Evangelism -- Study Guide

Ellen G. White Estate

Copyright © 2021, Ellen G. White Estate, Inc.

1. Information about this Book

2. Introduction

3. Chapter 1 — The Challenge to Evangelism

4. Chapter 2 — The Metropolitan Masses

5. Chapter 3 — Smaller Communities and Rural Areas

6. Chapter 4 — Planning for the Public Campaign

7. Chapter 5 — Organizing for Evangelistic Meetings

8. Chapter 6 — The Public Effort

9. Chapter 7 — The Message and Its Presentation

10. Chapter 8 — Preaching the Distinctive Truths

11. Chapter 9 — Clinching the Interest

12. Chapter 10 — Establishing and Holding New Converts

13. Chapter 11 — The Work in The Large American Cities

14. Chapter 12 — Heralding the Message in Other Continents

15. Chapter 13 — Personal Work

16. Chapter 14 — The Bible Instructor

17. Chapter 15 — Song Evangelism

18. Chapter 16 — Medical Evangelism

19. Chapter 17 — Laboring for Special Classes

20. Chapter 18 — Dealing with False Science, Cults, Isms, and Secret Societies

21. Chapter 19 — The Worker and His Qualifications

22. Chapter 20 — The Message Triumphant

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Introduction

What is this Study Guide? It is a series of twenty simple, thought-provoking question-and-answer-type lessons prepared by the Spirit of Prophecy and Ministerial departments of the South American Division under the authorization of the trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate, for the purpose of assisting the reader in the study of the book EVANGELISM.

There is a lesson for each of the twenty chapters in the book. Each lesson is divided into four sections: (1) The reading assignment in the book EVANGELISM; (2) A little quiz to check your comprehension; (3) Personal thought questions for meditation; (4) The correct answers. The latter is included so that the reader can check his own work. However, it is hoped that the student will read carefully the pages assigned for each meeting and fill in the blanks in the Study Guide before referring to the answers.

PLEASE NOTE: The book EVANGELISM, as is explained in its preface, is designed principally to offer guidance to pastors and Bible instructors. However, this does not mean that it does not contain valuable instruction for the church members in general. For this reason, in this Study Guide we have tried to direct the attention of the brethren to the counsels that are applicable to the lay members as well as to the evangelical workers.

As Chapter 19, “The Worker and His Qualifications,” is specifically directed to pastors, evangelistic workers and Bible instructors, we have selected only a few thoughts from this chapter to share with the lay members. However, the remainder of the book has a wealth of valuable material, which we heartily recommend to the reader for thoughtful study and consideration.

We are thoroughly convinced that as our members diligently and prayerfully study EVANGELISM, with the help of this Study Guide, they will not only be strengthened in their conviction that “now is the time” to accomplish the gospel commission of the church, but each one, individually, will also be aroused, as a member of the body of Christ, to take a more determined and decided action in doing his part in finishing this urgent task.

The Editors [4]

Chapter 1 — The Challenge to Evangelism

Date_______________

A. Read pages 15-24 in EVANGELISM.
B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers that are found at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where one can find the answer.

1. “The gospel is to be presented, not as a lifeless theory, but as a _______________ _______________ to change the life.” (16:1)

2. “The weighty obligation of warning a world of its ______________________________ is upon us.” (16:3)

3. “There is a special power in the presentation of the truth at the present time; but how long will it continue? — Only a little while. If there was ever a crisis, it is __________.” (16:5)

4. As a people, why do we have to plead for forgiveness? (17:3) ___________________________________________________________________

5. “If ever, ________________________________________ had done the work laid upon him, the number of believers would now be much larger than it is.” (17:3)

6. “The words of Jesus Christ are spoken to __________ living down here in the close of this earth’s history.” (18:1)

7. Why must God’s people spread over all the world? (18:2)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________

8. “The Lord designs that the presentation of this message shall be the __________ , __________ work carried on in the world at this time.” (18:3) [5]

9. “Truth, passing by those who despise and reject it,________________________ ________________________.” (20:1)

10. Which are the best places to work? (21:1) ______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

11. What is one reason why the cities of today are so impenitent? (21:2) __________________________________________________________________

12. If they will give themselves to Him, whom will God make His chosen messengers? (24:2) ___________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Realizing that we are now in the closing scenes of this world’s history, am I faithfully and unreservedly doing my part? (16:2)

2. Who will carry the light to those who are walking in darkness and error?

Could it be that I am the one?

3. What can I do so that where now there is only one, there soon might be one hundred faithful and zealous workers for God?

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Chapter 2 — The Metropolitan Masses

Date_______________

A. Read pages 25-44 in EVANGELISM..

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers that are found at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where one can find the answer.

1. “Men will soon be forced to great decisions, and they must have opportunity to hear and to understand _______________ _______________, in order that they may take their stand intelligently on the right side.” (25:3)

2. What is Satan’s design in leading men to be occupied with pleasure-seeking? (26:1) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

3. Who have been cruelly neglected? (29:2) ________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

4. “At the present time there is not a ______________________________ part being done in working the cities, that should be done, . . .” (29:3)

5. “Often we have been told that our cities are to hear the message, but ________________ ______________ we are to heed the instruction.” (32:4)

6. “‘A world (is) perishing in ignorance of God’s holy law, and Seventh-day Adventists are ____________.’” (32:4)

7. Why is it so urgent to be working in the large cities now? (33:1) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

8. Give an example of how to take advantage of missionary opportunities. What should be widely distributed? (36:1) ____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

9. “Our determined efforts to bring souls to a knowledge of the truth for this time will be seconded by _______________ _______________, and many souls will be saved. The Lord never _______________ His faithful messengers.” (38:1)

10. Describe the impressive scene Sister White witnessed. (43:1-3) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Seeing that the world is acting “as though there were no God,” what am I doing to keep it from perishing? (26:2)

2. Am I so entangled in the affairs of this world that I have lost my vision of eternal things?

3. Realizing that soon it will be difficult to go from place to place to spread the Word of Truth, what am I doing now?

4. “The work which the church has failed to do in a time of peace and prosperity, she will have to do in a terrible crisis, under most discouraging, forbidding circumstances.” (31:4)

5. Am I aware of the fact that there are heathen in my neighborhood, just as surely as they exist in foreign lands? What am I doing for them?

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Chapter 3 — Smaller Communities and Rural Areas

Date__________________

A. Read pages 45-52 in EVANGELISM..

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers that are found at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where one can find the answer..

1. Besides the cities, what other places should be included in our labors? (45:1, 2) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

2. Why is it that the people in the rural areas can be more easily reached? (46:4) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

3. “The light is given me that we must not have special anxiety to ________________________ too many interests into one locality, but should look for places in out-of-the-way districts and work in _______________ _____________.” (47:1)

4. Whom will the Lord call to finish the work? (48:1)_________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

5. “It may be that among our people there are those who will consent to use ________________ ________________ for the opening of missionary fields. To such I would say, For the Master’s sake, do what you can to __________________.” (51:2)

6. What activities absorb the time, the interests and the capabilities of the church members? (51:3) _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ [8]

C. For Meditation

1. What do you think of the challenge made on page 50, paragraph 1, relative to the work that can be done in neglected fields by married couples who are consecrated to God?

2. Do you think that your health would be better if you were to work outside the large cities along missionary lines? (51:4)

3. Could it be that I am one of those missionaries that God needs as a witness in the towns and villages?

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Chapter 4 — Planning for the Public Campaign

Date____________________

A. Read pages 53-92 in EVANGELISM..

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers that are found at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where one can find the answer...

