An Open Letter

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 20, 1903

From Mrs. E. G. White to All Who Love the Blessed Hope

We hasten to place this letter in your hands, for it is indeed a very precious one. It comes as a most timely admonition to stir us up to the work which must be finished without further delay.

Our hearts thrill with joy as we read the cheering words, “I have been instructed that the canvassing work is to be revived, and that it is to be carried forward with increasing success; and a blessing will attend those who engage in it with earnestness and diligence.” Bless the Lord for this assurance and promise! Our hearts respond, “Amen, even so, it shall be revived.” And let all the people say, “Amen.”

“Forward to the world,” must be our motto. Scores are offering themselves for service across the seas. There was never before such a movement among us toward foreign lands. The “sound of a going” is heard. Let