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Saviour, they must themselves flee back to Him, and realize their
utter dependence upon His grace. Satan has tried to the uttermost
to sever the chain that unites men to God; he desires to bind their
souls to his own car, and make them slaves in his service; but we are
to work against him, and drawn men to the Redeemer.—
Manual for
Canvassers, 38, 39
(1902).
Soul Brought to Jesus in Safekeeping—When a soul has been
brought to Christ through this personal labor, leave the surrendered,
humbled heart for God to work with; let God urge upon him just
such service as He sees fit. God has promised that His grace shall be
sufficient for everyone who will come unto Him. Those who surrender
to Jesus, who open the door of the heart and invite Him in, will be
in safekeeping. He says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
John
14:6
. Possessing Jesus, they will possess truth. They will be complete
in Him.—
Manual for Canvassers, 38, 39
(1902).
Absolute Honesty—If the canvasser pursues a wrong course, if he
utters falsehood or practices deception, he loses his own self-respect.
He may not be conscious that God sees him and is acquainted with
every business transaction, that holy angels are weighing his motives
and listening to his words, and that his reward will be according to his
works; but if it were possible to conceal his wrongdoing from human
and divine inspection, the fact that he himself knows it, is degrading
to his mind and character. One act does not determine the character,
but it breaks down the barrier, and the next temptation is more readily
entertained, until finally a habit of prevarication and dishonesty in
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business is formed, and the man cannot be trusted.
There are too many in families and in the church who make little
account of glaring inconsistencies. There are young men who appear
what they are not. They seem honest and true; but they are like whited
sepulchers, fair without, but corrupt to the core. The heart is spotted,
stained with sin; and thus the record stands in the heavenly courts. A
process has been going on in the mind that has made them callous,
past feeling. But if their characters, weighed in the balances of the
sanctuary, are pronounced wanting in the great day of God, it will
be a calamity that they do not now comprehend. Truth, precious,
untarnished truth, is to be a part of the character.
Purity of Life—Whatever way is chosen, the path of life is best
with perils. If the workers in any branch of the cause become careless