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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 23, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 4.

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The Large Books

By Arthur L. Manous

ARTHUR L. MANOUS
“If the books of Daniel and the Revelation were studied with earnest prayer, we should have a better knowledge of the perils of the last days, and would be better prepared for the work before us—we should be prepared to unite with Christ, and to work in his lines.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in Watchman, Jan. 16, 1906.
“Let more time be given to the publication and circulation of books containing present truth. Call attention to books dwelling on practical faith and godliness, and to those that treat on the prophetic word. The people are to be educated to read the sure word of prophecy in the light of the living oracles. They need to know that the signs of the time are fulfilling.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VII, page 158.
“The larger books should be sold everywhere. These books contain present truth for this time,—truth that is to be proclaimed in all parts of the world. Our canvassers are to circulate the books that give definite instruction regarding the testing messages that are to prepare a people to stand on the platform of eternal truth, holding aloft the banner on which is inscribed ‘The Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus.’”—Special Testimony, Dec. 6, 1902.
“Our large books could be sold if our canvassers would take up this work earnestly, filled with the realization that these books contain precious instruction that God has intrusted to us that we may give it to the world. . . . Do not allow anything to keep you from the work of saving souls. Will you not try it? Will you not do what you can to circulate the books that the Lord has said should be sown broadcast through the world? Will you not place them in the homes of as many as possible? Think of how great a work can be done if a large number of believers will unite in an effort to place before the people, by the circulation of these books, the light that the Lord has committed to us to be given them.”—Words of Encouragement to Workers, pages 5, 8, 9.
“The important books containing the light that God has given regarding Satan’s apostasy in heaven, should be given wide circulation just now; for through them the truth will reach many minds. ‘Patriarchs and Prophets,’ ‘Daniel and the Revelation,’ and ‘Great Controversy’ are needed now as never before. They should be widely circulated because the truths they emphasize will open many blind eyes. Many of our people have been blind to the importance of the very books that were most needed. Had tact and skill been shown in the sale of these books, the Sunday law would not be where it is to-day.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in Review, June 1, 1905.
“A great and important work is before us. The enemy of souls realizes this, and he is using every means in his power to lead the canvasser to take up some other line of work. This order of things should be changed. God calls the canvassers back to their work. He calls for volunteers who will put all their energies and enlightenment into the work, helping where there is opportunity.”—“Manual for Canvassers,” page 67.
“Young men and young women who should be engaged in the ministry, in the Bible work, and in the canvassing work, should not be bound down to mechanical employment.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VIII, pages 229, 230.
Our whole State, the great Empire State of the South, with its millions, is almost wholly unworked for the large books above mentioned,—the very books which contain the special light for this time, and the very books which God has said should be sold everywhere just now. There is also plenty of good territory here for other good books.
We have a great work before us, and not many workers, but we are of good courage because the Lord has blessed, and is blessing, the efforts that have been, and are being, put forth. Now if you, dear reader, should, through the Spirit of God working upon your heart, hear the Macedonian cry, saying, “Come over into Macedonia [Georgia], and help us,” “harden not your hearts,” but send back the answer clear and distinct, saying, “Here am I; send me.”
In closing allow me to ask that Elder Spicer’s article in the REVIEW of Sept. 26, 1907, regarding the work in the South, be re-read. He has not at all overstated the matter. It is just as true as can be in all particulars. May God impress hearts to enter these fields.
Atlanta, Ga.