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Men will invest in patent rights and meet with heavy losses, and
it is taken as a matter of course. But in the work and cause of God,
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men are afraid to venture. Money seems to them to be a dead loss that
does not bring immediate returns when invested in the work of saving
souls. The very means that is now so sparingly invested in the cause
of God, and that is selfishly retained, will in a little while be cast with
all idols to the moles and to the bats. Money will soon depreciate in
value very suddenly when the reality of eternal scenes opens to the
senses of man.
God will have men who will venture anything and everything to
save souls. Those who will not move until they can see every step of
the way clearly before them will not be of advantage at this time to
forward the truth of God. There must be workers now who will push
ahead in the dark as well as in the light, and who will hold up bravely
under discouragements and disappointed hopes, and yet work on with
faith, with tears and patient hope, sowing beside all waters, trusting the
Lord to bring the increase. God calls for men of nerve, of hope, faith,
and endurance, to work to the point.—
The True Missionary, January,
1874
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Be Resourceful—In these perilous times we should leave untried
no means of warning the people. We should be deeply interested in
everything that will stay the tide of iniquity. Work on. Have faith in
God.—
Letter 49, 1902
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Not in Our Own Strength—I appeal to you, my brethren in the
ministry. Connect yourselves more closely with the work of God.
Many souls that might be saved, will be lost, unless you strive more
earnestly to make your work as perfect as possible. There is a great
work to be done in-----. It may seem to move slowly and hard at first;
but God will work mightily through you if you will only make an
entire surrender to Him. Much of the time you will have to walk by
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faith, not by feeling....
Wherever you are, however trying your circumstances, do not talk
discouragement. The Bible is full of rich promises. Can you not
believe them? When we go out to labor for souls, God does not want
us to go a warfare at our own charges. What does this mean? It means
that we need not go in our own strength, for God has pledged His word
that He will go with us.—Historical Sketches, pp. 128, 129. (1886).