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Evangelism
There are many fields to be worked, and calculations should not
be made to plant many large interests in a few favored localities. The
Lord has instructed me that we are not to make many large centers;
for in every field there should be facilities for the successful carrying
on of the work. For this reason a few large institutions should not be
allowed to exhaust all the income of means. In small and large cities,
and in settlements that lie outside the cities, there should be maintained
small centers where faithful watchmen are stationed who will labor for
souls. Wherever the missionary worker goes, there should follow his
efforts the establishment of some small plant that the advance of the
work may be hastened. When God’s servants do their work faithfully,
Providence will open the way for these facilities in many places.
In the highways and the byways efforts are to be put forth. We are
not developing the work according to the best plans. We should plan
to divide and subdivide our working forces, that we may work new
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Letter 30, 1911
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Cities in Many Lands—Medical missionary work is the right
hand of the gospel. It is necessary to the advancement of the cause
of God. As through it men and women are led to see the importance
of right habits of living, the saving power of the truth will be made
known. Every city is to be entered by workers trained to do medical
missionary work. As the right hand of the third angel’s message,
God’s methods of treating disease will open doors for the entrance
of present truth. Health literature must be circulated in many lands.
Our physicians in Europe and other countries should awake to the
necessity of having health works prepared by men who are on the
ground and who can meet the people where they are with the most
essential instruction.—
Testimonies For The Church 7:59
(1902).