Call of the Cities
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difficult than it would have been a few years ago. But if we take up
the work in the name of the Lord, barriers will be broken down, and
decided victories will be ours.
In this work physicians and gospel ministers are needed. We must
press our petitions to the Lord and do our best, pressing forward with
all the energy possible to make an opening in the large cities. Had
we in the past worked after the Lord’s plans, many lights would be
shining brightly that are going out.—
Medical Ministry, 301, 302
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Redeeming the Time
The terrible disasters that are befalling great cities ought to arouse
us to intense activity in giving the warning message to the people in
these congested centers of population while we still have an opportu-
nity. The most favorable time for the presentation of our message in
the cities has passed by. Sin and wickedness are rapidly increasing;
and now we shall have to redeem the time by laboring all the more
earnestly.—
Medical Ministry, 310
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A Mighty Movement
There is no change in the messages that God has sent in the past.
The work in the cities is the essential work for this time. When the
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cities are worked as God would have them, the result will be the
setting in operation of a mighty movement such as we have not yet
witnessed.—
Medical Ministry, 304
The medical missionary work is a door through which the truth is
to find entrance to many homes in the cities.—
Counsels on Health,
556
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Teach in Simplicity and Faith
The Lord is speaking to His people at this time, saying, Gain an
entrance into the cities, and proclaim the truth in simplicity and in faith.
Introduce no strange doctrine into your message, but speak the simple
words of the gospel of Christ, which young and old can understand.
The unlearned as well as the educated are to comprehend the truths
of the third angel’s message, and they must be taught in simplicity. If