Get Into the Home When You Can—Come close to the people; get into the families when you can; do not wait for the people to hunt up the shepherd.—Letter 8, 1895. (WM 89.1) MC VC

The Three Important Steps in House-to-House Ministry—The burden now is to convince souls of the truth. This can best be done by personal efforts, by bringing the truth into their houses, praying with them, and opening to them the Scriptures.—The Review and Herald, December 8, 1885. (WM 89.2) MC VC

Importance of the Handshake—Much depends upon the manner in which you meet those whom you visit. You can take hold of a person’s hand in greeting in such a way as to gain his confidence at once, or in so cold a manner that he will think you have no interest in him.—Gospel Workers, 189. (WM 89.3) MC VC

Christian Politeness Needed—There are enough who want to be Christians, and if we will let the leaven begin to work, it will take one and then another, just as the spirit of God will work with us and we will see that we can reach the people, not by our own smartness, but by the Spirit of God. Yet we want the ability and power that God has given us to be brought into use. We do not want to be novices forever; we want to know how to conduct ourselves properly; we want Christian politeness. And we want to carry it with us in all our work. We do not want any of the sharp corners which may be in our character to be made prominent, but we want to work in humility, so we will forget them, and better characteristics will come in. We want cheerfulness in our work.—Manuscript 10, 1888. (WM 89.4) MC VC