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The Publishing Ministry
Years ago our brethren in responsibility gave much study to ways
and means for the carrying forward of this line of work with increasing
efficiency. As the result of carefully laid plans, patient instruction, and
helpful supervision, the circulation of the printed page has come to be
a mighty factor in the dissemination of the truths of the third angel’s
message.—
The Review and Herald, November 5, 1914
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Sharing Books With Neighbors—Those who have long known
the truth need to seek the Lord most earnestly, that their hearts may be
filled with a determination to work for their neighbors. My brethren
and sisters, visit those who live near you, and by sympathy and kind-
ness seek to reach their hearts. Be sure to work in a way that will
remove prejudice instead of creating it. And remember that those who
know the truth for this time and yet confine their efforts to their own
churches, refusing to work for their unconverted neighbors, will be
called to account for unfulfilled duties.
Lend your neighbors some of our smaller books. If their interest is
awakened, take some of the larger books. Show them Christ’s Object
Lessons. Tell them its history, and ask them if they do not want a copy.
If they already have it, ask them if they do not want to read other books
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of a similar nature. If possible, secure an opportunity to teach them
the truth. Beside all waters you are to sow the seed of truth, though
not knowing which shall prosper, this or that.—
Testimonies for the
Church 9:34, 35
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Literature in Every Hand and Home—Watch for souls as they
that must give an account. In your church and neighborhood mission-
ary work, let your light shine forth in such clear, steady rays that no
man can stand up in the judgment, and say, “Why did you not tell me
about this truth? Why did you not care for my soul?”
Then let us be diligent in the distribution of literature that has been
carefully prepared for use among those not of our faith. Let us make
the most of every opportunity to arrest the attention of unbelievers. Let
us put literature into every hand that will receive it. Let us consecrate
ourselves to the proclamation of the message, “Prepare ye the way of
the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!” Divine
and human instrumentalities are to unite for the accomplishment of
one great object. Now is the day of our responsibility. “The Spirit and
the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him