At a time when the coming in of a Roman Catholic was a wonder to be dwelt upon, the Spirit of prophecy urged work directly for Catholic peoples. At the council in Switzerland, in 1887, Mrs. White said: SPIAM 95.2
“We should not upon entering a place build up unnecessary barriers between us and other denominations, especially the Catholics, so that they shall think we are their enemies.... There are many among the Catholics who live up to the light they have far better than many who claim to believe present truth.... From that which God has shown me, a great number will be saved from among the Catholics. There has been but little done for them except to make them appear in the worst light.”—General Conference File, bk. for 1899. SPIAM 95.3
We think of these words now, when for years Catholics, Roman and Greek, have been laying hold of the gospel of the advent message by thousands every year. SPIAM 95.4