Section 9—The Outcasts
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Gem Thought
There is a work to be accomplished for many to whom it would
not be of the least good for you to tell the truth, for they could not
comprehend it. But you can reach them through disinterested acts of
benevolence. There are outcasts, men who have lost the similitude of
God, who must first be cared for, fed, washed, and decently clothed.
Then they are not to hear anything but of Christ, His great love and
His willingness to save them. Let these perishing souls feel that all
you have done for them was done because of your love for their souls.
The Lord uses the human agent. The divine and the human are
to unite, becoming laborers together in the work of uplifting and
restoring the moral image of God in man.... Move intelligently and
perseveringly. Do not be discouraged if you do not at first have all
the sympathy and cooperation that you expect. If you work, making
the Lord your dependence, be assured that the Lord always helps the
humble, meek, and lowly. But you need the working of the Holy Spirit
upon your own heart and mind, in order to know how to do Christian
help work. Pray much for those you are trying to help. Let them
see that your dependence is upon a higher power, and you will win
souls.—
Letter 24, 1898
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Of some have compassion, mak
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ing a difference: and others save
with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted
by the flesh.
Jude 22, 23
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