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The Publishing Ministry
This is no time to criticize. That which is needed now is genuine
sympathy and decided help. We should individually consider the
necessities of our brethren. Let every breath devoted to this matter
be used in speaking words that shall encourage. Let every power be
employed in actions that shall lift.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:454-
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The Norwegian publishing house still stands as a testimony to
the sacrifices of the Scandinavian members and of the wide financial
support of the entire world church that followed this appeal. In 1978,
this publishing house was relocated in a beautiful new plant on the
outskirts of Oslo. During a recent year “67,880 books, 350,000 tracts,
and 731,400 periodicals were sold at a value of NKR. 4,089,867 (US
$682,000). A substantial group of full-time colporteurs has carried out
door-to-door evangelism since 1882.”—SDAEN 981.
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All Are to Be One—The talents to be found among the English
and Americans should be united with the talents of those of every other
nationality. And each nationality should labor earnestly for every other
nationality. There is but one Lord, one faith. Our effort should be to
answer Christ’s prayer for His disciples, that they should be one.
“Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth. As Thou
hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the
world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be
sanctified through the truth.
“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall
believe on Me through their word; that they all may be one; as Thou,
Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that
the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.”
John 17:17-21
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It should be understood that perfect unity among the laborers is
necessary to the successful accomplishment of the work of God. In
order to preserve peace, all must seek wisdom from the Great Teacher.
Let all be careful how they introduce ambitious propositions that will
create dissension.
We are to be subject one to another. No man, in himself, is a
complete whole. Through submission of the mind and will to the Holy
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Spirit we are ever to be learners of the Great Teacher.
Study the second chapter of Acts. In the early church the Spirit of
God wrought mightily through those who were harmoniously united.
On the Day of Pentecost they were all with one accord in one place.