet have not entered the large cities. What has been done
in Philadelphia, in New Orleans, in St. Louis, and in other cities that I
might name? We have done none too much for foreign fields, but we
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have done comparatively nothing for the great cities right beside our
own doors.—
Letter 187, 1905
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