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than is at present manifest. The work for these last days is in a special
sense a missionary work. The presentation of present truth, from the
first letter of its alphabet to the last, means missionary effort. The
work to be done calls for sacrifice at every advance step. From this
unselfish service the workers will come forth purified and refined as
gold tried in the fire.
The sight of souls perishing in sin should arouse us to put forth
greater effort to give the light of present truth to those who are in
darkness, and especially to those in fields where as yet very little has
been done to establish memorials for God. In all parts of the world a
work that should have been done long ago is now to be entered upon
and carried forward to completion.
In European Countries
Our brethren generally have not taken the interest that they ought
in the establishment of sanitariums in the European countries. In
the work in these countries the most perplexing questions will arise,
because of the circumstances peculiar to the various fields. But from
the light given me, institutions will be established which, though at
first small, will, by God’s blessing, become larger and stronger.
Our institutions for any land are not to be crowded together in
one locality. God never designed that the light of truth should be thus
restricted. For a time the Jewish nation was required to worship at
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Jerusalem. But Jesus said to the Samaritan woman: “Believe Me,
the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at
Jerusalem, worship the Father.” “The hour cometh, and now is, when
the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for
the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that
worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
John 4:21, 23,
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. Truth is to be planted in every place to which we can possibly gain
access. It is to be carried to regions that are barren of the knowledge
of God. Men will be blessed in receiving the One in whom their hopes
of eternal life are centered. The acceptance of the truth as it is in Jesus
will fill their hearts with melody to God.
To absorb a large amount of means in a few places is contrary to
Christian principles. Every building is to be erected with reference
to the need for similar buildings in other places. God calls upon men