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There is a fearfulness to venture out and to run risks in this great work,
fearing that the expenditure of means would not bring returns. What
if means are used and yet we cannot see that souls have been saved
by it? What if there is a dead loss of a portion of our means? Better
work and keep at work than to do nothing. You know not which shall
prosper, this or that.
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
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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.
Publications in Many Languages
I have been shown that our publications should be printed in dif-
ferent languages and sent to every civilized country, at any cost. What
is the value of money at this time, in comparison with the value of
souls? Every dollar of our means should be considered as the Lord’s,
not ours; and as a precious trust from God to us; not to be wasted for
needless indulgences, but carefully used in the cause of God, in the
work of saving men and women from ruin.
I have been shown that the press is powerful for good or evil. This
agency can reach and influence the public mind as no other means
can. The press, controlled by men who are sanctified to God, can be a
power indeed for good in bringing men to the knowledge of the truth.
The pen is a power in the hands of men who feel the truth burning
upon the altar of their hearts, and who have an intelligent zeal for God,
balanced with sound judgment. The pen, dipped in the fountain of pure
truth, can send the beams of light to dark corners of the earth, which
will reflect its rays back, adding new power, and giving increased light
to be scattered everywhere.