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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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when the missionary spirit shall be awakened, <strong>and</strong><br />

you take hold of the work wherever you see souls<br />

hungering for the truth, then you will grow in grace<br />

<strong>and</strong> efficiency. There is work for all who want to<br />

work in the way Christ worked.<br />

"Who among you," said the heavenly<br />

Messenger, "have tried to come into connection<br />

with the colored schools, that they might become<br />

acquainted with the teachers? How many have you<br />

converted to obedience to the truth?" The Lord is<br />

not pleased with the young men <strong>and</strong> the middle<br />

aged men who have felt no burden for the souls<br />

who are right around them. God desires that His<br />

servants shall explain the truths of his word in the<br />

darkest as well as in the most enlightened places.<br />

Consecration to God <strong>and</strong> prayer, earnest prayer,<br />

must be blended with the work.<br />

So little genuine missionary work is being<br />

done, so little of the missionary spirit is being<br />

cultivated, that the Lord is displeased. The great<br />

cities of the South lie unworked. Those who feel no<br />

desire to educate themselves for missionary work<br />

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