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Welfare Ministry
all waters. We do but a small part of the work that He desires us to do
among our neighbors and friends. By kindness to the poor, the sick, or
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the bereaved we may obtain an influence over them, so that divine truth
will find access to their hearts. No such opportunity for service should
be allowed to pass unimproved. It is the highest missionary work that
we can do. The presentation of the truth in love and sympathy from
house to house is in harmony with the instruction of Christ to His
disciples when He sent them out on their first missionary tour.—
The
Review and Herald, June 6, 1912
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Help Humanity as Did Christ—As He [Christ] passed through
the towns and cities, He was like a vital current, diffusing life and joy
wherever He went. The followers of Christ are to labor as He did. We
are to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and comfort the suffering and
afflicted. We are to minister to the despairing and inspire hope in the
hopeless.—
The Desire of Ages, 350
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The Work Every Church Should Have Been Doing—The work
of gathering in the needy, the oppressed, the suffering, the destitute,
is the very work which every church that believes the truth for this
time should long since have been doing. We are to show the tender
sympathy of the Samaritan in supplying physical necessities, feeding
the hungry, bringing the poor that are cast out to our homes, gathering
from God every day grace and strength that will enable us to reach to
the very depths of human misery and help those who cannot possibly
help themselves. In doing this work we have a favorable opportunity to
set forth Christ the crucified One.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:276
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Sermons Cannot Do It—By personal labor reach the people
where they are. Become acquainted with them. This work cannot
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be done by proxy. Money loaned or given cannot accomplish it. Ser-
mons from the pulpit cannot do it.—
Gospel Workers, 188
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Sunshine Bands—There is power in the ministry of song. Stu-
dents who have learned to sing sweet gospel songs with melody and
distinctness can do much good as singing evangelists. They will find
many opportunities to use the talent that God has given them in carry-
ing melody and sunshine into many lonely places darkened by sorrow
and affliction, singing to those who seldom have church privileges.
Students, go out into the highways and hedges. Endeavor to reach
the higher as well as the lower classes. Enter the homes of the rich
as well as the poor, and as you have opportunity, ask, “Would you