Chapter 33—The Call for a Balanced Work
Maintain Proper Perspective—As the work advances, dangers
arise that need to be guarded against. As new enterprises are entered
upon, there is a tendency to make some one line all absorbing; that
which should have the first place becomes a secondary consideration.
The church needs fresh power and vitality, but there is great danger
of taking on new lines of work that will waste their energies instead
of bringing life into the church.—
The Daily Bulletin of the General
Conference, March 2, 1899
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Work for the Outcasts Not the Burden of Our Work—Of late
[1899] a great interest has been aroused for the poor and outcast classes;
a great work has been entered upon for the uplifting of the fallen and
degraded. This in itself is a good work. We should ever have the Spirit
of Christ, and we are to do the same class of work that He did for
suffering humanity. The Lord has a work to be done for the outcasts.
There is no question but that it is the duty of some to labor among
them and try to save the souls that are perishing. This will have its
place in connection with the proclamation of the third angel’s message
and the reception of Bible truth. But there is a danger of loading down
everyone with this class of work, because of the intensity with which
it is carried on. There is danger of leading men to center their energies
in this line, when God has called them to another work.
The great question of our duty to humanity is a serious one, and
much of the grace of God is needed in deciding how to work so as
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to accomplish the greatest amount of good. Not all are called to
begin their work by laboring among the lowest classes. God does not
require His workmen to obtain their education and training in order to
devote themselves exclusively to these classes. The working of God
is manifested in a way which will establish confidence that the work
is of His devising, and that sound principles underlie every action.
But I have had instruction from God that there is danger of planning
for the outcasts in a way which will lead to spasmodic and excitable
movements. These will produce no really beneficial results. A class
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