1. When is it essential that we understand and follow the example of Christ? (53:1) _____________________________________________________________________

2. “It was the ____________________ and ________________ with which Christ labored and spoke that drew so many to Him.” (53:2)

3. “He (Christ) spoke to them in language so ______________ that they could not fail of understanding.” (54:3)

4. “In every ________________ ________________, however fallen, He beheld a son of God, one who might be restored to the privilege of His divine relationship.” (55:3)

5. What is the only means by which hearts can be softened and led to obedience? (57:3) _____________________________________________

6. “The work of Christ was largely composed of ____________________________ _______________________. He had a faithful regard for the one-soul audience; and that one soul ______________ _______________ to thousands the intelligence received.” (58:1)

7. What guidance and assurance does God give us regarding the entering of new places? (61:2)
a. ___________________________ b. ___________________________
c. ___________________________ d. ___________________________ [10]

8. What are we told regarding securing the means for advancing the work? (61:4 - 62:0) ______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

9. What should be our attitude regarding the results? (64:3) ____________________ _____________________________________________________________________

10. What assurance is given us regarding who is directly in control of the Gospel work? (65:1)_______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

11. “Not all in the world are lawless and sinful. God has ______________________ _____________________ who have not bowed the knee to Baal. There are God-fearing men and women in the ________________ _________________.” (66:3)

12. “We must individually know for ourselves what is truth, and be _______________ to give a reason of the hope that we have with meekness and fear, not in a proud, _____________________, ___________________, but with the spirit of Christ. We are nearing the time when we shall stand ___________________ ______________________ to answer for our belief.” (69:2)

13. How did the Lord send forth the twelve disciples to labor, and why? (72:2) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

14. Why did He pair up individuals with different temperaments? (72:3 - 73:0) ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

15. What type of meeting halls should be used in the large cities, and why? (75:2, 3) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

16. “It is God’s design that our people should locate ________________ the cities, and from these outposts warn the cities, and raise in them ______________________ for God.” (76:4)

17. “We must not plan for large beginnings while we have so little power to _________________________ that which is already begun.” (81:2)

18. What question does the Spirit of Prophecy raise regarding the social classes with which to work? (87:3) _________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ [11]

19. “Those who work in the large cities are to reach if possible to the _______________ ____________ of the _________________, even to ___________________ ____________________.” (88:1)

20. Regarding the economic resources of those with means, what promise are we given? (89:1) ________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Am I following Christ’s methods as I share this message of salvation with humanity?

2. What am I doing to strengthen and encourage new believers?

3. If God is bestowing upon me more means than is necessary to modestly care for my family, am I giving generously for the advancement of the Gospel?

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Chapter 5 — Organizing for Evangelistic Meetings

Date_________________

A. Read pages 93-118 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers that are found at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where one can find the answer.

1. “Success can only attend ________________ and _______________ action.” (93:2) 2. “_________________ is wanted, __________________ to devise and plan and work harmoniously.” (95:3)

3. What fourfold message is given to guide us in entering cities which have not yet had the light of the gospel message? (96:2)
a. _____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________

4. “The very best _______________________ is not the one who does the most work himself, but one who will obtain the greatest amount of labor from ___________________.” (96:7 - 97:0)

5. Is the diversity of characters in the church a drawback to the fulfillment of the gospel mission? (99:1) _______________________________________

6. What is the subject which should bind all the members of the church together in spite of diversity of characteristics? (99:2) ___________________________________________________________________ [13]

7. As Jesus’ human agents’ labor for souls, what three attributes must they have as a protection against the onslaughts of Satan? (101:1)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________

8. “Linked together in confidence, in the bonds of holy love, brother may receive from brother all the ___________________ that can possibly be obtained from one another . . .” (102:2)

9. “________________________ gifts, combined, are necessary for the success of the work. Let us remember that some can fill certain positions more successfully than others.” (103:1)

10. “The various talents that the Lord has entrusted to His servants are ________________________ in His work. The different parts of the work are to be _______________________ _________________________, piece by piece, to make a complete whole.” (103:2)

11. “His methods may be good, and yet varied gifts are essential; ____________________ ____________________ is not to mold and fashion the work according to his special ideas.” (104:1)

12. What is needed, concerning our methods of work? (105:3) __________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

13. “The inclination to _______________________ is the greatest danger of many. The brethren whom you are tempted to criticize are called to bear responsibilities which you could not possibly carry; but you are to be their ______________________. . . . The Lord has not _________________________ to any of you the work of correcting and censuring your _________________________. . .” (106:5-107:0)

14. What are two reasons why the Lord is not working to bring many souls to the truth? (110:2)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________

15. What is the first task of the minister as he works in his district? (110:4 - 111:0) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ [14]

16. “Where such an (evangelistic) effort is made . . . , let the ______________________ ___________________ __________________ clear the King’s highway, and help with their ___________________ in the work being done. Let them show that they are in perfect __________________.” (112:3)

17. “Let the ___________________ members be an example to those who have recently come into the truth.” (112:4 - 113:0)

18. What is told us about using denominational publications as a means of teaching the truth to our neighbors? (114:3 - 115:0)____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

19. “The formation of small companies as a basis of Christian effort is a ________________ that has been presented before me by One who cannot err. If there is a large ____________________ in the church, let the members be formed into small companies, to work not only for the church members but for _________________ also.” (115:2)

20. “Motion is not necessarily life. We may go through all the ______________________ and ________________________ of religion; but unless we are alive in Christ, our work is ________________________.” (117:1)

C. For Meditation

1. Am I exercising discretion and prudence, working according to a plan in harmony with others, and praying fervently as I am actively involved in the work of God?

2. Do I appreciate the talents of my fellow believers even though they are different from mine?

3. Am I doing all I can to win my neighbors?

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Chapter 6 — The Public Effort

Date_______________

A. Read pages 119-167 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers that are found at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where one can find the answer.

1. What must we avoid when we present the truth? (119:2) _____________________________________________________________________

2. What messages are the most important ones for us to proclaim? (119:3 - 120-0) ___________________________________________________________________

3. “His (Jesus’) messages of mercy were varied to ____________________________ His audience. . . . He had __________________________ to meet the prejudiced minds, and surprise them with illustrations that won their attention. Through the _________________________ He reached the heart.” (123:2)

4. “Light was given me by the Lord that it was not the best plan to make a __________________________ of what we were going to do; for just as soon as our intentions were made known, our _____________________________ would be roused to block the way.” (125:1)

5. “If we move wisely, without one tinge of boasting, without stopping to challenge the __________________________, if we advance one line of truth after another, crowding in the most important and soul-testing (truths), the Lord will take care of the result . . .” (125:3)

6. “You need not feel that ________________ the _________________ is to be spoken to unbelievers on any and every occasion. You should plan carefully what to say and what to leave unsaid.” (125:5)

7. What counsel is given us regarding meeting halls? (126:1) _____________________________________________________________________ [16]

8. “There is far more being done by the universe of Heaven than we have any idea of, in preparing the way so that _______________________ shall be converted.” (127:5)

9. “We want more of God; we do not want to feel that it is our _______________________ and our ________________________ that is to do the work; . . .” (127:5 - 128:0)

10. What provides strength for the worker? (128:3 - 129:0)
a. ____________________________ b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________ d. ____________________________

11. “As far as practicable, let the important ______________________________ given at our camp meetings be published in the newspapers.” (130:2)

12. What are the characteristics of an efficient disciple of God? (135:1) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

13. “You may be sure that pure and undefiled religion is not a _________________________ religion.” (138:2)

14. “We are not to encourage a spirit of enthusiasm that brings ________________ for a _________________, but soon fades away, leaving discouragement and depression.” (138:3)

15. “Learn to meet the people ________________ __________ ______________________. Do not present subjects that will arouse ______________________.” (142:4 - 143:0)

16. “Do not arouse opposition before the people have had opportunity to hear the _______________________ and know what they are opposing.” (143:1)

17. “It should ever be manifest that we are _____________________, but not __________________________.” (143:4)

18. “Our laborers should be very careful not to give the impression that they are _________________________ stealing in to get the sheep, but should let the ministers understand their position and the object of their mission—to call the attention of the people to the truths of ___________________ __________________ There are many of these which are dear to all Christians. Here is ____________________ ground, upon which we can meet people of other denominations; . . .” (143:5 - 144:0) [17]

