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improve on that which is given them, the light should be carried into
many places of the earth. If devoted, God-fearing teachers of well-
balanced minds and practical ideas would go into missionary fields and
work in a humble way, imparting that which they have received, God
would give His Holy Spirit to many who are destitute of His grace.
Elements of Success
In the work of reform, teachers and students should co-operate,
each working to the best advantage to make our schools such as God
can approve. Unity of action is necessary to success. An army in battle
would become confused and be defeated if the individual soldiers
should move according to their own impulses instead of acting in
harmony under the direction of a competent general. The soldiers
of Christ also must act in harmony. A few converted souls, uniting
for one grand purpose under one head, will achieve victories in every
encounter.
If there is disunion among those who claim to believe the truth,
the world will conclude that this people cannot be of God, because
they are working against one another. When we are one with Christ,
we shall be united among ourselves. Those who are not yoked up
with Christ always pull the wrong way. They possess a temperament
that belongs to man’s carnal nature, and at the least excuse passion is
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wide awake to meet passion. This causes a collision; and loud voices
are heard in committee meetings, in board meetings, and in public
assemblies, opposing reform methods.
Obedience to every word of God is another condition of success.
Victories are not gained by ceremonies or display, but by simple obe-
dience to the highest General, the Lord God of heaven. He who trusts
in this Leader will never know defeat. Defeat comes in depending on
human methods, human inventions, and placing the divine secondary.
Obedience was the lesson that the Captain of the Lord’s host sought to
teach the vast armies of Israel..obedience in things in which they could
see no success. When there is obedience to the voice of our Leader,
Christ will conduct His battles in ways that will surprise the greatest
powers of earth.
We are soldiers of Christ; and those who enlist in His army are
expected to do difficult work, work which will tax their energies to the