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前言
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PREFACE
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布道工作是基督教的核心任务,也是蒙召向在劫难逃的世界传达上帝最后警告的人最重要的主题。我们正处在最后的时刻。为我们的主复临预备一班百姓而传扬的复临信息,必加强为大呼声,直达地极。[1]
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EVANGELISM, THE VERY HEART OF CHRISTIANITY, IS THE THEME OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE TO THOSE CALLED TO HERALD GOD'S LAST WARNING TO A DOOMED WORLD. WE ARE IN TIME'S CLOSING HOURS, AND THE ADVENT MESSAGE, PROCLAIMED TO MAKE READY A PEOPLE PREPARED FOR OUR LORD'S RETURN, MUST SWELL TO A LOUD CRY REACHING THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH.[1]
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自从安息日复临信徒开工至今,预言之灵为指导圣工发展而赐下的指示,总是特别强调救灵的种种原则和实践。在几乎所有的怀爱伦著作中,都阐述了一些方面的布道工作。历年以来,在《评论与通讯》,《时兆》和其它期刊中,上帝使者的这些文章大大推动了传道圣工的发展。传道者个人也不时得到有关他们工作方法的指示和警告。怀夫人有时对布道的团队和教会负责人发表演讲,这些演讲往往含有极富助益的教训。[2]
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SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WORK OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY INSTRUCTION PLACING SPECIAL EMPHASIS UPON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SOUL WINNING HAS BEEN GIVEN TO GUIDE IN AN EXPANDING WORK. SOME PHASES OF EVANGELISM HAVE BEEN DELINEATED IN NEARLY ALL THE ELLEN G. WHITE BOOKS. THROUGH THE YEARS, IN THE REVIEW AND HERALD, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, AND OTHER JOURNALS, ARTICLES FROM THE LORD'S MESSENGER HAVE GIVEN IMPETUS TO A GROWING EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY. INDIVIDUAL EVANGELISTS WERE ALSO, FROM TIME TO TIME, FAVORED IN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION AND WARNING REGARDING METHODS THAT SHOULD CHARACTERIZE THEIR LABOR. OCCASIONALLY GROUPS OF EVANGELISTS AND DENOMINATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS WERE ADDRESSED BY MRS. WHITE, AND THESE ADDRESSES OFTEN EMBODIED MUCH HELPFUL COUNSEL.[2]
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但是这些期刊文章,特别证言,个人勉言和演讲现今一般不大容易得到。为了使我们大大扩充了的基督复临安息日会布道人员可以获得这些丰富而适时的勉言,我们编辑出版了这本专门论述布道重要主题的综合性论著。[3]
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BUT THESE PERIODICAL ARTICLES, SPECIAL TESTIMONIES, PERSONAL COUNSELS, AND ADDRESSES ARE NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE TODAY. IT IS TO MAKE THIS FULL BODY OF TIMELY INSTRUCTION ACCESSIBLE TO OUR PRESENT GREATLY ENLARGED SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST EVANGELISTIC FORCE THAT THERE IS NOW ISSUED THIS COMPREHENSIVE, TOPICALLY ARRANGED COMPILATION. DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE ALL-IMPORTANT SUBJECT OF EVANGELISM.[3]
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本书不仅阐述了指导传道人和圣经教师工作的既定原则,而且提供了有关应用那些原则的大量勉言。作为上帝历年以来所赐宝贵指示的汇编,本书是复临运动名副其实的布道手册。[4]
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THIS VOLUME NOT ONLY SETS FORTH THE WELL-ESTABLISHED GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHICH SHOULD MOLD THE WORK OF THE EVANGELIST AND BIBLE INSTRUCTOR BUT ALSO PRESENTS A WEALTH OF MINUTE COUNSEL REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THOSE PRINCIPLES. AS A COMPILATION OF THE PRECIOUS INSTRUCTION WHICH THE LORD HAS GIVEN ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, IT IS A VERITABLE HANDBOOK OF EVANGELISM FOR THE ADVENT MOVEMENT.[4]
