- Foreword
- Preparation for the Final Crisis
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- Christ in All the Bible
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- Lessons from the Church at Ephesus
- The Result of Inaction
- Winning Souls the Chief Aim
- Begin with Those Nearest
- The Example of Philip with Nathanael
- The Family a Missionary Field
- Instruct the Church in Missionary Work
- Set the Church Members to Work
- The Uneducated to Be Workers
- Arouse the Idlers
- The Youth to Be Missionaries
- Let the Churches Awake
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- Out of the Cities
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- The Sabbath in Our Restaurants
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- Publishing Houses in Mission Fields
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- Sacredness of God's Instrumentalities
- Co-operation
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- The Work in Europe
- A View of the Conflict
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- The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast
- Our Burden Bearer
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- Homeward Bound
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- Last-day Deceptions
- Pantheistic Theories
- Fanaticism After 1844
- Past Experiences to Be Repeated
- Beware of a Sensational Religion
- A Warning Against False Teaching
- Diverting Minds from Present Duty
- A Renewal of the Straight Testimony
- Seek the First Love
- The Word of God Our Safeguard
- Study the Revelation
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- The Reward of Earnest Effort
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- A Parting Word of Confidence
Unity in Diversity
On the other hand, the leaders among God's people are to guard against the danger of condemning the methods of individual workers who are led by the Lord to do a special work that but few are fitted to do. Let brethren in responsibility be slow to criticize movements that are not in perfect harmony with their methods of labor. Let them never suppose that every plan should reflect their own personality. Let them not fear to trust another's methods; for by withholding their confidence from a brother laborer who, with humility and consecrated zeal, is doing a special work in God's appointed way, they are retarding the advancement of the Lord's cause.3TT 407.1
God can and will use those who have not had a thorough education in the schools of men. A doubt of His power to do this is manifest unbelief; it is limiting the omnipotent power of the One with whom nothing is impossible. Oh, for less of this uncalled-for, distrustful caution! It leaves so many forces of the church unused; it closes up the way so that the Holy Spirit cannot use men; it keeps in idleness those who are willing and anxious to labor in Christ's lines; it discourages from entering the work many who would become efficient laborers together with God if they were given a fair chance.3TT 407.2
To the prophet the wheel within a wheel, the appearance of living creatures connected with them, all seemed intricate and unexplainable. But the hand of Infinite Wisdom is seen among the wheels, and perfect order is the result of its work. Every wheel, directed by the hand of God, works in perfect harmony with every other wheel. I have been shown that human instrumentalities are liable to seek after too much power and try to control the work themselves. They leave the Lord God, the mighty Worker, too much out of their methods and plans, and do not trust to Him everything in regard to the advancement of the work. No one should for a moment fancy that he is able to manage those things that belong to the great I AM. God in His providence is preparing a way so that the work may be done by human agents. Then let every man stand at his post of duty, to act his part for this time and know that God is his instructor.3TT 407.3