19. “We should not, upon entering a place, build up unnecessary _______________________ between us and other denominations, . . .” (144:1)

20. What type of prayer is best to offer in public? (146:2) ___________________________________________________________________

21. After winning the people’s interest in public meetings, what should be done? (151:3)

_____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 22. “_____________________ _______________________ should be devoted to patiently educating the people, giving them opportunity to express themselves. It is _____________________ that men need, line upon line, and precept upon precept.” (153:1)

23. What should be done to increase the effectiveness of the spoken word? (159:2) _____________________________________________________________________ __

24. “The ___________________ is a powerful means to _______________________ the minds and hearts of the people. . . . If men, under the influence of the spirit of the world and of Satan, are earnest to circulate _______________________, _______________________ and __________________________ of a corrupting nature, you should be more earnest to get reading matter of an elevating and saving character before the people.” (160:5 - 161:0) 25. “______________________ and _______________________ are the Lord’s means of keeping the message for this time continually before the people.” (161:3)

26. “In the presentation of unpopular truth, which involves a heavy cross, preachers should be ________________________ that every word is as God would have it. Their words should never _______________________. They should present the truth in humility, with the deepest love for souls, and an earnest desire for their salvation, and let the truth _________________________.” (162:4)

27. Besides doctrinal subjects, what other truths must be presented? (163:3)
a. ___________________________ f. ______________________________
b. ___________________________ g. _____________________________
c. ___________________________ h. _____________________________
d. ___________________________ i. ______________________________
e. ___________________________ [18]

C. For Meditation

1. “At this time, when we are so near the end, shall we become so like the world in practice that men may look in vain to find God’s denominated people?” (121:3)

2. “Christian worth does not depend on brilliant talents, lofty birth, wonderful powers, but on a clean heart — a heart purified and refined, that does not exalt self, but, by beholding Christ, reflects the long lost image of divinity.” (135:3)

3. Am I as zealous to see souls saved, as Satan is to see them lost?

4. Do I fully realize that the spreading of our literature is one of the Lord’s ways of making known the message of salvation, and am I giving out tracts, magazines and books, as I should?

5. When I am confronted with error or opposition, do I depend on my argumentative ability, or do I recognize that my only strength is in Christ?

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Chapter 7 — The Message and Its Presentation

Date_______________

A. Read pages 168-216 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. What will be the results if we are harsh in dealing with souls? (168:2)_______________________________________________________________

2. “What a ________________________ it is to labor for the conversion of souls! Our calling is high . . . To fit us to do this work, He _________________________ ______________________ our mental faculties as verily as He did the mind of Daniel.” (172:1)

3. “We need far less _________________________, and far more presentation of __________________________. Our Redeemer is the center of all our faith and hope.” (172:2)

4. “Our work is not to make a raid on the __________________________ but to prepare a people to stand in the great day of the ______________________.” (173:1)

5. “In the past you have presented the truth in a _____________________ way, using it as if it were a __________________________. This has not glorified the Lord.” (173:8)

6. When we feel it is necessary to speak words of reproof, how should it be done? (174:2) _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

7. What speaking techniques should we follow when we preach? (175:2)
a. ____________________________ b. _____________________________
c. ____________________________ d. _____________________________ [20]

8. “‘I do not like to go much beyond the ____________________________,’ said a faithful and earnest preacher, who certainly never gave to his hearers that which cost him nothing in the preparation.” (176:4)

9. “Two _____________________________ of such long discourses are ____________, and the preacher is _____________________________.” (177:0)

10. “Much of the effect of discourses is lost because of the manner in which they are delivered. The speaker frequently forgets that he is God’s messenger, and that Christ and the angels are in his _____________ as listeners. His voice should not be __________________ to a ________________ ________________, shouting out the truth as through a trumpet; for this is more _____________________ power than the calm spirit and power of the Holy Ghost.” (183:4-184:0)

11. “The Lord calls upon you to make decided improvement in your manner of presenting the truth. You need not be _______________________. Preach the Word, as Christ, the Son of God, preached the Word. ____________________ gesticulations detract greatly from the impressions the truth would make upon human hearts, and lessen the force of the demonstrations of the ________________ of ________________. They efface the solemn impressions regarding God’s Word that holy angels desire shall be made upon minds . . .” (184:1)

12. What must be the themes for our discourses? (187:1, 2)
a. _________________________ b. ____________________________
c. _________________________ d. ____________________________
e. _________________________ f. ____________________________
g. __________________________ h. ____________________________

13. “Christ is to be preached, not _______________________________, but _____________________________.” (187:4)

14. What is the message that the sinner should hear? (189:2) ___________________ ___________________________________________________________________

15. Can one distinguish between the third angel’s message and the verity of justification by faith? (190:3) ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

16. “The followers of Christ are to combine in a strong effort to call the attention of the ____________________ to the fast-fulfilling __________________________ of the Word of God.” (193:3) [21]

17. “There are many who do not______________________ the prophecies relating to these days, and they must be enlightened. It is the duty of both ______________________ and ____________________ to give the trumpet a certain sound.” (194:4-195:0)

18. The truth in what particular book of the Bible must now be proclaimed? (195:4-196:0) ________________________________________________________

19. “The vision that Christ presented to John, presenting the _________________ of God and the ____________________ of Jesus, is to be definitely proclaimed to all nations, people, and tongues.” (197:2)

20. “Instruction has been given me clearly and distinctly that __________________ should be used in the presentation of truth.” (203:2)

21. “The use of charts is _____________________ ____________________ in explaining the prophecies relating to the past, the present, and the future. But we are to make our work as _____________________ and ____________________ as possible.” (203:3)

22. What prophecies in particular should be illustrated? (204:3) a. __________________________ b. __________________________

C. For Meditation

1. If I truly believe that we are nearing the final crisis, am I ready to do the work that the hour demands?

2. When working in new territory, am I following all the counsel given for this type of work?

3. Am I introducing threads of my own devising into the Lord’s pattern on the loom? (215:1)
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Chapter 8 — Preaching the Distinctive Truths

Date_______________

A. Read pages 217-278 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found..

1. “The truth must not languish upon our _______________________________. We must rouse people to immediate preparation, for we little know what is before us.” (217:3)

2. “We have no time to lose. The powers of darkness are working with intense energy, and with stealthy tread ____________________________ is advancing to take those who are now asleep, . . . We have warnings ___________________________ which we may give, a work _____________________________ which we may do, but soon it will be more difficult than we imagine . . .” (218:5)

3. What is the wonderful theme which must be kept before the people? (220:3) ____________________________________________________________________

4. What are we cautioned against when speaking of the second coming of Christ? (221:1) _____________________________________________________________

5. What is the very center of Christ’s work in behalf of men? (222:1) ____________________________________________________________________

6. What false doctrine will the enemy disseminate? (224:3) ____________________________________________________________________

7. “The last message of warning to the world is to lead men to see the importance that God attaches to His ____________________.” (225:3)

8. “I am instructed to say, Gather from the Scriptures the proofs that God has sanctified the ____________________ ____________________, and let these proofs be read before the congregation.” (226:1) [23]

9. “Avoid running down the ____________________; do not let the people receive the idea that your work is to ____________________ ____________________, but to ____________________ ____________________, and to present the truth as it is in Jesus.” (227:1)

10. Satan is trying to thwart the proclamation of what message? (230:2) _____________________________________________________________________

11. “Do not make prominent those features of the message which are a condemnation of the customs and practices of the people, until they have opportunity to know that we are ____________________ in ____________________, that we believe in His divinity and in His pre-existence. Let the ____________________ of the world’s ___________________ be dwelt upon.” (231:1)

12. “Those who know that they have the ______________________ should not, by the use of ____________________ and ____________________ expressions, give Satan one chance to misinterpret their spirit.” (236:2)

13. What surety is given to those who faithfully observe the fourth commandment? (240:1)_______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

