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Title: Missionary Visitor, The (1905)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Brethren's General Missionary and Tract Committee
Subjects: Church of the Brethren Priodicals Church of the Brethren- Missions
Publisher: Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Publishing House
Contributing Library: Bridgewater College, Alexander Mack Memorial Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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he fireof love burn brighter, twill only give thecrown more glory, twill only make thevictory greater, work on, work on. Ladoga, Ind. t&& t&* t&* INCREASING ATTENDANCE By Mrs. S. B. MILLER. The secret of effectual Sunday-school work inall departments even to gathering of manytherein, is in close contact with God first There is surely no set of Sunday-school officers and teachers who are sat-isfied with their present enrollment.There are those in every vicinity whodo not attend Sunday school or churchservices anywhere, and yet God hasplaced them here as the Christians op-portunity for personal work and devel-opment. Jesus is our personal Savior. He wants us to prove our belief in Himand love for Him, hence He has thosein our neighborhood who have not yetaccepted Him, and He is desirous ofusing you and me as instrumentsthrough which to work in order to winthem for Himself. How Can We Do It? Past experience tells us this is a dif- 588 THE MISSIONARY VISITOR (October, 1905
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Sister Carrie Westergren and Her Class and a Group of Sisters of Washington City (D. C.) Church. October, 1905) THE MISSIONARY VISITOR 589 ficult question, that we sometimes at-tempt such work and do not succeed,and we become discouraged and feelthat it cannot be done. But when westudy Gods Word more prayerfully wefind that God intends for it to be doneand He has provided a way. When welive near to our Father each day anddepend upon Him for strength, then wecan go into these homes and labor withthem to much advantage. It is so very^necessary that we trust, work and prayeach day, for God can do nothing forus or through us, even though He isall-powerful, if we are not willing Heshould. Neither can we interest themif we go alone, because we are too weak.This being true, we then realize wemust first get right with God and besure to take Him with us. We mustfirst become willing to be made will-ing to do His bidding. When we havereached this stage our Master can com-mence to work with us. H

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