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men who are doing a good work, the very work that the Lord has
said should be done. Sometimes when a man is having success in his
efforts and the interest continues good, the question of moving him to
another field ought not to come to him at all, because it only confuses
him. If the Lord is mightily stirring the people of Los Angeles, through
the tent meetings, let nothing interrupt the work.... Let no one try to
draw Brother-----away from the place where there is a deep interest
and an extraordinary opening to present the truth. This is Los Angeles’
opportunity.—
Letter 193, 1905
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Workers Harmed by Unnecessary Moving—I think it does
harm to call workers from one part of the vineyard where they are
doing good work, to go to another field where they are to begin all
new. I think it gives the ones called an idea that they are of greater
consequence than they really are, and the poor souls will be injured.
I caution you on this point of changing workers when there is no
necessity.—
Letter 179, 1900
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Early Move of Workers Not Understood by Converts—I knew
that Brother and Sister-----were not free from faults, but that they were
striving to know and to do the Master’s will, and that they had talents
that fitted them to reach men and women in the higher walks of life,
and that through their labors many might become interested in the
truth. I knew that a move would deprive an important field of labor
that was much needed, and also that a move would mean much to them
personally, for they had just gotten fairly settled in a suitable home. I
did not feel free to lend my influence to have them moved.
Their removal to another field under such circumstances would
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cause an unfavorable impression to be left on the minds of those who,
through their efforts, had newly accepted the faith. Moreover, if it were
indeed true that they possessed objectionable traits of character, the
case would not be made better by sending them to another field of labor,
for they would carry with them their objectionable characteristics and
methods.—
Letter 48, 1907
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Moving Men Too Soon—Satan’s Device—Had the minister ut-
terly refused to listen to the colored, one-sided statements of any, had
he given words of advice in accordance with the Bible rule and said,
like Nehemiah, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down,”
that church would have been in a far better condition. This work of
withdrawing men from their fields of labor has been repeated again