14. What Bible incidents demonstrate that the heavenly Father cares for His children and provides for their physical needs? (241:1)______________________________________________________________

15. “___________________ up to every __________________ of __________________ that you have received. Your eternal interests are involved here, . . . On your knees ask Christ to impress your heart by His ___________________ ___________________, and turn not away from His law.” (243:2) 16. “Do not think that if you take your position for the __________________ _______________________ you will lose your ______________________. You had better ___________________ your position than lose ______________________.” (243:3)

17. “Great _______________________ should be used in the presentation of a truth that comes directly in opposition to the opinions and practices of the people.” (246:2)

18. “When once the _______________________ of the people is gained, then it is time enough to introduce publicly the _________________ and ___________________ questions.” (246:3) [24]

19. “It is part of your work to ____________________________ those whom you bring into the truth to bring the _____________________________ into the storehouse as an acknowledgment of their dependence on God. . . . If you neglect to give the new converts instruction on this point, you leave undone a _____________________________ _____________________________ part of your work.” (250:2)

20. When instructing new converts, what must we not keep back, and why? (251:2, 3) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

21. “Should ______________________ flow into the treasury exactly according to God’s plan, — a tenth of all the increase, — there would be ____________________ to carry forward His work.” (252:3)

22. What activities should we avoid when gathering means for the church? (253:1) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

23. New believers must have a clear understanding of ________________________ _____________________________________________________________ (255:2)

24. What place do the testimonies have in relation to the Bible? (256:2)______________________________________________________________

25. What is the purpose of the testimonies? (256:4-257:0) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

26. “Those who live in the ______________________ ________________________ of this earth’s history need to be fully established in the principles of ______________________ _________________________ . . .” (262:1)

27. Why does God include health reform in His work? (263:3) _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

28. “The subject of temperance, in all its bearings, has an ______________________ place in the working out of our ________________________. Because of wrong habits of eating, the world is becoming more and more immoral.” (265:2) [25]

29. “Self-denial in dress is a part of our Christian duty. To dress _______________________, and ________________________ from display of jewelry and ornaments of every kind is in keeping with our faith.” (269:3)

30. “There is no need to make the dress question the main point of your religion. There is something richer to speak of. Talk of Christ, and when the ________________________ is ____________________________, everything that is out of harmony with the Word of God will drop off.” (272:1)

31. Which two ordinances are monumental pillars of the church? (273:2) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

32. What did the early Adventist believers do on the day before the celebration of the Lord’s supper and the foot washing service? (274:3) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

33. Why was the foot washing ordinance instituted? (275:1) __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Do I constantly hold the hope of Christ’s Second Coming in my heart and mind as I go about my daily activities?

2. Am I aware of the fact that Satan has many ways in which to tempt me to be disloyal to God’s Law?

3. Could it be that by my lack of faithfulness I am hindering the progress of the Lord’s work?

4. Am I following sound health principles?

5. In my personal attire and conduct am I in harmony with Christian modesty?

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Chapter 9 — Clinching the Interest

Date_______________

A. Read pages 279-333 in EVANGELISM..

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “It is not flowery discourses that are needed, not a ________________________ of words without meaning. Our ministers are to preach in a way that will _____________________ people to grasp vital ____________________________.” (279:2)

2. “In ______________________ discourse fervent ___________________ should be made to the people to ______________________________ their sins and turn to Christ.” (280:3)

3. Conversion leads on to what experience? (289:2-290:0) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

4. “We must have more than an intellectual belief in the truth. Many of the Jews were convinced that Jesus was the Son of God, but they were too proud and ambitious to ___________________________. They decided to resist the truth, and they maintained their opposition. They did not receive into the _______________________ the truth as it is in Jesus.” (291:1)

5. Who actually effects the work of saving souls? (291:2) _____________________________________________________________________

6. “The conversion of souls to God is the ______________________________ work, the ________________________________ work, in which human beings can have a part.” (292:1) [27]

7. What precaution must we take regarding those who show a great interest in the truth? (295:1)________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

8. “Every expression that you have ever been in the habit of making, people and ministers, that is ______________________ or ______________________, every practice of thrusting upon the people the very strongest positions, that they are no more prepared to receive than a baby to receive _______________________________, must be put aside. There must be a _________________ __________________, Christ must be woven into everything that is argumentative as the ____________ and the ________________ of the garment.” (299:4-300:0)

9. What must we do in order to be able to respond to the attacks of the enemy with meekness and humility? (303:1) __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

10. “We must expect to meet unbelief and opposition. The truth has always had to ________________________ with these elements. But though you should meet the ______________________ opposition, do not ___________________ your opponents. They may think, as did Paul, that they are doing God service; and to such we must manifest _______________________, ____________________, and long-suffering . . .” (305:2)

11. “There is need of a more thorough ___________________________ on the part of candidates for baptism. They are in need of more _____________________ instruction than has usually been given them. . . . We are not only to say, ‘I believe,’ but to practice the truth.” (308:4-309:0)

12. “The test of discipleship is not brought to bear as ____________________ as it should be upon those who present themselves for ______________________.” (311:2)

13. What is one subject on which new converts will need proper instruction? (312:1) _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

14. “There is one thing that we have no right to do, and that is to ____________________ another man’s heart or ____________________ his motives.

But when a person presents himself as a candidate for church membership, we are to examine the _____________________ of his ________________________, and leave the responsibility of his motive with himself. But great _____________________ should be exercised in accepting members into the church; for Satan has his specious devices through which he purposes to ___________________ ______________________ brethren into the church, through whom he can work more successfully to __________________________ the cause of God.” (313:3) [28]

15. “After the believing soul has received the ordinance of baptism, he is to _______________ __________ ________________________ that he is dedicated to God, to Christ, and to the Holy Spirit . . .” (315:3)

16. “It is the grace of Christ that gives life to the soul. Apart from __________________, baptism, like any other service, is a worthless form.” (318:3)

17. Describe what happens when one receives salvation. (319:1)
a. ____________________________ b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________ d. _____________________________

18. “The accession of members who have not been renewed in heart and reformed in life is a source of ____________________________ to the church. This fact is often ignored. Some ministers and churches are _______________________ _____________________ of securing an increase of _________________ that they do not bear faithful testimony against unchristian habits and practices. Those who accept the truth are not taught that they cannot _____________________ be worldlings in conduct while they are Christians in name.” (319:3)

19. “God would be better pleased to have ____________________________ (persons) ____________________________ converted to the truth as the result of their (the ministers’) labors, than to have ______________________________ make a _____________________________ _____________________________, and yet not be thoroughly converted.” (320:1)

20. If a minister leaves his field of labor as soon as a group of converts accept the truth, what will be the result? (322:1) _____________________________________________________________________

21. If new believers are not firmly grounded in the Word of God and thoroughly converted to Christ, and have not made radical changes in their lives, what will happen? (322:2)_____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

22. “When a minister enters a field, he should work that field _____________________ . . . If he has ________________________ instructed those under his care, when he leaves for other fields of labor the work will not _____________________ ______________________; it will be bound off so firmly as to be secure.” (322:3-323:0)

23. What counsel is given us concerning city evangelism? (323:1)_______________________________________________________________ [29]

24. “Our ministers must be educated and trained to do their work more ______________. They should ______________ _____________________________ the work and not leave it to ravel out. And they should look especially after the interests they have created, and not _________________________ _________________________ and never have any special interest after leaving a church.” (324:1)

25. What is the reason we suffer such great losses when holding efforts in the large cities? (328:1) _______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

26. “In comparison to the number that reject the truth, those that receive it will be _________________________ __________________________, but one soul is of more value than ____________________________ beside. We must not become discouraged, although our work does not seem to bring large returns.” (329:3)

27. Why does the gospel work meet with so little comparative success? (333:2) a. ____________________________ b. ___________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Do I perceive the many people around me who are on the verge of the kingdom, waiting only to be gathered in? (292:2)

2. As a parent am I conscientiously fulfilling the responsibility entrusted to me regarding the spiritual welfare of my children?

