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The Fields in Your Neighborhood Are Ripe—The truth will
triumph gloriously. Let the churches begin to do the work that the
Lord has given them—the work of opening the Scriptures to those
who are in darkness. My brethren and sisters, there are souls in your
neighborhood who, if they were judiciously labored for, would be
converted. Efforts must be made for those who do not understand the
Word. Let those who profess to believe the truth become partakers
of the divine nature, and then they will see that the fields are ripe
for the work that all can do whose souls are prepared by living the
Word.—
(Australasian) Union Conference Record, March 11, 1907
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Distributing Literature From Door to Door—Brethren and sis-
ters, will you put on the Christian armor? “Your feet shod with the
preparation of the gospel of peace,” you will be prepared to walk from
house to house, carrying the truth to the people. Sometimes you will
find it trying to do this kind of work; but if you go forth in faith, the
Lord will go before you, and will let His light shine upon your pathway.
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Entering the homes of your neighbors to sell or to give away our litera-
ture, and in humility to teach them the truth, you will be accompanied
by the light of heaven, which will abide in these homes.—
The Review
and Herald, May 24, 1906
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Organizing Into Working Bands—In our churches let companies
be formed for service. In the Lord’s work there are to be no idlers.
Let different ones unite in labor as fishers of men. Let them seek to
gather souls from the corruption of the world into the saving purity of
Christ’s love.
The formation of small companies as a basis of Christian effort
is a plan that has been presented before me by One who cannot err.
If there is a large number in the church, let the members be formed
into small companies, to work not only for the church members but for
unbelievers also.—
(Australasian) Union Conference Record, August
15, 1902
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Like a Well-drilled Company of Soldiers—Ministers should
love order, and should discipline themselves, and then they can suc-
cessfully discipline the church of God and teach them to work harmo-
niously, like a well-drilled company of soldiers. If discipline and order
are necessary for successful action on the battlefield, the same are as
much more needful in the warfare in which we are engaged as the
object to be gained is of greater value and more elevated in character