374
Evangelism
with simplicity and in sincerity, giving meat in due season, and to
every man his portion of meat.—
Letter 18, 1898
.
Preaching Made Effectual by House-to-House Labor—From
the experience of the workers in _____, we see that the efforts made
after a camp meeting has closed are of far more consequence than the
work done before. For years I have been shown that house-to-house
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labor is the work that will make the preaching of the word a success.
If those interested are not visited by our workers, other ministers get
upon their tracks and confuse them by misquoting and wresting the
Scriptures. These people are not familiar with the Word; they think
that their ministers must be true and unprejudiced men, and they give
up their convictions. But if our workers can visit those interested, to
explain the Word of truth to them more fully, revealing the truth in
contrast to error, they will become established.
Had this work been done earnestly and vigilantly, had the workers
perseveringly watched for souls as they that must give an account,
many more sheaves would have been the fruit of the seed sown at our
camp meetings.
This work has also been carried on in _____. There are now no
less than fifty new Sabbathkeepers as the result of this personal labor,
this hunting for souls. Unless the workers appointed by God do the
most interested hunting for lost sheep, Satan will succeed in his work
of destroying, and souls will be lost that might have been found and
restored.—
Letter 18, 1898
.
Some Not Reached by the Public Effort—In large cities there
are certain classes that cannot be reached by public meetings. These
must be searched out as the shepherd searches for his lost sheep.
Diligent, personal effort must be put forth in their behalf.—
Gospel
Workers, 364
(1915).
To Those Who Will Not Come to the Feast—If they will not
come to the gospel feast to which the call of Christ invites them, then
God’s messengers must accommodate themselves to the circumstances
and bear the message to them in house-to-house labor, thus extending
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their ministry to the highways and byways, giving the last message to
the world.—
Letter 164, 1899
.
Even to the Disinterested—Go to the homes of those even who
manifest no interest. While mercy’s sweet voice invites the sinner,
work with every energy of heart and brain, as did Paul, “who ceased