3. Am I conscious of the fact that Satan does not want me to give myself unconditionally to the Lord?

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Chapter 10 — Establishing and Holding New Converts

Date_______________

A. Read pages 334-383 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. After having presented the truth for the first time during an evangelistic series, what then needs to be done? (334:2) __________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

2. “Our efforts are not to cease because public meetings have been __________________ for a time. So long as there are _____________________ ________________________, we must give them opportunity to learn the truth.” (337:1)

3. “Much __________________________ upon the work done by the members of the ____________________________ in connection with and following the tent meetings that shall be held in our _____________________________.” (338:4)

4. Upon what points should one firmly establish new believers? (343:4)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________

5. “Everyone who claims to be a __________________________________________ is to ____________________ the responsibility of keeping himself in ________________________________ with the guidance of the Word of God. God holds each soul ___________________________ for following, for himself, the pattern given in the life of Christ and for having a character that is ______________________ and __________________________.” (343:2) [31]

6. “How much better it would be for the cause, if the messenger of truth had _______________________ and _________________________ educated these converts in regard to all these essential matters, even if there were ___________________ whom he could number as being added to the church under his labors.” (343:5)

7. “When men and women accept the truth, we are not to ____________________ and ________________________ them and have no further burden for them. They are to be looked after. They are to be _________________________ as a __________________________ upon the soul, and we must watch over them as stewards who must render an _______________________.” (345:2)

8. What must be rooted out of the heart, and why? ((347:2)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________

9. A little corner of the sermon should be reserved for whom? (349:1) ___________________________________________________________________

10. What sermon topic should be presented to statesmen, learned men and “honorable

personages”? (350:1) __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________.

11. “Those who have newly come to the _____________________________ should be ___________________________ and ____________________________ dealt with, and it is the duty of the ______________________________ members of the church to devise ways and means to provide help and sympathy and instruction for those who have conscientiously withdrawn from other churches for the truth’s sake, and thus cut themselves off from the pastoral labor to which they have been accustomed.” (351:1)

12. “The ministers may do their part, but they can never perform the work that the ________________________ should do. God requires His _____________________ to nurse those who are young in faith and experience, to go to them, not for the purpose of _____________________ with them, but to ________________________, to speak unto them words that are “like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” (352:1)

13. “Personal responsibility, personal activity in seeking the _____________________ of others, must be the _________________________ given to all newly come to the faith . . .” (354:2) [32]

14. Why is it that some new believers do not advance? (355:2) _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

15. “Those who are most ____________________ employed in doing with interested fidelity their work to win ______________________ to Jesus Christ, are the best developed in ____________________________ and __________________________.” (356:3)

16. “Many know so _____________________________ about their that they are unsettled in the faith. They remove the old landmarks, and ______________________________ and _______________________________ of doctrine blow them hither and thither.” (362:3)

17. So that new believers will be firmly established in the faith, what books should they read? (366:3)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________

18. “The efforts made to cleanse the church from moral ________________________ must be made in God’s ________________________. There must be no ___________________, no hypocrisy. There must be no _______________________________, whose sins are regarded as less sinful that those of others.” (369:0)

19. Concerning the matter of rebaptism, how should we deal with the brethren who have come from other religious bodies who had a Bible baptism but did not have a full knowledge of the truth? Why? (374:2, 3) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

20. “Wherever a company of believers is raised up, a _________________________ of ______________________________ should be built. Let not the workers leave the place without accomplishing this.” (376:1) [33]

21. “In ____________________________ city where the truth is proclaimed, ________________________ are to be raised up. In some _____________________ cities there must be churches in _______________________ ___________________________ of the city. In some places, meeting houses will be offered for sale at reasonable rates, which can be purchased __________________________.” (377:1)

22. “We have no command from God to erect a building which will compare for richness and splendor with the ___________________________. But we are to build a humble house of worship, ____________________________ and ____________________________, _______________________________ and ___________________________ in its design.” (377:3)

23. When planning to build a church, what other provision should be made as well? (380:2) ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

24. “Instead of keeping the ___________________ at work for the churches that already know the truth, let the members of the churches say to these laborers: ‘Go work for souls that are perishing in darkness. We ourselves will carry forward the services of the church. We will keep up the meetings, and, by abiding in ______________ will maintain _______________ life. We will work for souls that are about us, and we will send our ____________________ and our _____________________ to sustain the laborers in more ___________________ and ____________________ fields.’” (382:1)

C. For Meditation

1. What am I doing to help establish new converts in the faith?

2. By the fruits that are evident in my life, could it be said that I am under the influence of the Holy Spirit?

3. Am I now “rooted and grounded” in the truth so that I am able to stand firm against the temptations of the enemy?

4. As a church member, am I a help to the pastor and an inspiration to my fellow brothers and sisters in the faith?

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Chapter 11 — The Work in The Large American Cities

Date__________

A. Read pages 384-406 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. What other good means are there for evangelizing large cities? (386:1) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

2. “The men in the business houses of New York and other large _________________, as verily as the ________________________ in foreign lands, must be reached with the message.” (388:2)

3. What happened in the big eastern cities in the United States? (389:2) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

4. “The ________________________ missionary work is a _________________ through which the truth is to find entrance to many homes in the ___________________. In every city will be found those who will appreciate the truths of the third angel’s message . . .” (391:2)

5. In what way can the medical work be linked with the evangelistic work? (392:2) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

6. “There is a great work _____________ ______________ ________________ in sounding the gospel ______________________________________ for this time in these _________________________________________ cities, . . . . .” (406:4)

C. For Meditation

Do you believe that the counsel given by the Spirit of Prophecy concerning how the work is to be accomplished in the large U.S. cities can be applied to our large cities also?.

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Chapter 12 — Heralding the Message in Other Continents

Date______________

A. Read pages 407-428 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “At this time there should be representatives of present truth in ___________________ city, and in the ___________________ parts of the earth. The whole ___________________________ is to be illuminated with the glory of God’s truth. The light is to shine to all lands and all peoples.” (407:1)

2. What methods did Sister Ellen G. White suggest for the establishing of the work in Europe? (409:1) ______________________________________________________
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________

3. Who strongly opposed the proclamation of the message? (410:l) ___________________________________________________________________

4. What is the “silent messenger?” (411:1) _________________________________

5. “Angels of God are near to ________________________________ the

_____________________ _________________________ upon his heart; and, although loath to do so, he at last yields, and light takes possession of his soul. Those who are thus unwillingly converted, often prove to be among the most __________________________ __________________________; and their experience teaches them to labor perseveringly for others.” (412:0)

6. What was one of the greatest difficulties to be met in presenting the truth in England? (416:5 - 417:0) ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ [36]

7. What was hindering the Danes, Swedes and Norwegians in working for their fellow countrymen? (419:2) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

8. What two observations did Sister White make regarding the work in Copenhagen? (421:3, 4 & 422:0)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________

9. “I was shown that _________________________________________ in Northern Europe had ____________________________________________ the truth through _____________________________________.” (422:2)

C. For Meditation

1. Do I waver when I have to take the message to unpromising places?

2. When I am traveling through other cities, towns and villages, do I ask myself, “How many of these inhabitants know this message of salvation, which gives me so much peace and hope?”

