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Sister K has a good knowledge of the prophecies and can trace
them and speak upon them very readily. Some of the brethren and
sisters have been anxious to urge Brother and Sister K to go out as
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active laborers. But there is danger of their working from a wrong
standpoint. Sister K’s educational advantages have been superior to
those of many by whom she is surrounded. As she has labored publicly,
she has depended upon her own strength more than upon the Spirit
of God. She has had a spirit of lofty independence and has thought
that she was qualified to teach rather than be taught. With her lack of
experience in spiritual things she is unprepared to labor among the
churches. She has not the discernment and spiritual strength necessary
to build them up. If she and her husband engage in this work at all,
they should commence by exerting a good influence in the church
at-----. Their labor should be bestowed where the work most needs to
be done.
There is work to be done in new fields. Sinners who never have
heard the warning message need to be warned. Here Brother and Sister
K have ample room to work and prove their calling. No one should
hinder them in their efforts in new fields. There are sinners to save in
every direction. But some ministers are inclined to go over and over
the same ground among the churches, when their labors cannot help
them, and their time is wasted.
We wish that all the Lord’s servants were laborers. The work of
warning souls should not be confined to ministers alone, but brethren
who have the truth in their hearts, and who have exerted a good in-
fluence at home, should feel that a responsibility rests upon them to
devote a part of their time to going out among their neighbors and into
adjoining towns to be missionaries for God. They should carry our
publications and engage in conversation and, in the spirit of Christ,
pray with and for those whom they visit. This is the work that will
arouse a spirit of investigation and reformation.
For years the Lord has been calling the attention of His people
to health reform. This is one of the great branches of the work of
preparation for the coming of the Son of man. John the Baptist went
forth in the spirit and power of Elijah to prepare the way of the Lord and
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to turn the people to the wisdom of the just. He was a representative
of those living in these last days to whom God has entrusted sacred
truths to present before the people to prepare the way for the second