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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 10, 1874

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 43, No. 9.

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“The True Missionary.”

By Martin A. Babcock

THANK God for the True Missionary. He has heard the cries of his children for light to know how most successfully to get the truth before the minds of the people. Dear brethren, here is a chance for all to work. If you do not take the True Missionary, send for it immediately. You do not know what you are losing. God has sent it among us to wake us up. We are asleep to the times in which we are living.
Can we be satisfied to settle down, having the comforts of life, a large circle of dear friends, and every attraction around us, and not make any efforts to save souls from everlasting destruction, by using the means God has placed within our reach, and feel that our peace is made with God? Shall we not be held accountable in the day of Judgment for all of these neglected privileges?
Take the True Missionary, No. 1, and read it carefully. Sister White’s article, headed “The Spirit of Sacrifice,” is worth more than the price of the paper. God knows what his people are most in need of. He knows that we need more zeal, energy, and activity in his cause.
We feel thankful that the work in Wisconsin is advancing. The Lord sent Bro. Haskell to assist us last fall. He came to Monroe with his heart full of love for the cause of God. He found a few smoldering embers, and went to work to kindle the fire anew. The efforts were successful. He then went to Hundred Mile Grove, about seventy miles from Monroe, and rekindled another fire similar to the former. The fires have been burning and spreading ever since, until their warmth is being felt all over the State. May the flame increase until every vestige of a doubt concerning the present truth, including the New-Testament doctrine of the gifts of the Spirit, shall be consumed out of the hearts of all professing faith in the third angel’s message, and we be united in one bond of perfect love and unity.
MARTIN A. BABCOCK.
Broadhead, Wis., Jan. 22, 1874.