England and Its Cities
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Caste and Class Problems—True, there are many difficulties to
be met in presenting the truth even in Christian England. One of the
greatest of these is the difference in the condition of the three principal
classes, and the feeling of caste, which is very strong in this country.
In the city the capitalists, the shop-keepers, and the day laborers, and
in the country the landlords, the tenant farmers, and the farm laborers,
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form three general classes, between whom there are wide differences
in education, in sentiment, and in circumstances. It is very difficult
for one person to labor for all classes at the same time. Wealth means
greatness and power; poverty, little less than slavery. This is an order
of things that God never designed should exist.—
Historical Sketches
of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, 164
(1886).
The Higher Classes Reached Through Lower—In a country
where so large a part of the people are kept in such a state of servitude
to the wealthy, and the higher classes are held in bondage by long-
established customs, it is only to be expected that the advancement
of unpopular truth will at first be slow. But if the brethren will be
patient, and the laborers will be fully awake and thoroughly in earnest
to improve every opportunity which presents itself for spreading the
light, we are sure that an abundant harvest of souls will yet be reaped
from English soil. By tact and perseverance, ample means will be
found for reaching the people.
There will no doubt always be difficulty in reaching the higher
classes. But the truth will often find its way to the noblemen by first
reaching the middle and poorer classes.—
Historical Sketches of the
Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, 166
(1886).
A Careful Work Called For—Because you do not see the same
results in old England that you did in Australia you should not demerit
that which has already been gained. There are some precious souls in
Grimsby, in Ulceby, and others will be gathered in. There are some
good souls in Southampton, and the brother I met at Brother_____’s
and the few who are connected with him are, I judge, good material.
Because they do not see every point just as we do requires wisdom
in treating their cases, that we should unite wherever we can and not
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make the breach any greater between us.
That Sister_____, I believe, will come to the front if wise manage-
ment is exercised in her case. Such ones must not be left indifferently,
but efforts should be made to bring them into the noble truth. We want