It did not matter to me whether it was night or day. You should not distinguish night and day. Whether it is night or day is not the important question. When you go out witnessing, if people do not listen to you, then should you tie them up with ropes, and holding it by one end drag them along? If one initially displays a positive attitude, then all will go fine. It should not be done by force. After one is inspired to join, then you should push him at once. That course is the workshop system. You each should make a complete connection with three people. When they are hungry you should feed them, and help them in all matters. You should help each study, and serve him in every way. You should clothe him, and provided him places to sleep. This is what we are doing here. As they come, if they do not have money then provide with money saying, "Now, you should go and study. After you are done with studying, pay back only as much as you are grateful for." You should raise them quickly and help them become strong fighters. (76-334) It is critical for those who have joined to develop a way to have generative abilities for their faith. Having done that, you should raise them up to become people who can follow your directions in any circumstance. You must first achieve this through the word, then through your actions, and finally through your heart of faith; then, they will never break away. After that, you should try to have them witness. You must raise them to the level where they can start to witness to others. If you can achieve this, then you will not lose a single person that you have witnessed to. Just as you can understand the true meaning of filial piety only after having given birth, you can sense the value of our path and experience the concrete existence of God only after you have carried it out in action yourself. That kind of person will never take off. However, we have not been able to nurture this kind of people. This is the main reason that the Unification Church could not develop. (29-197) We should make strategies that can make an impact and carry on the fight by using the three-dimensional background. In a war, you have to fire cannon, fire rifles, and engage in defensive firing, and witnessing must employ similar tactics. If we can use the three-dimensional spirit world as the background and do witnessing in the spiritual atmosphere where good ancestors are mobilized, then how exciting would it be? You should not plan to witness to ten people at a time, but try to do one person at a time. Then, through the one who joined, you should try to pull in his friends. For those friends, you should just do the lecturing, and leave the rest to the new member to guide and teach his friends. You can become a man only after having the experience of raising others. Similarly, if you can distribute the detail work that you have been doing alone so far, and expand the sphere of responsibility, members will naturally increase. But if the members are just sitting there, like pine cones that just hang down, how can there be new leaves and roots sprouting out? (42-161)
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