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Chapter 13 — Personal Work

Date _________________

A. Read pages 429-455 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “Of ________________________ importance with public effort is ____________________ _____ _____________________ work in the homes of the people.” (429:1)

2. “When a discourse is given, precious seed is sown. But if ___________ effort is not made to cultivate the ________________________, the seed does not take __________________________.” (429:2)

3. “If ___________________________ ______________________ of the sermonizing were done, and ______________________ the amount of ________________________________ labor given to souls in their homes and in the congregations, a result would be seen that would be surprising.” (430:3)

4. What great mistake does Sister White warn us not to make? (431:4-432:0) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

5. What should be done after a series of meetings? (432:2,3)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________

6. “If those interested are not visited by ____________________________ workers, other ________________________________ get upon their tracks and ________________________________ them by misquoting and wresting the Scriptures.” (433:0) [38]

7. “All who can, should do ____________________________________ labor.” (442:1)

8. “The work of Christ was largely composed of personal _______________. He had a faithful regard for the ________________ ________________ audience; and that one soul has carried to thousands the intelligence received.” (443:2)

9. “If half of the time usually spent in making public ____________________ were devoted to ______________ ______ _________________________ teaching, till the people had become acquainted with the religious sincerity of the workers and with the reasons of their faith, it would be better. After this work has been done, it could be _____________________________ whether a more expensive effort would be advisable.” (445:3)

10. What were three things Sister White did when she made a personal visit? (451:1, 2-452:0)
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Am I sure I will not be accused of causing a soul to be lost?

2. Am I convinced of the importance of personal visits? When was the last time I made a visit?

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Chapter 14 — The Bible Instructor

Date__________

A. Read pages 456-455 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “A ____________________ in ______________________ study is needed throughout the ______________________. Attention is to be called, not to the assertions of men, but to the Word of God.” (456:1)

2. “Our work has been __________________ _________________ for us by our heavenly Father. We are to take our _____________, and go forth to warn the _____________________________. We are to be God’s helping hands in ____________________ souls . . .” (456:2)

3. “You cannot exert an influence that will __________________ others until your own ______________ ______________ has been _________________________________ and refined and made ___________________________ by the grace of Christ. When this change has been wrought in you, it will be as natural for you to live to bless others as it is for the rosebush to yield its ____________________________ bloom or the vine its purple clusters.” (459:0)

4. In what way can the sisters in the church win the hearts of their neighbors? (460:1)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________

5. “Women who have the cause of God at _______________________ can do a good work in the districts in which they reside.” (465:1) [40]

6. “Our sisters, the youth, the middle-aged, and those of advanced years, may act a part in the _________________________________ work for this time; and in doing this as they have opportunity, they will obtain an experience of the highest value to themselves.” (468:1)

7. What endeavors can youth engage in when they are thoroughly educated and well organized? (471:1)
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________
f. ____________________________________________________________

8. “No work done for the Master must be considered _______________ and of little ____________________________________ . . . . If it is done cheerfully, humbly, and in the meekness of Christ, it will result in the _______________________________ of God.” (471:4)

9. “It should be the _______________________ of our schools to provide the best instruction and training for _________________ workers. Our ________________________ should see that the schools are provided with teachers who are thorough Bible teachers and who have a deep Christian experience. The _______________________ ministerial talent should be ____________________________________ into our schools.” (475:1)

10. What training should our schools provide for the girls? (475:2)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________
e. ___________________________________________________________
f. ____________________________________________________________

11. “There is need of young men and women who will not be ___________ by circumstances, who walk with ______________________________, who pray ______________________________, and who put forth earnest efforts to gather all the light they can.” (478:2) [41]

12. What attributes of Martha and Mary must our sisters of today have who are working for the Lord? (478:3)
a. __________________________ g.__________________________
b. __________________________ h.__________________________
c. __________________________ i. __________________________
d. __________________________ j. __________________________
e. __________________________ k. _________________________
f. ___________________________ l. _________________________

13. “Wherever you can gain access to the people by the fireside, improve your opportunity. Take your ________________________________, and open before them its great truths. Your success will not depend so much upon your ________________ and _____________________, as upon your ____________________________ to find your way to the _____________________________. By being social and coming close to the people, you may turn the current of their thoughts more readily than by the most ________________________ discourse.” (483:3)

14. “Those who would impart ________________________ must themselves practice its principles. Only by reflecting the ___________________________ of ____________________________ in the uprightness, nobility, and unselfishness of their own lives can they __________ others.” (483:4)

15. “Preach _________________________, and __________________ more, by holding Bible readings, and by praying with families and little companies.” (484:1)

16. “The soul that has ____________________ _____________________ to Christ is more precious in His sight than the whole ______________.” (489:4)

17. To whom should the tithe go? (492:2) _________ __________________________________________________________

18. “Seventh-day Adventists are not in any way to ____________________________ work. If a woman puts her house-work in the hands of a faithful, prudent helper, and leaves her children in good care, while she engages in the work, the conference should have wisdom to understand the justice of her receiving _________________.” (492:4-493:0)

C. For Meditation

1. If I have some person who helps me in the tasks around the home, do I value their work and do I let them know I appreciate it?

2. Do I pray daily for those who are in danger of being eternally lost, asking God to help me win them?

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Chapter 15 — Song Evangelism

Date __________

A. Read pages 496-512 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “The melody of _________________________, poured forth from many hearts in __________________, ________________________ utterance, is one of God’s instrumentality’s in the work of saving souls.” (496:1)

2. As the people sang David’s psalms, what effect did they have? (497:1) ___________________________________________________________________

3. “Often __________________ (Christ) expressed the ______________________________ of His heart by singing psalms and heavenly

songs. Often the dwellers in Nazareth heard His voice raised in ___________ and thanksgiving to God. He held _____________________________ with heaven in song; and as His _______________________________ complained of weariness from labor, they were cheered by the sweet melody from His lips.” (499:1)

4. What should be the theme of every song? (502:1) ___________________________________________________________________

5. Sister White tells of song services held in what unusual place as a means of calling attention to the message? (503:2-4)

6. “There should be much more ___________________________________ in voice ___________________________ than is now generally manifested. _______________________________ who have learned to sing sweet gospel songs with melody and distinctness can do much good as singing _______________________________________.” (504:1) [43]

7. “A ________________________________ should not give out hymns to be sung until it has first been ascertained that they are familiar to those who sing. A ___________________________________________ person should be ______________________________________ to take charge of this exercise, and it should be his duty to see that such hymns are selected as can be sung with the ______________________ and with the ___________________________________ also.” (506:1)

8. “Do not ______________________ _______________________ musicians if this can possibly be avoided. Gather together singers who will sing with the ________________________________________ and with the ___________________________ also.” (509:2)

9. When only does God accept music as a part of worship? (512:1) ___________________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

When hymns are sung in the church, do I participate with the proper attitude?.

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Chapter 16 — Medical Evangelism

Date___________

A. Read pages 513-551 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “_____________________ missionary work is the right, helping __________________ of the ___________________, to ______________________ doors for the proclamation of the message. . . .” (513:2)

2. Why is the medical missionary work called ‘the great entering wedge?’ (513:5-514:0 ____________________________________________

3. “I have been informed by my guide that not only should those who believe the truth ______________________________ health reform but they should also __________________________ it diligently to others; for it will be an ________________________________ through which the truth can be presented to the attention of _______________________________________.” (514:3)

4. “Medical messionary work gives opportunity for carrying forward successful _______________ work. It is as these lines of effort are ______________, that we may expect to _______________ the most precious _______________ for the Lord.” (516:2)

5. While the medical missionary works upon the body, what does God do? (517:2) ____________________________________________________________________

6. What exhortation and counsel is given to the youth? (518:2)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________ [45]

7. “The _______________________ missionaries who are sent to foreign countries should first ___________________________ a most ___________________________ education. They are Christ’s ____________________________, and they are to work for Him with all the _________________________________________ they have, _________________________________ fervently that the great Physician will pity and _______________________________ by His miraculous power.” (518:3)

8. “___________________________ should remember that they will often be required to perform the duties of a _________________. Medical missionaries come under the head of evangelists. The workers should go forth _____________ _____________ ______________, that they may pray and consult together. Never should they be sent out ______________________________.” (520:1)

9. “Never should a __________________________ be established as an enterprise _________________________ of the church. Our ___________________________ are to unite with the work of the ministers of the gospel.” (522:2)

