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command. Bibles, and publications in many languages, setting forth
the truth for this time, are at our hand, and can be swiftly carried to
every part of the world.
Christians who are living in the great centers of commerce and
travel have special opportunities. Believers in these cities can work
for God in the neighborhood of their homes.
In the world-renowned health resorts and centers of tourist traffic,
crowded with many thousands of seekers after health and pleasure,
there should be stationed ministers and canvassers capable of arresting
the attention of the multitudes. Let these workers watch their chance
for presenting the message for this time, and hold meetings as they
have opportunity. Let them be quick to seize opportunities to speak
to the people. Accompanied by the power of the Holy Spirit, let them
meet the people with the message borne by John the Baptist, “Repent
ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” [
Matthew 3:2
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The word of God is to be presented with clearness and power, that
those who have ears to hear may hear the truth. Thus the gospel of
present truth will be placed in the way of those who know it not, and it
will be accepted by not a few, and carried by them to their own homes
in all parts of the world.
We are to give the last warning of God to men, and what should
be our earnestness in studying the Bible, and our zeal in spreading
the light! Let every soul who has received the divine illumination
seek to impart it. Let the workers go from house to house, opening
the Bible to the people, circulating the publications, telling others of
the light that has blessed their own souls. Let literature be distributed
judiciously, on the trains, in the street, on the great ships that ply the
sea, and through the mails....
I am instructed to point our ministers to the unworked cities, and to
urge them by every possible means to open the way for the presentation
of the truth. In some of the cities where the message of the second
coming of the Lord was first given, we are compelled to take up the
work as if it were a new field. How much longer will these barren
fields, these unworked cities, be passed by? Without delay, the sowing
of the seed should begin in many, many places.—
Testimonies for the
Church 9:109-123
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