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of God’s people are to be given to its circulation. The larger books,
Patriarchs and Prophets, The Great Controversy, and The Desire of
Ages, should be sold everywhere. These books contain truth for this
time,—truth that is to be proclaimed in all parts of the world. Nothing
is to hinder their sale.
The effort to circulate Christ’s Object Lessons has demonstrated
what can be done in the canvassing field. This effort is a never-to-be-
forgotten lesson on how to canvass in the prayerful, trustful way that
brings success.
Many more of our larger books might have been sold if church
members had been awake to the importance of the truths these books
contain, and had realized their responsibility to circulate them. My
brethren and sisters, will you not now make an effort to circulate these
books? and will you not bring into this effort the enthusiasm that you
brought into the effort to sell Christ’s Object Lessons? In selling this
book many have learned how to handle the larger books. They have
obtained an experience that has prepared them to enter the canvassing
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Influence of These Books—Sister White is not the originator of
these books. They contain the instruction that during her lifework
God has been giving her. They contain the precious, comforting light
that God has graciously given His servant to be given to the world.
From their pages this light is to shine into the hearts of men and
women, leading them to the Saviour. The Lord has declared that these
books are to be scattered throughout the world. There is in them
truth which to the receiver is a savor of life unto life. They are silent
witnesses for God. In the past they have been the means in His hands
of convicting and converting many souls. Many have read them with
eager expectation, and, by reading them, have been led to see the
efficacy of Christ’s atonement, and to trust in its power. They have
been led to commit the keeping of their souls to their Creator, waiting
and hoping for the coming of the Saviour to take His loved ones to
their eternal home. In the future, these books are to make the gospel
plain to many others, revealing to them the way of salvation.—
The
Review and Herald, January 20, 1903
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Sell Books That Give Light—The Lord has sent His people much
instruction, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there
a little. Little heed is given to the Bible, and the Lord has given a lesser