Last Day Events - Ellen G. White

that will honor His own name.—EGW’88 1478
(1896).
He will raise up from among the common
people men and women to do His work, even as of
old He called fishermen to be His disciples. There
will soon be an awakening that will surprise many.
Those who do not realize the necessity of what is
to be done will be passed by, and the heavenly
messengers will work with those who are called the
common people, fitting them to carry the truth to
many places.—Manuscript Releases 15:312
(1905).
Laborers Qualified by the Holy Spirit
In the last solemn work few great men will be
engaged.... God will work a work in our day that
but few anticipate. He will raise up and exalt
among us those who are taught rather by the
unction of His Spirit than by the outward training
of scientific institutions. These facilities are not to
be despised or condemned; they are ordained of
God, but they can furnish only the exterior
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