Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

e companies of earnest laborers working in the
cities. Men should study what needs to be done in
the places that have been neglected. The Lord has
been calling our attention to the neglected
multitudes in the large cities, yet little regard has
been given to the matter.
We are not willing enough to trouble the Lord,
and to ask Him for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. And
the Lord wants us to trouble him in this matter. He
wants us to press our petitions to the throne. The
converting power of God needs to be felt in our
ranks. The most valuable education that can be
obtained will be found in going out with the
message of truth to the places that are in darkness,
just as the first disciples went out in obedience to
the commission of Christ. The Saviour gave the
disciples their directions in a few words. He told
them what they might expect. "I send you forth,"
He said, "as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
These workers were to go forth as the
representatives of Him who gave his life for the life
of the world.
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