10. What precautions should be taken in the development of the medical work? (523:1)

a. ___________________________ b.______________________________

11. “Gospel ___________________ should be able also to give ins-truction in the principles of _________________________ living. There is sickness everywhere, and much of it might be __________ by attention to the laws of health.” (525:3)

12. There is a great need for instruction on what subjects? (525: 4) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

13. “___________________________schools should be established, and house-to house instruction should be given in the art of cooking wholesome __________________________________.” (526:4)

14. “Cooking ________________________________________ are to be __________________________ in ____________________________ places.” (527:1)

15. “When the human ___________________________ moves in harmony with the ______________________________________ arrangements of ________________________________, as brought to light through the gospel, disease is _______________________________and health ____________________ ___________________speedily.” [46]

16. “Satan is taking the world _________________________ through the use of ___________________________ and ___________________, _____________________________and _______________________. The God-given mind, which should be kept clear, is perverted by the use of _________________________________. The brain is no longer __________________________ to distinguish _____________. The _________________________ has control. Man has __________ his reason for that which makes him mad.” (529:3)

17. What subject should be strongly and clearly presented? (530:1) ___________________________________________________________________

18. “Let the teachings of ____________________ __________________ be brought into every _____________________ made to get the light of truth before the people.” (533:3)

19. “The Lord has __________________________ me that there should be _____________________ near many ____________________ cities. . . .” (534:4)

20. “It is the _____________________________ desire that renewed efforts shall be put forth in _____________________ places, and small ___________________________ (medical) be established. A work is to be done that is to ________________________________ the way for the advancement of the truth, and that will __________________ the faith of souls . . . .” (535:1)

21. “Health ___________________________________________ must be ________________________ in many ________________________.” (536:1)

22. “We are not to establish a _______________ __________________ institutions; for thus it would be impossible to give the patients the messages that will bring health to the soul. ___________________ sanitariums are to be ___________________________________ in _________________________ places.” (536:3-537:0)

23. What is the one great objective for our medical institutions? (537:3) ______________________________________________________

24. “____________________________ containing the precious truths of the gospel should be in the __________________________________ of the patients, or where they can have easy access to them. There should be a ________________________________________ in every __________________________, and it should be supplied with books containing the light of the gospel.______________________________ plans should be laid that the __________________________________ may have constant access to reading matter that contains the light of present truth. . . .” (538:2)

25. What biblical example of the working together of a doctor and an evangelist is mentioned in these paragraphs? (543:4-544:1) ___________________________________________________________________

26. What social class must medical missionaries seek to reach? (545:4- 546:0) ___________________________________________________________________

27. “The faithful physician and the _________________________________ are engaged in the same work. They should work in complete __________________________________. They are to counsel together.” (546:2)

28. “The gospel invitation is to be given to the _______________________ and the ________________________, the _______________________ and the ________________________, and we must devise means for carrying the truth into new places, and to ________________________ classes of people.” (549:1)

29. “As the _________________________ ___________________________ is to the body, so is the medical missionary work to the third angel’s message. But the right arm is not to ______________________________ the whole body. The work of seeking the __________________________ is important, but it is not to become the ________________________ burden of our _________________________.” (549 3)

30. What advice is given to medical missionaries regarding becoming over-taxed with their work? (550:2,3) __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Am I concerned about the way people are damaging their health by their wrong eating habits and other unhealthful practices? What am I doing for these people?

2. Am I convinced that in order to attract souls to Christ a good example is more important than preaching?

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Chapter 17 — Laboring for Special Classes

Date______________

A. Read pages 552-588 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answers can be found.

1. “___________________________ reach the ______________________ classes if possible, but there should be no _________________________ of the (553:2)

2. Who should especially hear the message? (554:3-555:0)
a. _____________________________ e. ____________________________
b. _____________________________ f. ____________________________
c. _____________________________ g. ____________________________
d. _____________________________

3. “Thousands of ___________________________ men have gone to their graves unwarned, because they have been judged by _______________, and passed by as ______________________ subjects.” (555:2)

4. “There has not been the _____________________________ made that should have been made to reach the ___________________ classes.” (555:3)

5. “But in order to do this ________________________ the workers will have to keep themselves up to a _______________________________ level of ______________________________.” (556:1)

6. “Even the great men are more easily _____________________________ by the _________________________________ of the gospel than by any effort made in human power.” (557:4) [48]

7. “Much more _______________________________________, much more __________________________________________________, much more _______________________ to God’s ____________________________, is to be brought into God’s work.” (559:2)

8. For whom should we most fervently pray? (561:3) ________________ _________________________________________________________

9. “Our ministers should seek to come near to the _____________________ of other ______________________________________. Pray for and with these men, for whom Christ is interceding. A solemn responsibility is theirs. As Christ’s messengers, we should manifest a deep, earnest ________________________ in these shepherds of the flock.” (562:1)

10. “Much has been lost by our people through following such _________ Plans that the ________________________ ____________________, ___________________ _______________________________ classes are not reached.” (562:4)

11. Which social class is the most easily reached? (564:1) ___________________________________________________________________

12. “There is no __________________________ with God. He ignores every-thing of the kind.” (566:1)

13. Who should we also remember, while working to bear the message to foreign lands? (569:2) ________________________________________________________

14. “Great benefits would come to the cause of God in the regions beyond if faithful effort were put forth in behalf of the _______________________ in the cities of our homeland. Among these men and women are some who, upon accepting the truth, could soon ______________ ______________ to labor for their own ___________________________________________________________________ in this ____________________________________________ and in other _________________________________.” (570:1).

15. “There is a great work before us. The ____________________________ is to be warned. The truth is to __________ _______________________ into many languages, that all nations may enjoy its pure, life-giving influence.” (570:3-571:0)

16. What must we carry from city to city and country to country? (573:3) ____________________________________________________________________ [49]

17. “We should not, upon entering a place, build up unnecessary ________________________ between us and other ________________, especially the __________________________________, so that they shall think we are their avowed ______________________.” (573:4- 574:0)

18. “In bearing the ____________________________, make no personal ___________________________________ at other churches, not even the ____________________ _________________ _____________________. Angels of God see in the different denominations ____________________ who can be reached only by the ___________________________ caution. Therefore let us be careful of our words.” (576:1)

19. “The best way to expose the fallacy of ____________________________ is to present the evidences of __________________________________.” (577:0)

20. “It has been a _________________________ ______________________ to me that there were so few who felt a burden to ___________________ for the _________________________ ___________________________ who are scattered throughout so many lands.” (578:2)

21. “There will be many ________________________________________________ from among the _________________________, and these converts will ______________________________ in preparing the way of the Lord, and making straight in the desert a highway for our God.” (579:1)

22. “Meetings for the _____________________________________________ should be held, not merely to educate and entertain them, but that they may be ______________________________________.” (582:1)

23. Who can be reached as we work for the children? (584:2) ____________________________________________________________________

24. In what centers are we counseled to work, and why? (586:1)
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Am I sympathetic with church members of other denominations and am I praying for their salvation?

