A Preview of
Testimonies for the Church
Volume Six
By Mrs. Ellen G. White
A Spirit of Prophecy Book
 

Contents


 






The Times of Volume Six.....3
 
 

Section One
The Outlook

Chapter 1 God's Purpose in the Church....9
Chapter 2 The Work for This Time....14
Chapter 3 Extension of the Work in Foreign Fields....23
 
 

Section Two
Evangelistic Work

Chapter 4 The Camp Meeting....31
Chapter 5 Reaching the Masses....33
Chapter 6 An Object Lesson....34
Chapter 7 Securing Attendance....35
Chapter 8 Attendance of Church Members....38
Chapter 9 Preparation of Heart....41
Chapter 10 Business Matters....44
Chapter 11 Ministerial Help....46
Chapter 12 All to Be Workers....48
Chapter 13 Prayer and Counsel....50
Chapter 14 Needs of the Church....52
Chapter 15 How to Present the Message....53
Chapter 16 The Last Warning....60
Chapter 17 Praise Meetings....62
Chapter 18 Revival Efforts....64
Chapter 19 Personal Labor....68
Chapter 20 Bible Studies....38
Chapter 21 A Word in Season....69
Chapter 22 Raising Funds....70
Chapter 23 Results of Camp Meeting Work....70
Chapter 24 After the Camp Meeting....72
Chapter 25 The Work of the Evangelism....76
Chapter 26 In the Highways and Hedges....76
Chapter 27 Caring for Our Own Poor....85
Chapter 28 Church Officers and Workers....87
Chapter 29 Less Preaching, More Teaching....87
Chapter 30 Ministerial Institutes....89
Chapter 31 Baptism,Meaning of the Ordinance....91
Chapter 32 Preparation for Baptism....91
Chapter 33 Examination of Candidates....95
Chapter 34 Administration of the Ordinance....97
Chapter 35 After Baptism....98
Chapter 36 The Building of Meetinghouses....100
Chapter 37 Children's Meetings and Church Schools....105
Chapter 38 The Temperance Work....110
Chapter 39 Object Lessons in Health Reform....112
Chapter 40 Women to Be Gospel Workers....114
Chapter 41 Teaching Home Religion....119
Chapter 42 Meeting Opposition....120
Chapter 43 Parable of the Straying Sheep....124
 
 
 
 

Section Three
Education

Chapter 44 The Need of Educational Reform....126
Chapter 45 The Third Angel's Message in Our Schools....127
Chapter 46 Bible Study....131
Chapter 47 The Training of Workers....133
Chapter 48 Missionary Teachers....136
Chapter 49 Elements of Success....139
Chapter 50 Hindrances to Reform....141
Chapter 51 To Teachers and Managers....145
Chapter 52 Character and Work of Teachers....152
Chapter 53 Deficiencies of Teachers....155
Chapter 54 The Teacher's Work....156
Chapter 55 A Personal Appeal....157
Chapter 56 Words From a Heavenly Instructor....162
Chapter 57 School Homes....168
Chapter 58 Domestic Duties....169
Chapter 59 Christian Sociability and Courtesy....172
Chapter 60 Religious Exercises....174
Chapter 61 Industrial Reform....176
Chapter 62 The Avondale School Farm....181
Chapter 63 The Work Before Us....182
Chapter 64 The Land to Be Reserved....183
Chapter 65 A Panorama....185
Chapter 66 God and Nature....185
Chapter 67 An Object Lesson....188
Chpater 68 Missionary Labor the Highest Training....189
Chapter 69 The Work of Church Schools....193
Chapter 70 Separation From the World....193
Chapter 71 The Children Neglected....196
Chapter 72 Church Schools Needed....198
Chapter 73 The Character of Church Schools and of Their Teachers....200
Chapter 74 Results of Church School Work....202
Chapter 75 School Management and Finance....206
Chapter 76 Freedom From Debt....207
Chapter 77 Economy....208
Chapter 78 Good Management....210
Chapter 79 Low Tuitions....210
Chapter 80 Assisting Worthy Students....213
Chapter 81 Teaching Self-Reliance....214
Chapter 82 Duty of Our Conferences....215
Chapter 83 Inspection by General Conference Auditor....216
Chapter 84 The Church Schools....216
 
 

