Counsel Regarding the Work in Cities
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There is need of all the instruction that our missions can give.
Continue your work in the power of the same Spirit that led in its
establishment. By opening the Scriptures, by praying, by exercising
faith, educate the people in the way of the Lord; and there will be built
up a church founded on the rock Christ Jesus...
Carry forward your work in humility. Never rise above the simplic-
ity of the gospel of Christ. Not in the art of display, but in lifting up
Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer, will you find success in winning
souls. As you work for God in humility and lowliness of heart, He will
manifest Himself to you.
Theatrical Devices
By the use of charts, symbols, and representations of various kinds,
the minister can make the truth stand out clearly and distinctly. This is
a help, and in harmony with the word of God. But when the worker
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makes his labors so expensive that others are unable to secure from
the treasury sufficient means to support them in the field, he is not
working in harmony with God’s plan.
The work in the large cities is to be done after Christ’s order,
not after the order of a theatrical performance. It is not a theatrical
performance that glorifies God, but the presentation of the truth in the
love of Christ.
Preliminaries
Do not divest the truth of its dignity and impressiveness by prelim-
inaries that are more after the order of the world than after the order
of heaven. Let your hearers understand that you hold meetings, not to
charm their senses with music and other things, but to preach the truth
in all its solemnity, that it may come to them as a warning, arousing
them from their death-like sleep of self-indulgence. It is the naked
truth that like a sharp, two-edged sword cuts both ways. It is this that
will arouse those who are dead in trespasses and sins.
He who gave His life to save men and women from idolatry and
self-indulgence, left an example to be followed by all who take up
the work of presenting the gospel to others. God’s servants in this
age have been given most solemn truths to proclaim, and their actions