2. Do I love the children and want them to be saved, or do they annoy me?

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Chapter 18 — Dealing with False Science, Cults, Isms, and Secret Societies

Date___________

A. Read pages 589-627 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “Men boldly teach for ___________________ the commandments of __________________; and as traditions pass on from age to age, they acquire a power over the human mind. But ___________ does not make error _________________________, neither does its burdensome weight cause the plant of truth to become a parasite.” (589:1)

2. “All should ____________________ ______________________ with God’s Word; because Satan perverts and ___________________ Scripture, and men follow his example by presenting part of God’s Word to those whom they wish to lead in false paths, ________________ the part which would spoil their plans.” (591:1)

3. “Science, so-called, and ________________________ will be placed in _____________________________ to each other, because finite men do not comprehend the power and ________________________ of God.” (593:1)

4. What two false doctrines are we to beware? (595:2, 3-596:0)
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________

5. What is another false doctrine of men that is Satan-inspired? (597:3- 598:0) ___________________________________________________________________

6. What theory expresses the belief that God is an all-pervading essence in nature? (601:1,2) ____________________________________________________________ [51]

7. “If God is an _____________________________ pervading all nature, then He dwells in all men; and in order to attain __________________, man has only to _______________________ the power that is within him.” (601:3)

8. Pantheism, with its “logical” conclusions, does away with what need? (601:4-602:0) ___________________________________________________________________

9. “The doctrine of ___________________________________ after death, of the spirits of the ___________________________________ being in communion with the _________________________, has no ______________________________ in the Scriptures, and yet these theories are affirmed as truth. Through this false doctrine the way has been opened for the ________________________ of _______________ to deceive the people in representing themselves as the dead.” (603:1)

10. The practice of communicating with the dead goes under the name of _____________________________. (603:3)

11. “Satan is a _______________________________ foe. And it is not difficult for the _______________________ angels to represent both _________________________ and __________________________ who have died, and make these representations __________________ to human eyes. These manifestations will be more _______________, and developments of a more ___________________________ character will appear as we near the close of time.” (604:3)

12. “The apostles of nearly all forms of ____________________________________ claim to have the power to _________________ the ______________.” (606:2)

13. “The ___________________________, watching by the ____________ ___________________________ of her child, exclaims, “I, can do no more! Is there no physician who has power to restore my child! She is told of the wonderful ___________________ performed by some __________________________________ or magnetic healer, and she ______________________________ her dear one to his charge, placing it as verily in the hand of ________________________________ as if he were standing by her side. In many instances, the future life of the child is _______________________________________ by a satanic power, which it seems ___________________________ to break.” (606:3)

14. “The prayer of faith is the great _________________________________ of the Christian, and will assuredly ______________________________ against ______________________________________. This is why he insinuates that we have no need of _______________________________.” (609:3)

15. What is the believer’s assurance of eternal life? (616:2) ___________________________________________________________________

16. What counsel is given regarding the refuting of spiritism and other false theories? (624:3) _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

17. “God has a work for His faithful servants to do. The attacks of the enemy must be _______________________ with the _____________________ of His ______________________________.” (625:1)

C. For Meditation

1. In the event you were ill, would you only be concerned about getting well again, or would it also matter to you from what source your healing came?

2. Am I a Christian who prays constantly?

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Chapter 19 — The Worker and His Qualifications

Date__________

A. Read pages 628-691 in EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. What is the essence of true politeness? (637:3) ___________________________________________________________________

2. “___________________________________and good ______________________

increase the usefulness of the laborer a hundredfold.” (638:4)

3. “The ______________________________ of things may tell much in favor of ______________________________. Victories are frequent-ly lost through . There will be crises in this cause. Prompt and decisive action at the right time will gain glorious triumphs, while __________________ and ___________________will result in great failures and positive dishonor to God.” (651:3-652:0) 4. “While we are to __________________ for God’s ______________, we are to ___________________ our prayers by most___________, __________________, ________________ ___________________.” (652: 5)

5. “I hear of workers whose _________________________________is breaking down under the strain of the _________________________ they are bearing. This ought not to be. God desires us to remember that we are mortal. We are not to ___________________________ too much in our work.” (660:1)

6. “It has been clearly presented to me that God’s people are to take a ________________________ stand against _______________ eating. . . . By the use of ______________ _______________ the _______________________________ nature is strengthened and the ___________________________________________ nature _________________________________.” (663:2) [53]

7. “The thought of ____________________________________ animals to be _____________________________ is in itself _______________________________.

If man’s natural sense had not been ____________________________by the indulgence of appetite, human beings _________________ ____________ ____________ of eating the _________________________________ of animals.” (664:1)

8. What are we directed to do regarding health work? (664:2) ___________________________________________________________________

9. “The ability to speak _____________________________ and ________________, in _____________________, _________________________________ tones, is invaluable in any line of work. This qualification is indispensable in those who desire to become ministers, evangelists, Bible workers, or canvassers.” (665:2)

10. “The training of the voice has an important place in _______________ culture, since it tends to expand and strengthen the _______________, and thus to ward off disease.” (669:1)

11. “The subject of _________________________________ demands serious _____________________ and much ______________________________________. Many unbelievers have felt that they were not doing right in permitting themselves to be slaves of fashion; but when they see some who make a ____________ profession of ________________________ ____________________ as worldlings dress, enjoying frivolous society, they decide that there can be no wrong in such a course.” (673:1)

C . For Meditation

1. Do I earnestly pray, and conscientiously seek to overcome my defects and try to cultivate the virtues that the true, mature Christian should possess?

2. Do I seek to imitate Christ, or other poor mortals like myself?

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Chapter 20 — The Message Triumphant

Date__________

A. Read pages 692-707 EVANGELISM.

B. Test Your Comprehension

Supply the proper words in the quotations below, and answer the questions in the spaces provided. The numbers at the end of each question indicate the page and paragraph where the answer can be found.

1. “The time is coming when there will be as many _________________ in a day as there were on the day of ___________________________, after the disciples had received the Holy Spirit.” (692:2)

2. “When the storm of ______________________________ really breaks upon us, the _____________________sheep will hear the _________________________________ Shepherd’s voice.” (693:2)

3. “God will soon do great ____________________________ for us, if we lie _____________________ and _____________________________ at His feet . . .

More than _________________ _________________ will soon be converted in one ________________________, most of whom will ___________________________ their first convictions to the _______________________of our _________________.” (693:3)

4. What power will again be revealed? (693:4)_____________________ ___________________________________________________________________

5. What are the reasons Christ’s Second Coming has been delayed? (694:2,3,4)
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________

6. Who has taken advantage of this delay? (694:5) __________________________ [55]

7. “It was not the ____________________________________of God that the coming of Christ should be thus _______________________. God did not design that His people, Israel, should wander __________ years in the wilderness. He promised to lead them ________________ to the land of Canaan, and establish them there a holy, healthy, happy people. But those to whom it was first preached, went not in ‘because of ______________________________.’ Their hearts were filled with murmuring, rebellion, and hatred, and He could not fulfill His ____________________________with them.” (696:1)

8. “The ________________________ sins have __________________ the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at ________________________________.” (696: 2)

9. How can we yet hasten the Lord’s coming? (696:4) ____________________________________________________________________

10. “When we bring our hearts into _______________________________ with Christ, and our lives into ________________________________ with His work, the ____________________ that fell on the disciples on the day of Pentecost _________________ __________________ on us.” (697:4-698:0)

11. “The _____________________________ did not ask for a blessing for _________________________. They were _____________________ with the burden of ____________________________. The gospel was to be carried to the ____________________ of the earth, and they ___________________________ the endowment of power that Christ had promised. Then it was that the _____________________________________________ was poured out, and ______________ were converted in a day.” (699:1)

12. “The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the _______________________ is looked forward to as in the ________________________________; but it is the privilege of the church to have it ____________________. Seek for it, pray for it, believe for it. We must have it, and Heaven is waiting to bestow it.”(701:2)

13. “It is our work ______________________________________to __________________________ our souls to Christ, that we may be fitted for the time of _________________________from the ________________________________of the Lord — fitted for the baptism of the Holy Spirit . . .” (702:0)

14. What will happen when the angels loose the winds of strife? (704:1) _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ [56]

16. “Among ______________________ inhabitants, ________________ in every land, there are those who have not ____________________ the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven, which appear only at night, these faithful ones will ____________________ ________________ when darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people . . . . The darker the __________________________________________________, the more brilliantly will they ________________________________.” (706:4-707: 0)

17. “The work is soon _____________________ ___________________. The members of the church militant who have proved ____________ will become the church __________________________.” (707:1)

18. Our General, who never makes a mistake, is still telling us to do what? (707:2) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

C. For Meditation

1. Like the early disciples, do I have a passionate zeal to tell others the story of redemption?

2. Am I willing to completely yield my life to Christ today?

3. Do I desire with all my heart to be a part of the church triumphant? If so, am I at present a militant member?