Laboring for the Middle Class
A Group More Easily Reached—Then there is another class
more easily reached. Many of them are more worthy than the wealth-
iest, for those who are rich have not all obtained their riches by the
strictest principles of integrity. There are those who would not sacrifice
principle or strict honest to possess any amount of means. This is the
class that if the truth were presented to them in wisdom would receive
it, and be reliable workers together with God. The laborer through the
wisdom given of God will work in such a way as to draw these parties
together in Christ Jesus.—
Manuscript 66, 1894
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How Can We Reach Them?—And how can we reach the com-
mon people? Christ tried to work with the highest dignitaries of the
nation. But they would not receive Him, because He told them the
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truth. They had exalted ideas of their own piety. They would not be
instructed. They thought their work was to instruct others, not to be
instructed themselves. But of the poor the Scriptures testify, “The
common people heard Him gladly.” “Thou, O God, hast prepared of
Thy goodness for the poor.” “The Lord gave the word: great was the
company of those that published it.”—
Manuscript 125, 1897
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Christ Met Their Minds—We may do much in a short time if
we will work as Christ worked. We may reflect with profit upon His
manner of teaching. He sought to meet the minds of the common
people. His style was plain, simple, comprehensive. He took His
illustrations from the scenes with which His hearers were most familiar.
By the things of nature He illustrated truths of eternal importance, thus
connecting heaven and earth.—
Manuscript 24, 1903
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Study Christ’s Simplicity—The Saviour came “to preach the
gospel to the poor.” In His teaching He used the simplest terms and
the plainest symbols. And it is said that “the common people heard
Him gladly.” Those who are seeking to do His work for this time
need a deeper insight into the lessons He has given.—
The Ministry of
Healing, 443
(1905).
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