Calls to and Transfers of the Evangelistic Worker
Moving On to Unwarned Areas—Often the inhabitants of a city
where Christ labored wished Him to stay with them and continue to
work among them. But He would tell them that He must go to cities
that had not heard the truths that He had to present. After He had
given the truth to those in one place, He left them to build upon what
He had given them, while He went to another place. His methods
of labor are to be followed today by those to whom He has left His
work. We are to go from place to place, carrying the message. As
soon as the truth has been proclaimed in one place, we are to go to
warn others.—
Manuscript 71, 1903
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Move Only When the Cloud Is Lifted—Do not become restless
or faithless; keep the armor girded on for battle, strengthen your souls
in God, and you can do valiantly. In God is our strength and effi-
ciency.... When the cloud is lifted, and God indicates your duty to
open the work in some other field, you can move understandingly. But
do not now forsake the field where so much has been done and where
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there is still more to be done.—
Letter 77, 1895
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The Voice of Duty—The voice of duty is the voice of God,—an
inborn, heaven-sent guide.—
Counsels on Health, 562
(1896).
May Know God Leads—We are not to place the responsibility
of our duty upon others, and wait for them to tell us what to do. We
cannot depend for counsel upon humanity. The Lord will teach us our
duty just as willingly as He will teach somebody else. If we come to
Him in faith, He will speak His mysteries to us personally.... Those
who decide to do nothing in any line that will displease God, will know,
after presenting their case before Him, just what course to pursue. And
they will receive not only wisdom, but strength.—
The Desire of Ages,
668
(1898).
Workers With a Sense of Duty—In every advance move that
God has led us to make, in every step gained by God’s people, there
have been ready tools of Satan among us, to stand back and suggest
doubts and unbelief, and to throw obstacles in our way, to weaken our
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