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Evangelism
In many testimonies I have stated that wealthy men, who have their
Lord’s money, will be moved by the Spirit of God to open doors for the
advancement of the truth in large cities. They will use their entrusted
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means to prepare the way of the Lord, to make straight in the desert a
highway for our God.
Those who work in the large cities are to reach if possible to the
high ones of the world, even to ruling powers. Where is our faith? God
has presented to me the case of Nebuchadnezzar. The Lord worked
with power to bring the mightiest king on the earth to acknowledge
Him as King over all kings. He moved upon the mind of the proud
king until Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged Him as “the most high God,”
“whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from
generation to generation.”—
Letter 132, 1901
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Solicit the Wealthy—Let those who labor in the interests of the
cause of God lay the necessities of the work in _____ before the
wealthy men of the world. Do this judiciously. Tell them what you are
trying to do. Solicit donations from them. It is God’s means which
they have, means which should be used in enlightening the world.
There are stored up in the earth large treasures of gold and silver.
Men’s riches have accumulated. Go to these men with a heart filled
with love for Christ and suffering humanity, and ask them to help you
in the work you are trying to do for the Master. As they see that you
reveal the sentiments of God’s benevolence, a chord will be touched in
their hearts. They will realize that they can be Christ’s helping hand by
doing medical missionary work. They will be led to co-operate with
God, to provide the facilities necessary to set in operation the work
that needs to be done.—
Manuscript 40, 1901
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Others, Too, Must Have Facilities—Elder_____ uses with prodi-
gality money that should go to the sustaining of workers in different
parts of the field. He needs to remember that others besides him are
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to have opportunity to use their talents in the Lord’s work. And they
are to be given facilities for work, so that they can labor without sacri-
ficing health and even life itself. One worker is not to absorb a large
amount of money to carry on his line of work according to his own
plans, leaving his fellow worker without the means he ought to have
in order to do the work assigned him. Even if this money comes from
outsiders, it is still the Lord’s money. God has not ordained that one
worker should have a superabundance, while his fellow worker is so