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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
schools for workers. Let young men work in connection with ex-
perienced laborers who will pray with them and patiently instruct
them. Consecrated women should engage in Bible work from house
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to house. Some of the workers should act as colporteurs, selling our
literature and giving judiciously to those who cannot buy.
Those who are truly converted must become more and more
intelligent in their understanding of the Scriptures, that they may
be able to speak words of light and salvation to those who are in
darkness and perishing in their sins. As workers together with Him
we are to expect special blessings and definite results as we strive
to save souls from the snares of Satan that they may become the
children of light.
Tourist Centers and Centers of Commerce
Those who in response to the call of the hour have entered the
service of the Master Workman may well study His methods of
labor. During His earthly ministry the Saviour took advantage of the
opportunities to be found along the great thoroughfares of travel. It
was at Capernaum that Jesus dwelt at the intervals of His journeys to
and fro, and it came to be known as “His own city.” This city was well
adapted to be the center of the Saviour’s work. Being on the highway
from Damascus to Jerusalem and Egypt, and to the Mediterranean
Sea, it was a great thoroughfare of travel. People from many lands
passed through the city or tarried for rest on their journeyings to
and fro. Here Jesus could meet all nations and all ranks, the rich
and great, as well as the poor and lowly; and His lessons would be
carried to other countries and into many households. Investigation
of the prophecies would thus be excited; attention would be directed
to the Saviour, and His mission would be brought before the world.
In these days of travel the opportunities for coming in contact
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with men and women of all classes and of many nationalities are
much greater than in the days of Israel. The thoroughfares of travel
have multiplied a thousandfold. God has wonderfully prepared the
way. The agency of the printing press, with its manifold facilities,
is at our command. Bibles, and publications in many languages,
setting forth the truth for this time, are at our hand and can be swiftly
carried to every part of the world.