Proclaiming the Message 15 Ever-Widening Influence of the Gospel 19 The Need of Evangelistic Workers 21
Section # 2 — The Metropolitan Masses page 25
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 # 3 — Smaller Communities and Rural Areas page 45
The Highways and Byways 45 Rural Workers 48
Section # 4 — Planning for the Public Campaign 53
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 Planning Sectional and Suburban Meetings 78 Planning for a Permanent Work 79 Finance and the Budget 85 The Business Management of the Campaign 91
Paragraph # 5 — Organizing for Evangelistic Meetings 93
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 # 6 — The Public Effort page 119
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 # 7 — The Message and its Presentation page 168
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 Stories, Anecdotes, Jesting, and Joking 206 False Tests and Man-Made Standards 211
Section # 8 — Preaching the Distinctive Truths page 217
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 # 9 — Clinching the Interest page 279
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 # 10 — Establishing and Holding New Converts 334
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
Section # 11 — The Work in the Large American Cities page 384
New York page 384 Boston and New England 389 Cities of the East and South 394 Cities of the Central States 402 The Western Cities 403
Section # 12 — Heralding the Message in Other Continents page 407
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 # 13 — Personal Work page 429
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
