Proclaiming the Message ____________________________________________ 15
Ever-Widening Influence of the Gospel ______________________________ 19
The Need of Evangelistic Workers ___________________________________ 21
Section II
The Metropolitan Masses
In the Shadow of Impending Doom ____________________________________ 25
Increasing Difficulties ____________________________________________ 30
The Call for a Speedy Work _________________________________________ 33
Special Opportunities for Evangelism _______________________________ 35
Surveying the Needs of the Large Cities ____________________________ 36
Problems Peculiar to Metropolitan Evangelism _______________________ 38
The Promise of an Abundant Harvest _________________________________ 43
Section III
Smaller Communities and Rural Areas
The Highways and Byways ____________________________________________ 45
Rural Workers ______________________________________________________ 48
Section IV
Planning for the Public Campaign
Patterning After the Master Evangelist _____________________________ 53
Planning an Expanding Evangelism ___________________________________ 59
Moving Forward by Faith ____________________________________________ 61
Evangelism of the Highest Type _____________________________________ 66
The Evangelist and His Team ________________________________________ 69
Advantages of Two and Two __________________________________________ 72
The Evangelistic Site ______________________________________________ 74
The Outpost Centers ________________________________________________ 76
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Planning Sectional and Suburban Meetings ___________________________ 78
Planning for a Permanent Work ______________________________________ 79
Finance and the Budget _____________________________________________ 85
The Business Management of the Campaign ____________________________ 91
Section V
Organizing for Evangelistic Meetings
Methods and Organization ___________________________________________ 93
The Evangelistic Company ___________________________________________ 96
Importance of Prayerful Counseling _________________________________ 97
Unity in Diversity _________________________________________________ 98
Allowing for More Than One Man's Method ____________________________ 103
The City Field Training School _____________________________________ 107
Reviving and Organizing the Church for Service _____________________ 110
Relationship of Evangelist and Pastor ______________________________ 116
Guarding Against Overorganization __________________________________ 116
Section VI
The Public Effort
Our Present Truth Message __________________________________________ 119
Arresting Public Attention _________________________________________ 122
Successful and Impressive Advertising Methods ______________________ 128
The Evangelist in Publicity ________________________________________ 131
Avoiding Display and the Sensational _______________________________ 136
Guarding Proper Approaches _________________________________________ 139
Platform Decorum, Announcements, and Preliminaries _________________ 145
Interest-holding Features __________________________________________ 148
Inquiry and Question Meetings ______________________________________ 151
Getting Acquainted With the People _________________________________ 156
Printed Sermons and Literature _____________________________________ 159
The Debate _________________________________________________________ 162
Section VII
The Message and its Presentation
Spirit and Manner of Presenting the Message ________________________ 168
The Evangelistic Sermon ____________________________________________ 174
Christ the Center of the Message ___________________________________ 184
Prophetic Preaching That Arrests Attention _________________________ 193
Restraining Without Obscuring Truth ________________________________ 199
Truth-Teaching Devices _____________________________________________ 203
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Stories, Anecdotes, Jesting, and Joking ____________________________ 206
False Tests and Man-made Standards _________________________________ 211
Section VIII
Preaching the Distinctive Truths
Heralding the Second Advent ________________________________________ 217
The Sanctuary Truth ________________________________________________ 221
Presenting the Law and the Sabbath _________________________________ 225
Meeting Sabbathkeeping Problems ____________________________________ 237
Preaching on Nonimmortality ________________________________________ 246
The Message of Christian Stewardship _______________________________ 249
Presentation of the Spirit of Prophecy _____________________________ 255
Presenting Health and Christian Standards __________________________ 260
The Ordinances _____________________________________________________ 273
Section IX
Clinching the Interest
Preaching for the Final Decision ___________________________________ 279
Appeals and Altar Calls ____________________________________________ 283
Helping Souls to Be Converted ______________________________________ 286
Gathering In the Interested ________________________________________ 292
Methods of Clinching Decisions _____________________________________ 295
Meeting Prejudice and Opposition ___________________________________ 301
Baptism and Church Membership ______________________________________ 306
Binding Off Thoroughly _____________________________________________ 321
Length of Effort and Closing the Campaign __________________________ 326
Determining the Success of Meetings ________________________________ 328
Section X
Establishing and Holding New Converts
Follow-up Methods __________________________________________________ 334
Integrating New Believers Into the Church __________________________ 340
Pastoral Evangelism ________________________________________________ 345
Responsibility of Spiritual Laymen to New Converts _________________ 351
Helping New Believers to Win Souls _________________________________ 353
Guarding New Members Against Error and Fanaticism __________________ 357
Reclaiming Backsliders _____________________________________________ 367
Rebaptism __________________________________________________________ 372
Providing Church Buildings _________________________________________ 375
On to New Fields ___________________________________________________ 381
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Section XI
The Work in the Large American Cities
New York ___________________________________________________________ 384
