Problems Peculiar to Metropolitan Evangelism
Large and Best Halls—It has been a difficult problem to know
how to reach the people in the great centers of population. We are
not allowed entrance to the churches. In the cities the large halls are
expensive, and in most cases but few will come out to the best halls.
We have been spoken against by those who were not acquainted with
us. The reasons of our faith are not understood by the people, and we
have been regarded as fanatics, who were ignorantly keeping Saturday
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for Sunday. In our work we have been perplexed to know how to break
through the barriers of worldliness and prejudice, and bring before the
people the precious truth which means so much to them.—
Testimonies
For The Church 6:31, 32
(1900).
The Practical Problem of Finding a Hall—The difficulties men-
tioned are the ones to be met in almost every place, but not in so
manifest a form as in-----. We think Satan has made his seat in that
place, to work out his deeds, that the laborers shall be discouraged and
give it up....
We must seek wisdom of God, for by faith I see a strong church
in that city. Our work must be to watch and to pray, to seek counsel
of the One wonderful and mighty in counsel. One mightier than the
strongest powers of hell can take the prey from Satan, and under His
guidance the angels of heaven will carry on the battle against all the
powers of darkness and plant the standard of truth and righteousness
in that city....
Our brethren have been searching for a place to hold meetings in.
The theaters and halls present so many objectionable phases that we
think we shall use the skating rink, which has lately been used for
religious and temperance meetings.... If we get a place to hold forth
the word of life, it will cost money. God will make a place for His own
truth to come to the people, for this is the way He has wrought.—
Letter
79, 1893
.
Securing City Evangelists—Now, when the Lord bids us to pro-
claim the message once more with power in the East, when He bids us
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