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if, instead of studying your own pleasure, you were seeking what work
you could do in the vineyard of your Master? How many souls have
these gatherings for conversation and the practice of music been the
means of saving? If you cannot point to one soul thus saved, turn, oh!
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turn to a new course of action. Begin to pray for souls, come near to
Christ, close to His bleeding side. Let a meek and quiet spirit adorn
your lives, and let your earnest, broken, humble petitions ascend to
Him for wisdom that you may have success in saving not only your
own soul, but the souls of others.
Pray more than you sing. Do you not stand in greater need of prayer
than of singing? Young men and women, God calls upon you to work,
work for Him. Make an entire change in your course of action. You
can do a work that those who minister in word and doctrine cannot do.
You can reach a class whom the minister cannot affect.—
Testimonies
for the Church 1:511-513
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Where to Begin
Let those who desire to work for God begin at home, in their own
household, in their own neighborhood, among their own friends. Here
they will find a favorable missionary field. This home missionary
work is a test, revealing their ability or inability for service in a wider
field.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:428
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The Most Successful Way
In our work, individual effort will accomplish more than can be
estimated. It is for the want of this that souls are perishing. One soul is
of infinite value; Calvary speaks its worth. One soul won to Christ will
be instrumental in winning others, and there will be an ever-increasing
result of blessing and salvation.—
Gospel Workers, 184
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