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compassion and tender love of God for those who are seeking and
praying for light.
There are many who are represented to me as being like Cornelius,
men whom God desires to connect with His church. Their sympathies
are with the Lord’s commandment-keeping people. But the threads
that bind them to the world hold them firmly. They have not the moral
courage to take their position with the lowly ones. We are to make
special efforts for these souls, who are in need of special labor because
of their responsibilities and temptations.
From the light given me I know that a plain “Thus saith the Lord”
should now be spoken to men who have influence and authority in
the world. They are stewards to whom God has committed important
trusts. If they will accept His call, God will use them in His cause....
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There are some who are especially fitted to work for the higher
classes. These should seek the Lord daily, making it a study how to
reach these persons, not to have merely a casual acquaintance with
them, but to lay hold of them by personal effort and living faith, mani-
festing a deep love for their souls, a real concern that they shall have a
knowledge of the truth as it is in the word of God
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