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should be removed from them. It is a better plan to keep a reserve
of arguments than to pour out a depth of knowledge upon a subject
which would be taken for granted without labored argument. Christ’s
ministry lasted only three years, and a great work was done in that
short period. In these last days, there is a great work to be done in a
short time. While many are getting ready to do something, souls will
perish for the light and knowledge.
If men who are engaged in presenting and defending the truth of the
Bible, undertake to investigate and show the fallacy and inconsistency
of men who dishonestly turn the truth of God into a lie, Satan will stir
up opponents enough to keep their pens constantly employed, while
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other branches of the work will be left to suffer.
We must have more of the spirit of those men who were engaged
in building the walls of Jerusalem. We are doing a great work, and we
cannot come down. If Satan sees that he can keep men answering the
objections of opponents, and thus keep their voices silent, and hinder
them from doing the most important work for the present time, his
object is accomplished....
The world needs labor now. Calls are coming in from every direc-
tion like the Macedonian cry, “Come over and help us.” Plain, pointed
arguments, standing out as mileposts, will do more toward convincing
minds generally than will a large array of arguments which cover a
great deal of ground, but which none but investigating minds will have
interest to follow.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:36-39
(1872).
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