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In all your labor let it appear that you know Jesus. Present His
purity and saving grace, so that those for whom you labor may, by
beholding, be changed into the divine image. The chain that is let
down from the throne of God is long enough to reach to the lowest
depths of sin. Hold up a sin-pardoning Saviour before the lost and
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lonely, for Jesus has made divine intercession in their behalf. He is
able to lift them from the pit of sin, that they may be acknowledged as
the children of God, heirs with Christ to an immortal inheritance. They
may have the life that measures with the life of God.—
The Review
and Herald, April 11, 1912
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The Power of Sacred Songs—Those who have the gift of song
are needed. Song is one of the most effective means of impressing
spiritual truth upon the heart. Often by the words of sacred song the
springs of penitence and faith have been unsealed. Church members,
young and old, should be educated to go forth to proclaim this last
message to the world. If they go in humility, angels of God will go
with them, teaching them how to lift up the voice in prayer, how to
raise the voice in song, and how to proclaim the gospel message for
this time.—
The Review and Herald, June 6, 1912
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Hearts Touched by Simple Songs—Learn to sing the simplest of
songs. These will help you in house-to-house labor, and hearts will
be touched by the influence of the Holy Spirit. Christ was often heard
singing hymns of praise; and yet I have heard persons say, “Christ
never smiled.” How mistaken their ideas in regard to the Saviour!
There was joy in His heart. We learn from the Word that there is joy
among the heavenly angels over one repentant sinner, and that the
Lord Himself rejoices over His church with singing.—
The Review
and Herald, November 11, 1902
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Talk Familiarly and Make Personal Appeals—Personal, indi-
vidual effort and interest for your friends and neighbors will accom-
plish more than can be estimated. It is for the want of this kind of
labor that souls for whom Christ died are perishing.... Your work may
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accomplish more real good than the more extensive meetings, if they
lack in personal effort. When both are combined, with the blessing
of God, a more perfect and thorough work may be wrought; but if we
can have but one part done, let it be the individual labor of opening
the Scriptures in households, making personal appeals, and talking
familiarly with the members of the family, not about things of little