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our senses may be sanctified, and that we may learn to measure our
ideas by the work and the teachings of Christ.—
Letter 320, 1908
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Bearing Expense of a Worker—In the great cities many agencies
are to be set at work. Those who are so situated that they cannot act a
part in personal labor, may interest themselves in bearing the expenses
of a laborer who can go. Let not our brethren and sisters make excuses
for not engaging in earnest work. No practical Christian lives to
himself.—
Manuscript 128, 1901
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Churches Finance New Work—Those who know the truth are
to strengthen one another, saying to the ministers, “Go forth into the
harvest field in the name of the Lord, and our prayers shall go with
you as sharp sickles.” Thus our churches should bear decided witness
for God, and they should also bring Him their gifts and offerings, that
those who go forth into the field may have wherewith to labor for
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souls.—
Manuscript 73a, 1900
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God’s Provision for City Work—I have had messages from the
Lord, which I have given to our people over and over again, that
there are many monied men who are susceptible to the influences and
impressions of the gospel message. The Lord has a people who have
never yet heard the truth. Keep to your work, and let the property
that shall be donated to the advancement of the truth be so used that
a center shall be established in _____. Let proper persons, who have
never revealed the selfish, grasping spirit which withholds the means
that ought to be used in the large cities, be selected to carry forward
the work, because God acknowledges them as His chosen ones....
God will move upon the hearts of monied men, when the Bible,
and the Bible alone, is presented as the light of the world. In these
cities the truth is to go forth as a lamp that burneth.
The question has been asked, Why have you made a specialty of
laboring for the lowest, most debased class, passing by the men of
discrimination and talent? There is a field all ripe for the harvest, and
the Lord has means whereby this field shall be worked. There are men
of large business capabilities who will accept the truth, men who trust
in the Scriptures, who, from the treasure house of the heart can bring
forth things new and old. Controlled by the Holy Spirit, these men
will move in a way that will clear away obstructions, so that the people
may be warned of the soon coming of the Lord....