- Introduction
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- Thorough Preparation
- Not to Practice Deception
- Purity of Life
- Not to Tamper with Sin
- Avoid Evil Associates
- Periodical Subscriptions
- Short Subscriptions a Mistake
- Economy and Self-Denial
- Be Bible Students
- Not to Rely on Premiums
- Canvass to Diffuse Light
- Honesty and Integrity of Character
- Discretion in Selecting Workers
- No Bounds to Improvement
- Not to Offer Special Inducements
- Need of Energy and Enthusiasm
- Cultivate Active Virtues
- Dangerous to Do Careless Work
- The Work High and Elevating
- Care in Selecting Workers
- True as Needle to Pole
- Enemies Will Respect
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- Not to Dwell upon Doctrinal Subjects
- Need of Divine Guidance
- Less Controversy, More of Christ
- The Names of Jesus in Tenderness
- Speak of Christ's Love
- When They Behold Christ
- The Difficulty Most Dreaded
- Soul Brought to Jesus in Safe Keeping
- Draw Men to the Redeemer
- Be Faithful Students
- Means of Quickly Giving the Message
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- Chapter 13—Frivolous and Exciting Literature
- Chapter 14—Prices of Our Publications
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- Selection of Canvassers
- A Preparation for the Ministry
- Enduring Hardness
- A Precious Experience
- Reporting
- Example in Health Reform
- Gift of Speech
- A Knowledge of Their Book
- Tracts and Pamphlets
- Diligence
- Doubles Power of Usefulness
- Faithful Students
- Manners
- Willing to Be Taught
- The Work Elevating
- Two and Two
- The Very Work
- Instruction Must Be Given
- Sixth of Isaiah
- Those Whose Hearts Are Humble
- Speak Clearly
- Indispensable Qualification
- Canvassers Should Remember
- Tell Them with Simplicity
- Humble Prayer
- Soul Uplifted
- Canvassing a Preparation for the Ministry
- Prayer With Families
- Induced by Financial Prospects
- Worldly Stamp of Character
- Not All to Work for One Book
- Wrong Principles
- Papers, Tracts, and Pamphlets
- Be Helpful
- Worked by the Holy Spirit
- Our Work
- Those Whom God Can Use
- Angels’ Companionship
- By Prayer and Song
- From City to City
- Circulate the Publications
- Forces of Evil Gathering Strength
- As Long as Probation Lasts
- Books and Periodicals
- Books That Deal with Bible Subjects
- Preach by Books and Periodicals
- Publications to Go Everywhere
- Danger of Commercialism
- Speak of a Saviour's Love
- Young Men Who Volunteer
- Continual Reliance upon God
Honesty and Integrity of Character
The worker who has the cause of God at heart will not insist on receiving the highest wages. He will not plead, as some of our youth have done, that unless he can make a stylish and elegant appearance, and board at the best hotels, he will not be patronized. What the canvasser needs is not the faultless apparel, or the address of the dandy or the clown, but that honesty and integrity of character which is reflected in the countenance. Kindness and gentleness leave their impress upon the face, and the practiced eye sees no deception, detects no pomposity of manner.CEv 51.2
A large number have entered the field as canvassers with whom premiums are the only means of success. They have no real merit as workers. They have no experience in practical religion; they have the same faults, the same tastes and self-indulgences, that characterized them before they claimed to be Christians. Of them it may be said that God is not in their thoughts; He has no abiding place in their hearts. There is a littleness, an earthliness, a debasement in their character and deportment, that testifies against them that they are walking in the way of their own hearts and in the sight of their own eyes. They will not practice self-denial, but are determined to enjoy life. The heavenly treasure has no attractions for them; all their tastes are downward, not upward. Friends and relatives cannot elevate such persons, for they have not a mind to despise the evil and choose the good.CEv 52.1