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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
hands find to do, we are to do it with faithfulness; whatever sacrifice
we are called upon to make, we are to make it cheerfully. As we sow
beside all waters we shall realize that “he which soweth bountifully
shall reap also bountifully.”
2 Corinthians 9:6
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Christ’s example must be followed by those who claim to be
His children. Relieve the physical necessities of your fellow men,
and their gratitude will break down the barriers and enable you to
reach their hearts. Consider this matter earnestly. As churches you
have had opportunity to work as laborers together with God. Had
you obeyed the word of God, had you entered upon this work, you
would have been blessed and encouraged, and would have obtained
a rich experience. You would have found yourselves, as the human
agencies of God, earnestly advocating a scheme of saving, of restora-
tion, of salvation. This scheme would not be fixed, but progressive,
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moving on from grace to grace and from strength to strength.
The Lord has presented before me the work that is to be done
in our cities. The believers in these cities are to work for God in
the neighborhood of their homes. They are to labor quietly and in
humility, carrying with them wherever they go the atmosphere of
heaven. If they keep self out of sight, pointing always to Christ, the
power of their influence will be felt.
It is not the Lord’s purpose that ministers should be left to do
the greatest part of the work of sowing the seeds of truth. Men who
are not called to the ministry are to labor for their Master according
to their several ability. As a worker gives himself unreservedly to
the service of the Lord, he gains an experience that enables him to
work more and more successfully for the Master. The influence that
drew him to Christ helps him to draw others to Christ. The work of
a public speaker may never be laid upon him, but he is nonetheless
a minister for God, and his work testifies that he is born of God.
Women as well as men can engage in the work of hiding the truth
where it can work out and be made manifest. They can take their
place in the work at this crisis, and the Lord will work through them.
If they are imbued with a sense of their duty, and labor under the
influence of the Spirit of God, they will have just the self-possession
required for this time. The Saviour will reflect upon these self-
sacrificing women the light of His countenance, and this will give
them a power that will exceed that of men. They can do in families