Boston and New England _____________________________________________ 389
Cities of East and South ___________________________________________ 394
Cities of the Central States _______________________________________ 402
The Western Cities _________________________________________________ 403
Section XII
Heralding the Message in Other
Continents
Sounding the Message in Europe _____________________________________ 407
England and Its Cities _____________________________________________ 414
The Cities of Northern Europe ______________________________________ 419
In Southern Europe _________________________________________________ 423
Working the Australasian Cities ____________________________________ 425
Section XIII
Personal Work
The Need for Personal Work _________________________________________ 429
House-to-House Visitation __________________________________________ 431
Winning Families ___________________________________________________ 435
Evangelistic Visiting ______________________________________________ 437
Ministers Giving Bible Readings ____________________________________ 439
Learning the Art of Personal Work __________________________________ 442
Prejudice Broken Down ______________________________________________ 445
Working for the Aged _______________________________________________ 446
Ellen G. White's Experience and methods as a Personal
Worker _________________________________________________________ 447
Section XIV
The Bible Instructor
Bible Teaching the Objective _______________________________________ 456
Personal Workers and Wise Counselors _______________________________ 458
Searching for the Lost _____________________________________________ 461
Women in Evangelism ________________________________________________ 464
Both Men and Women Called to Bible Work ____________________________ 469
The Gospel Visitor _________________________________________________ 470
Women in Public Ministry ___________________________________________ 471
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Training and Background ____________________________________________ 474
Bible Instructor's Qualifications __________________________________ 477
Bible Work Techniques ______________________________________________ 481
Lessons From the Master Teacher ____________________________________ 486
Results of Bible Work ______________________________________________ 488
Adequate Wages for Women Workers ___________________________________ 491
Cautions to the Bible Instructor ___________________________________ 493
Section XV
Song Evangelism
The Ministry of Song _______________________________________________ 496
Music and Evangelism _______________________________________________ 500
The Singing Evangelist _____________________________________________ 504
Emphasis in Congregational Singing _________________________________ 507
The Music Personnel ________________________________________________ 508
Timely Cautions ____________________________________________________ 510
Section XVI
Medical Evangelism
An Entering Wedge __________________________________________________ 513
The True Objective of Medical Evangelism ___________________________ 516
Relationship to Gospel Ministry ____________________________________ 519
Simplicity of Method _______________________________________________ 524
An Antitobacco and Temperance Message ______________________________ 529
Medical Evangelism in the Cities ___________________________________ 532
Institutional Evangelism ___________________________________________ 536
The Consecrated Physician and the Missionary Nurse _________________ 543
Balancing Cautions _________________________________________________ 547
Section XVII
Laboring for Special Classes
Working for All Classes ____________________________________________ 552
Reaching Men of Means and Influence ________________________________ 554
Ministers of Other Denominations ___________________________________ 562
Laboring for the Middle Class ______________________________________ 564
Working for Fallen Humanity ________________________________________ 566
The Stranger in Our Midst __________________________________________ 568
Reaching Catholics _________________________________________________ 573
A Large Harvest From the Jews ______________________________________ 577
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Child Evangelism ___________________________________________________ 579
Those in the Tourist Centers _______________________________________ 584
The Street Meeting _________________________________________________ 586
Section XVIII
Dealing with False Science, Cults, Isms,
and Secret Societies
Satan Gains Foothold Through False Doctrines _______________________ 589
Miracles Not a Test ________________________________________________ 594
False Sanctification and Holiness __________________________________ 595
Pantheistic and Spiritualistic Theories ____________________________ 600
Various Forms of Spiritualism ______________________________________ 602
Fanaticism and Extremism ___________________________________________ 610
Misrepresentations of the Godhead __________________________________ 613
Secret Societies ___________________________________________________ 617
Combating Erroneous Teaching _______________________________________ 623
Section XIX
The Worker and His Qualifications
The Spirit of the Ministry _________________________________________ 628
The Graces of Culture and Kindness _________________________________ 636
Application to the Work ____________________________________________ 644
Concentrating on the Main Task _____________________________________ 655
Health and Health Principles _______________________________________ 657
The Voice of the Gospel Worker _____________________________________ 665
Personal Appearance of the Evangelist ______________________________ 670
The Evangelist's Wife ______________________________________________ 674
Maintaining a High Moral Standard __________________________________ 678
The Internship Period ______________________________________________ 682
Calls to and Transfers of the Evangelistic Worker __________________ 687
Section XX
The Message Triumphant
When the Loud Cry Sounds ___________________________________________ 692
The Reason for the Delay ___________________________________________ 694
Power for Finishing the Work _______________________________________ 697
Present Hour of Opportunity ________________________________________ 701
Speedy Triumphant Climax ___________________________________________ 706