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the regions beyond. Let forces be set at work to clear new ground,
to establish new centers of influence wherever an opening can be
found.—
Manuscript 11, 1908
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Reach Beyond the Gospel-hardened Centers—Let us remem-
ber that as a people entrusted with sacred truth, we have been neglectful
and positively unfaithful. The work has been confined to a few centers,
until the people in them have become gospel hardened. It is difficult
to make an impression on those who have heard so much truth and yet
have rejected it. In a few places too much has been expended, while
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many, many cities have been left unwarned and unworked.
All this is against us now. Had we put forth earnest efforts to
reach those who if converted would give a true representation of what
present truth would do for human beings, how much further advanced
our work would now be. It is not right that a few places should have all
the advantages, while other places are neglected.—
Letter 132, 1902
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Planning Ahead for New Openings—Oh, how I seem to hear
the voice day and night, “Go forward; add new territory; enter new
territory with the tent, and give the last message of warning to the
world. There is no time to be lost. Leave My memorial in every place
where ye shall go. My Spirit will go before you, and the glory of the
Lord shall be your rearward.”
There are other towns not a long distance from here, which must
have a camp meeting next year. This is the very plan of God how the
work should be carried. Those who have had the light for years to
enter new fields with the tent, and have held the camp meetings in the
same ground for years, need to be converted themselves, because they
do not heed the word of the Lord.—
Letter 174, 1900
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