Section Four
Medical Missionary Work
 
 
Chapter 85 God's Design in Our Sanitariums....219
Chapter 86 The Physician's Work for Souls...219
Chapter 87 Unity in Our Work.....235
Chapter 88 Responsibilities of Medical Workers....243
Chapter 89 Conformity to the World....248
Chapter 90 Prayer....252
Chapter 91 The World's Need....251
Chapter 92 The Church's Need....254
Chapter 93 The Message of Isaiah Fifty-Eight....265
Chapter 94 New Sabbathkeepers....269
Chapter 95 The Poor, the Sick, and the Aged....270
Chapter 96 Our Duty to the World....273
Chapter 97 The Care of Orphans....281
Chapter 98 A Christlike Work....283
Chapter 99 Ministers' Wives Adopting Orphans....285
Chapter 100 Orphans' Homes....286
Chapter 101 The Medical Missionary Work and the Third Angel's Message....288
Chapter 102 Medical Missionary Workers....292
Chapter 103 "Press Together"...294
Chapter 104 Neglect by the Church and the Ministry....294
Chapter 105 Opportunities Slighted....294
Chapter 106 Results of Neglect....297
Chapter 107 Need of Repentance....298
Chapter 108 Neglect by the Ministry....305
Chapter 109 The Reward of Service....305
 
Section Five
Canvassing

Chapter 110 Importance of the Work....313
Chapter 111 Qualifications of the Canvasser....317
Chapter 112 The Canvasser a Gospel Worker....321
Chapter 113 United Effort in Canvassing....326
Chapter 114 Revival of the Canvassing Work....329
 
 

Section Six
Cautions and Counsels


 

Chapter 115 Young Men in the Ministry....341
Chapter 116  Showing Hospitality....349
Chapter 117 The Observance of the Sabbath....351
Chapter 118 Reform in Sabbath Observance....351
Chapter 119 Preparation for the Sabbath....353
Chapter 120 The Sabbath in the Home....356
Chapter 121 Traveling on the Sabbath....359
Chapter 122 Sabbath Meetings....360
Chapter 123 Obedience to Physical Law....369
Chapter 124 The Church and Health Reform....370
Chapter 125 Diet....372
Chapter 126 Extremes in Diet....373
Chapter 127 True Temperance....374
Chapter 128 Ministers to Teach Health Reform....376
Chapter 129 The Importance of Voice Culture....380
Chapter 130 Giving to God His Own.....384
Chapter 131 The First Fruits....384
Chapter 132 Remember the Poor....385
Chapter 133 All Things Belong to God....385
Chapter 134 Another Opportunity....387
Chapter 135 Without Excuse....387
Chapter 136 The Blessing....388
Chapter 137 The Complainers....389
Chapter 138 "They That Feared the Lord"....390
Chapter 139 Christ in All the Bible....392
Chapter 140 Our Attitude Toward the Civil Authorities....394
Chapter 141 Love Among Brethren....398
Chapter 142  Present Truth With Gentleness....400
Chapter 143 God's Word to Be Supreme....402
Chapter 144 Preparation for the Final Crisis....404
 
 

Section Seven
Calls to Service
 

Chapter 145 The Church and the Ministry....411
Chapter 146 A Warning From the Church of Ephesus....421
Chapter 147 The Result of Inaction....424
Chapter 148 Winning Souls the Chief Aim....427
Chapter 149 Begin With Those Nearest....427
Chapter 150 The Example of Philip With Nathanael....428
Chapter 151 The Family a Missionary Field....429
Chapter 152 Instruct the Church in Missionary Work....431
Chapter 153 Set the Church Members to Work....432
Chapter 154 The Uneducated to Be Workers....433
Chapter 155 Arouse the Idlers....434
Chapter 156 The Youth to Be Missionaries....435
Chapter 157 Let the Churches Awake...436
Chapter 158 The Increase of Facilities....440
Chapter 159 Help for Mission Fields....445
Chapter 160 The Publishing House in Norway....454
Chapter 161 Our Danish Sanitarium....463
Chapter 162 An Example of Liberality....468
Chapter 163 The Lord's Plan....469
Chapter 164 All to Co-operate....469
Chapter 165 Preparation for the Work....471
Chapter 166 The Work in All Lands....473
Chapter 167 Results of the Work....475
Chapter 168 Be Not Weary in Well-Doing....477
Chapter 169 The Claim of Redemption....479
 
 

 

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