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在按专题顺序编辑不同来源的许多论述时,我们发现某些一般性指示有重复的现象。为了向读者提供涉及本书主题的完整资料,避免过分重复,我们只精选了部分段落或段落群。有时重复的句子被压缩为简要的摘录,并对这种删节作了标示。但我们一直非常小心地收入充足的论述,以提供勉言的正确背景。[5]
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IN BRINGING TOGETHER AND ARRANGING IN LOGICAL ORDER MANY STATEMENTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, IT WAS FOUND THAT CERTAIN GENERAL LINES OF INSTRUCTION WERE REPEATEDLY SET FORTH. IN THE EFFORT TO PLACE BEFORE THE READER ALL THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUBJECT, WITHOUT PRESENTING UNDUE REPETITION, ONLY PARAGRAPHS OR GROUPS OF PARAGRAPHS WERE SELECTED. IN SOME CASES REPETITIOUS SENTENCES WERE DROPPED FROM EVEN THE BRIEF EXCERPTS USED, AND IN EACH CASE THE DELETION IS INDICATED. GREAT CARE HAS BEEN EXERCISED, HOWEVER, TO PRESENT STATEMENTS OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO GIVE THE CORRECT SETTING FOR THE COUNSEL.[5]
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我们努力使每一部分都成为相关主题的完整论述。在这个过程中,不可避免会出现一定的重复,对勉言进行强调。为了帮助查找本书的重要论述,编者所加的副标题均采用黑体。每一段语录均注有出处。为给读者提供进一步的帮助,我们还提供了所引文稿的写作日期,或书籍的初次发表日期。[6]
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AN ENDEAVOR HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE EACH SECTION A COMPLETE TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT PRESENTED. IN SO DOING THERE ACCRUES A CERTAIN DEGREE OF UNAVOIDABLE REPETITION OF THOUGHT WHICH EMPHASIZES THE INSTRUCTION. AS AN AID IN MAKING READY REFERENCE TO THE KEY STATEMENTS IN THIS VOLUME, SIDE HEADINGS APPEARING IN BOLD TYPE HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED BY THE COMPILERS. A SOURCE CREDIT APPEARS AT THE CLOSE OF EACH EXCERPT, AND AS A FURTHER AID TO THE READER, THERE IS GIVEN THE DATE OF WRITING, IN CASE OF THE MANUSCRIPT QUOTATIONS, OR THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION IN THE CASE OF OTHER REFERENCE.[6]
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知道了写作或发表的日期,往往会有助于指导勉言的应用,因为我们的工作必须在不断变化的环境下进行。虽然在有些情况下,不可能完全照搬早年所提倡的方法,但在这些早期勉言中所阐明的基本原则,却是现今的指南,帮助我们找到安全有效的方法。原则是不变的,但它的应用却可能需要调整,以适合当前的状况。关于这一点,我们举一个具体的例子。[7]
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A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIME OF THE UTTERANCE SOMETIMES SERVES AS A HELPFUL GUIDE TO THE APPLICATION OF THE COUNSEL, FOR OUR WORK MUST BE CONDUCTED UNDER CHANGING CONDITIONS. AND ALTHOUGH IN SOME INSTANCES IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO EMPLOY IN MINUTE DETAIL METHODS ADVOCATED IN EARLIER YEARS, YET THE BASIC PRINCIPLES ENUNCIATED OR ILLUSTRATED IN THESE EARLIER COUNSELS WILL TODAY BE A GUIDE TO SAFE AND FRUITFUL METHODS. PRINCIPLE IS CHANGELESS, THOUGH ITS APPLICATION MAY CALL FOR AN ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION TO MEET PRESENT CONDITIONS. WE PRESENT A CONCRETE ILLUSTRATION OF THIS POINT.[7]
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读者会发现本书经常提到帐棚大会,以及关于举办帐棚大会的勉言。在十九世纪七十年代,基督复临安息日会的帐棚大会曾吸引了大批非复临信徒周末前来参加。会众从一半是教友一半是非复临信徒,发展到非同寻常的比率:十五个非复临信徒对一个教友。九十年代,在许多大城市的郊区举办了十分成功的帐棚布道大会,为期从两周到一个月不等。这种帐棚大会提供了极多的救灵机会。在那些年间写下的许多勉言都称赞了这种大会,并赐下了有关成功举办这种大会的指示。[8]
