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heavy expense for distributing notices and papers. Arrangements were
being made to do this, when One who is wise in counsel said:
“Set your tents, begin your meetings, then advertise; and more will
be accomplished. The truth spoken by the living preacher will have
greater influence than the same matter will have when published in the
papers. But both methods combined will have still greater force.
“It is not the best plan to follow one line of effort year after year.
Change the order of things. When you give time and opportunity,
Satan is prepared to rally his forces, and he will work to destroy every
soul possible.
“Do not arouse opposition before the people have had opportunity
to hear the truth and know what they are opposing. Reserve your
means to do a strong work after the meeting rather than before. If a
press can be secured to be worked during the meeting, printing leaflets,
notices, and papers for distribution, it will have a telling influence.”
At some of our camp-meetings, strong companies of workers have
been organized to go out into the city and its suburbs to distribute
literature and invite people to the meetings. By this means hundreds of
persons were secured as regular attendants during the last half of the
meeting, who otherwise might have thought little about it. We must
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take every justifiable means of bringing the light before the people....
Those who have become interested have to meet sophistry and
misrepresentation from popular ministers, and they know not how
to answer these things. The truth presented by the living preacher
should be published in as compact a form as possible, and circulated
widely. So far as practicable, let the important discourses given at our
camp-meetings be published in the newspapers. Thus the truth which
was placed before a limited number may find access to many minds.
And where the truth has been misrepresented, the people will have an
opportunity of knowing just what the minister said....
Business Matters
As far as possible, our camp-meetings should be wholly devoted
to spiritual interests. They should not be made occasions for the
transaction of business. Workers are gathered from all parts of the
field, and it seems a favorable opportunity for considering business