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all the means that can be gathered up is to be sent from America to
distant lands, while in the home field there exist such providential
opportunities to present the truth to millions who have never heard it.
Among these millions are the representatives of many nations, many
of whom are prepared to receive the message. Much remains to be
done within the shadow of our doors—in the cities of California, New
York, and many other States....
Wake up, wake up, my brethren and sisters, and enter the fields in
America that have never been worked. After you have given something
for foreign fields, do not think your duty done. There is a work to
be done in foreign fields, but there is a work to be done in America
that is just as important. In the cities of America there are people of
almost every language. These need the light that God has given to His
church.—
Testimonies For The Church 8:34-36
(1904).
We rejoice that the efforts put forth by the pioneer workers among
foreign nationalities in the United States and Canada have borne a rich
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harvest of souls.—
The Review and Herald, October 29, 1914
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City Bases for Foreign Work—We drove out to see the newly es-
tablished Swedish Mission on Oak Street [in Chicago]. There we were
shown a building which our Swedish brethren, under the leadership of
Elder-----, have recently purchased for the headquarters of their work
in Chicago. The building presents a good appearance. In the basement
they have a well-equipped vegetarian restaurant. On the first floor
there is a pleasant, commodious hall for meetings, comfortably seated
for a congregation of about one hundred and fifty, and the two upper
stories are rented to lodgers. I was indeed glad to see this evidence of
progress in the Swedish work in Chicago.
There is a great work to be done for the people of all nations in the
large cities in America, and such rallying points as this may be a great
help in the matter of gaining the attention of the people, and in the
training of workers. In every large city of America there are people
of different nationalities, who must hear the message for this time. I
long to see evidence that the lines of work which the Lord has marked
out are being disinterestedly taken up. A work similar to that which is
being done in Chicago for the Swedish people should be done in many
places.—
The Review and Herald, February 9, 1905
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Careful Methods to Be Employed—There is one man who has
been laboring in-----, ... and we labored with him, and sought most