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THE READER WILL FIND FREQUENT MENTION OF THE CAMP MEETING, AND COUNSEL AS TO ITS CONDUCT. IN THE SEVENTIES SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CAMP MEETINGS ATTRACTED VERY LARGE NON-ADVENTIST WEEK-END ATTENDANCE, WITH CONGREGATIONS RANGING FROM HALF CHURCH MEMBERS AND HALF NON-ADVENTISTS TO THE UNUSUAL RATIO OF FIFTEEN NON-ADVENTISTS TO ONE CHURCH MEMBER. IN THE NINETIES VERY SUCCESSFUL EVANGELISTIC CAMP MEETINGS HELD IN THE SUBURBS OF LARGE CITIES LASTED FROM TWO WEEKS TO A MONTH. SUCH MEETINGS WERE OF LARGE SOUL-WINNING POTENTIALITY. MANY STATEMENTS COMMENDING SUCH MEETINGS AND GIVING INSTRUCTION REGARDING THEIR SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT WERE PENNED THROUGH THOSE YEARS.[8]
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但是时过境迁;帐棚大会现在几乎是专门针对不断扩大的教会团体的。早年藉着帐棚大会吸引非复临派人士,现在则更有效地通过教堂聚会来接触他们。然而,指导帐棚布道大会成功举办的原则依然能帮助现今的布道工作找到有效的方法。[9]
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BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED; THE CAMP MEETING HAS BECOME A GATHERING ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR AN ENLARGING CHURCH GROUP. THE NON-ADVENTIST THRONGS ATTRACTED IN EARLIER YEARS BY THE CAMP MEETING ARE NOW REACHED MORE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE TENT OR HALL MEETING. NEVERTHELESS, THE PRINCIPLES GUIDING TO SUCCESSFUL METHODS IN THE EVANGELISTIC CAMP MEETINGS SERVE SAFELY AND WELL IN LEADING TO FRUITFUL METHODS IN PRESENT-DAY EVANGELISM.[9]
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本书的指示几乎完全限于传道人和圣经教师的布道工作。关于平信徒传道的大量勉言,在其它怀爱伦著作中已有充分阐述。关于在我们工作中占重要地位的文字布道的指导,因为篇幅有限,本书也未予以重述。同样,医疗布道工作在《服务真诠》和《健康勉言》中已有充分论述,本书也未予以详述,除非它涉及本会信息的公开传播。关于传道人的资格,本书本来可以收入更多的内容,但这个题目的引文在本书中只限于同传道人的特殊工作有直接关系的论述。[10]
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THE INSTRUCTION IN THIS BOOK IS RESTRICTED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO THE EVANGELISTIC WORK OF THE MINISTER AND THE BIBLE INSTRUCTOR. THE VOLUMINOUS COUNSEL IN REGARD TO LAY EVANGELISM, SET FORTH SO FULLY IN OTHER E. G. WHITE PRODUCTIONS, ALSO GUIDANCE ON LITERATURE EVANGELISM WHICH FILLS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN OUR WORK, ARE NOT REPEATED HERE BECAUSE OF SPACE LIMITATIONS. LIKEWISE, MEDICAL EVANGELISM, TREATED SO FULLY AND WELL IN MINISTRY OF HEALING, MEDICAL MINISTRY, AND COUNSELS ON HEALTH, IS NOT DWELT UPON EXCEPT AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE MESSAGE. MUCH MORE MIGHT BE INCLUDED ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE EVANGELIST, BUT THE QUOTATIONS ON THIS TOPIC ARE HERE LIMITED TO SUCH POINTS AS HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON HIS SPECIAL WORK.[10]
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我们相信,本书的面世会带来传道方法的重大进步。本书符合实际的建设性勉言,及时的告诫,以及对我们信息定会取得成功的看法,会构成一张“蓝图”,指导布道工作在第三位天使的大呼声下达到其光荣的顶点。[11]
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THIS VOLUME IS NOW SENT INTO THE FIELD WITH THE CONVICTION THAT ITS APPEARANCE WILL MARK A DEFINITE ADVANCE IN METHODS OF EVANGELISM. ITS CONSTRUCTIVE, UP-TO-DATE COUNSEL, ITS TIMELY CAUTIONS, ITS VIEWS OF THE TRIUMPH OF THE MESSAGE, WILL, WE BELIEVE, CONSTITUTE A "BLUEPRINT," GUIDING AN EVANGELISM THAT WILL REACH ITS GLORIOUS CLIMAX UNDER THE LOUD CRY OF THE THIRD ANGEL.[11]
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