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I am instructed to say to our people throughout the cities of the
South, Let everything be done under the direction of the Lord. The
work is nearing its close. We are nearer the end than when we first
believed.—
Letter 6, 1909
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New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis—There is a great work to be
done, and we have only a little while in which to do it. There are cities
in the South—New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis—in which but little
has been done, and there are others that have not been entered. In these
places the standard of truth is to be uplifted. With might and power
we are to carry the truth to the people.—
Manuscript 56, 1904
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Evangelism for New Orleans and Southern Cities—There is a
great work to be done, and we have only a little while in which to do it.
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There are cities in the South—New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis—in
which but little has been done; and there are others that have not been
entered. In these places the standard of truth must be uplifted. With
might and with power we are to carry the truth to the people....
New Orleans is to be worked. At a proper time of the year a public
effort is to be made there. Camp meetings are to be held in many
places, and evangelistic work is to be done after the camp meeting is
over. Thus the sheaves are to be gathered in.
Now that the work in New Orleans is to be more fully entered
upon, I am bidden to say, Let men and women who have a knowledge
of the truth, and understand the way of the Lord, enter this city to work
with wisdom and in the fear of the Lord. The laborers who are chosen
for the work in New Orleans should be those who have the good of the
cause at heart, men who will keep the glory of God always in view, and
who will make the strength of the God of Israel their front guard and
their rearward. The Lord will certainly hear and answer the prayers of
His workers if they will seek Him for counsel and instruction.
To the workers who enter that field I would say, Exercise faith in
God; and in your association with those not of our faith, let the practice
of the truth appear in your lives. In presenting the doctrines of your
faith, use the persuasive arguments of the Word of God, and let your
hearers see that it is your desire not to have controversy with them
over their beliefs, but to present to them a “Thus saith the Lord.” “It is
written,” was Christ’s forcible appeal on every occasion.
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Preach in your lives the practical godliness of the faith that you
believe. Let it be seen that the truth never degrades the receiver,