ter 2—The Call of the Cities
Who Are Called
From the light that God has given me, I know that His cause
today is in great need of the living representative of Bible truth.
The ordained ministers, alone, are not equal to the task. God is
calling Bible workers, and other consecrated laymen of varied talent
who have a knowledge of present truth, to consider the needs of the
unwarned cities. There should be one hundred believers actively
engaged in personal missionary work where now there is but one.
Time is rapidly passing. There is much work to be done before
satanic opposition shall close up the way. Every agency must be set
in operation, that present opportunities may be wisely improved.—
Medical Ministry, 248.
Companies of Workers
During the night of February 27 (1910), a representation was
given me in which the unworked cities were presented before me
[14] as a living reality, and I was plainly instructed that there should be
a decided change from past methods of working. For months the
situation has been impressed on my mind, and I urged that companies
be organized and diligently trained to labor in our important cities.
These workers should labor two and two, and from time to time all
should meet together to relate their experiences, to pray and to plan
how to reach the people quickly, and thus, if possible, redeem the
time.—Manuscript 21, 1910.
The importance of making our way in the great cities is still
kept before me. For many years the Lord has been urging upon us
this duty, and yet we see but comparatively little accomplished in
our great centers of population. If we do not take up this work in a
determined manner, Satan will multiply difficulties which will not
be easy to surmount. We are far behind in doing the wo
