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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

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how to communicate <strong>the</strong> message to <strong>the</strong>ir friends<br />

and neighbors.<br />

When we follow plans of <strong>the</strong> Lord's devising<br />

"we are laborers toge<strong>the</strong>r with God." Whatever our<br />

position,— whe<strong>the</strong>r presidents of conferences,<br />

ministers, teachers, students, or lay members,—we<br />

are held accountable by <strong>the</strong> Lord <strong>for</strong> making <strong>the</strong><br />

most of our opportunities to enlighten those in need<br />

of present truth. And one of <strong>the</strong> principal agencies<br />

He has ordained <strong>for</strong> our use is <strong>the</strong> printed page. In<br />

our schools and sanitariums, in our home churches,<br />

and particularly in our annual camp meetings, we<br />

must learn to make a wise use of this precious<br />

agency. With patient diligence chosen workers<br />

must instruct our people how to approach<br />

unbelievers in a kindly, winning way and how to<br />

place in <strong>the</strong>ir hands literature in which <strong>the</strong> truth <strong>for</strong><br />

this time is presented with clearness and power.<br />

My brethren and sisters, let us not become<br />

weary in well-doing. During His earthly ministry,<br />

Christ traveled on foot from place to place.<br />

Wearied, as He ofttimes was, His human nature<br />

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