A.G. Daniells

Efficiency is a quality highly valued and given both prominence and emphasis by leaders in all the great lines of world activity. Greater efficiency in our gospel ministry was the ideal and the burden that formed the basis of appeal for creating…

Every great, strong, inspiring Bible 12/ character depended much on prayer. Concerning the prophet Elijah, the apostle James writes:

"Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed…

In the study of " A More Spiritual Ministry " it is clear that Christ is the only source of spiritual life, and that the Holy Spirit is the medium through which Christ imparts His own life to the soul who will comply with the con­ditions…

"Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one."— Paul.

Of all essential qualities for the gos­pel ministry, spirituality is the underlying, intertwining,…

Through personal association, in­terviews, and seasons of prayer with • fellow workers, I am made to realize that there is widespread and deep con­viction concerning the present need, on the part of ministers and people,…

The minister of the gospel is called to a superhuman task, and hence he must be endued with superhuman power. No minister can, in his own strength, live up to the standards he is called to preach to others. " Man needs…

Earnestness is a vital element of efficiency. It is the dynamic, the life force which steadily drives toward achievement. It is said to be " an intensity back of pressing need, of deep desire, and of fixed purpose that impels onward with…

Thoroughness, like earnestness, I is an essential quality of efficiency. While earnestness is dynamic and pro­duces momentum, thoroughness lays the foundation for breadth and per­manency. In all worth-while endeavor,…

The Minister an Agent of the Supernatural

In his message to ministers the au­thor of " The Minister and His Own Soul," places special emphasis on our imperative need of the supernatural for the accomplishment of the work to which…

Seventh-Day Adventists have al­ways believed and taught that the great exodus movement in the time of ancient Israel was in general a type of the great second advent movement in which we are involved and en­gaged. It…

The Threefold Message to the Church

The work to which the gospel la­borer is called is so to reveal the gospel to sinners as to make disciples for the Lord Jesus Christ. Such dis­ciples…

During the last winter I have been engaged in strenuous field work in Ministerial Association endeavor. It has been my great privilege to meet nearly all our conference workers in South America, including teachers and…

Our workers in Peru have had to meet the most serious opposition, and the past year has been especially perplexing, because of the decree to close our schools. In our institute at Arequipa, where our workers from the…

We all realize, and could truthfully testify to the solemn conviction resting upon our hearts, that we stand today in need of a great spiritual awakening, and that we must have more power from God. The blessings which…

This is the first of our daily meetings during the General Conference. There will be twelve or thirteen oc­casions of this kind, and we are very hopeful that these meetings will prove a real spiritual blessing to us.…

Dear Fellow Workers:

For a long time I have carried in my heart a great desire to discuss, or shall I say confer, with you regarding the serious subject suggested by the ques­tions heading this study. I say serious…

I would say to all my dear friends who have remembered me with their messages of love, that I have failed to answer them only because my entire strength had to be conserved for working and counseling over the manuscript for my book, "The…

Momentous Questions

Dear Fellow Workers:

Again I ask you personally, Do you understand that the return of Christ  according to His promise is being delayed, that His purpose for the finish­ing of His work is being hindered?…

We Face the Dawn

Farewell, old year, and welcome, new! The one is history; the other is- an opening opportunity. The one records achievements, and failures; the other presents a summoning challenge and a gladsome…

Elder Evans Succeeds Elder Daniells

By C.H. Watson

A few months ago the College of Medical Evangelists lodged a very earnest request that the services of Elder…

Strong ministry means a strong church and a triumphant movement; a weak ministry can mean none other than a weak church and a half-paralyzed movement. We must resolutely set our faces, then, to build up a spiritual, intellectual, progressive,…

With the request coming from the Australasian Union Conference com­mittee that I spend a few months in the Australasian Division, there de­veloped a program for a series of min­isterial institutes. This program has been operative in Fiji,…

Several times during the later years of her life, Mrs. E. G. White expressed to me, and to others, concern regard­ing the future of her writings. She was anxious that her books already in print should continue to be widely…

The great purpose of the gospel min-I istry is to " make disciples." This is the one thought expressed by the Saviour in the great commission to His disciples, when He said, " Go ye there­fore, and…

God's purpose in providing and bestowing the prophetic gift is to re-establish and maintain communication with man, who had been estranged and separated from Him through sin. This gift operates through prophets, and by…

The Jews in the time of Christ were most meticulous keepers of the letter of the law. They were scrupulous ob­servers of the dietetic regulations be­queathed to Israel. They were mi­nutely exact about…