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wherever we can enlighten minds in regard to our literature, we should
do so....
“Exclusiveness” should not restrain this work. The truth of God
should not be hampered. There is not half being done that should be
done....
Bear in mind that concerning the advocacy of truth there should
be no jealousy. If this spirit is indulged, your plans, if not killed, will
grow into selfishness of large proportions.... The night is far spent. But
when the day is fully come, you will discern more fully your neglect
of the work which the Lord has appointed to be done by His human
agencies, because of your “exclusiveness.”
Cut out this exclusiveness wherever it may be. The light God has
given is for the world. It is not to be put under a bushel or under a
bed....
The great apostasy is working to a point and will develop into
darkness deep as midnight, impenetrable as sackcloth of hair. This
is the time to employ any system that can be devised to discover and
counteract the leaven of error. Let there be light. There should be one
hundred light bearers in our world where there is one today. Darkness
will become more dense in human minds after the truth has penetrated
and been rejected. But there are some minds where the darkness will
be removed. They recognize the light....
The night of trial is nearly spent. Satan is bringing in his masterly
power because he knoweth that his time is short. The chastisement
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of God is upon the world to call all who know the truth to hide in the
cleft of the Rock and view the glory of God. The truth must not be
muffled now. Plain statements must be made. Unvarnished truth must
be spoken in leaflets and pamphlets, and these must be scattered like
the leaves of autumn.—
Letter 31, 1897
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Book Centers Outside North America—You must go to work
here [in Europe] just as we did in America; have your tract societies and
other facilities, and although it may seem at times that the publications
in some places do not accomplish much, you must go right on. We had
just such experiences in America. But we kept to the point in sending
out these publications to different classes, and it was some time before
we could make any advancement.
I have been shown that there must be a different mold put upon
the work here in these kingdoms, and there must be a power from the