Chapter 49—Promotion
Do not act the part of a salesman in the house of God—I was
shown that if the moral and intellectual faculties had not been clouded
by wrong habits of living, ministers and people would have been
quick to discern the evil results of mixing sacred and common things.
Ministers have stood in the desk and preached a most solemn discourse,
and then by introducing merchandise, and acting the part of a salesman,
even in the house of God, they have diverted the minds of their hearers
from the impressions received, and destroyed the fruit of their labor.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:472
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Ministers are to promote missionary work in all lands—No
one who has given his life to God’s work as His minister, lives for
self. His work is to follow Christ, to be a willing agent and co-worker
with the Master, receiving His Spirit day by day, and working as the
Saviour worked, neither failing nor being discouraged. He is chosen of
God as a faithful instrument to promote missionary work in all lands,
and he must ponder well the path he follows.—
Gospel Workers, 451
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Publications
All can aid the cause by giving means for the publication of
periodicals—But all cannot be teachers of the word in the pulpit. The
individual duties of different persons vary, but there is work for all to
do. All can aid the cause by giving unselfishly of their means to help
the various branches of the work, to furnish means for the publication
of tracts and periodicals to scatter among the people, and disseminate
the truth.—
The Review and Herald, January 9, 1883
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Churches should realize it is their duty to obtain subscriptions
for our periodicals—We now have great facilities for spreading the
truth; but our people are not coming up to the privileges given them.
They do not in every church see and feel the necessity of using their
abilities in saving souls. They do not realize their duty to obtain
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