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Counsels to Writers and Editors
In the work for this time, it is not money or talent or learning or
eloquence that is needed so much as faith graced with humility. No
opposition can prevail against truth presented in faith and humility,
by workers who willingly bear toil and sacrifice and reproach for the
Master’s sake. We must be co-workers with Christ if we would see
our efforts crowned with success. We must weep as He wept for those
who will not weep for themselves, and plead as He pleaded for those
who will not plead for themselves.—
Manuscript 24, 1903
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Live, Spirited Articles—The Review is our church paper, and
strength and vitality should be put into it. There is need of all the
sharpened talent that the younger helpers can give. Impress upon the
contributors the necessity of writing live, spirited articles.—
Letter 54,
1902
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Articles on Marriage.—Your letter of June 1 has been read by
me today. It was put into my hand this noon. I am pleased with the
sentiments you express, and I know that every word is truth. Much
more should appear in our publications on the subject of marriage. I
think that your article is excellent for the Review. I will try to prepare
some short articles for the Review on this subject, besides the one that I
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furnish each week. Although I have not published much on this point,
I have done a great deal of personal labor along this line.—
Letter 110,
1902
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To Defend the Right—The local editor of the Review and Herald
will have occasion to speak with earnestness and firmness. He should
stand in defense of the right, exerting all the influence his position
grants him.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:456
(1880).
Good Food for the Flock—At my door, I found the latest number
of the Review and Herald, and I read this for a while. It is full of good
food for the flock of God. The truth, plain, positive truth, is set forth
just as it should be. The experiences that it relates of the workers in
mission fields, are very interesting.
In these last days the one who was once an exalted angel in the
heavenly courts is to take the philosophy of men under his training. The
people of God are to guard carefully against the seductive influence
of the deceiver. They are to hold firmly to the truths which called
them out from the world, and led them to stand as God’s denominated
people.