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will obey in time.—
Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the
Seventh-day Adventists, 249
(1886).
Effective Personal Work in Italy—It is not always pleasant for
our brethren to live where the people need help most; but their labors
would often be productive of far more good if they would do so. They
ought to come close to the people, sit with them at their tables, and
lodge in their humble homes. The laborers may have to take their
families to places not at all desirable; but they should remember that
Jesus did not remain in the most desirable places. He came down to
earth that He might help those who needed help.—
Historical Sketches
of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, 148
(1886).
Unless the attention of the people is gained, all effort for them will
be useless. The Word of God cannot be understood by the inattentive.
They need a plain “Thus saith the Lord” to arrest their attention. Let
them see that their cases are tried and condemned by the Bible, not
by the lips of man; that they are arraigned at the bar of infinite justice,
not before an earthly tribunal. When the plain, cutting truth of the
Bible is presented before them, it comes directly across long-cherished
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desires and confirmed habits. They are convicted, and then it is that
they specially need your counsel, encouragement, and prayer. Many a
precious soul balances for a time, and then takes his position on the
side of error, because he does not have this personal effort at the right
time.—
Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day
Adventists, 148
(1886).