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Those who have talents and capabilities must use these gifts to bless
their fellow men, laboring to place them upon a footing where they
can help themselves. It is thus that the education gained at our schools
should be put to the very best use.
God’s entrusted talents are not to be hid under a bushel or under
a bed. “Ye are the light of the world,” Christ said.
Matthew 5:14
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you see families living in hovels, with scant furniture and clothing,
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without tools, without books or other marks of refinement about their
homes, will you become interested in them, and endeavor to teach
them how to put their energies to the very best use, that there may be
improvement, and that their work may move forward? It is by diligent
labor, by putting to the wisest use every capability, by learning to
waste no time, that they will become successful in improving their
premises and cultivating their land.
Physical effort and moral power are to be united in our endeavors
to regenerate and reform. We are to seek to gain knowledge in both
temporal and spiritual lines, that we may communicate it to others. We
are to seek to live out the gospel in all its bearings, that its temporal
and spiritual blessings may be felt all around us.
Missionary Labor the Highest Training
The Lord will surely bless all who seek to bless others. The school
is to be so conducted that teachers and students will be continually
gaining in power through the faithful use of the talents given them.
By putting to a practical use that which they have learned, they will
constantly increase in wisdom and knowledge. We are to learn from
the Book of books the principles upon which we are to live and labor.
By consecrating all our God-given abilities to Him who has the first
right to them, we may make precious advances in everything that is
worthy of our attention.
When entered upon with this spirit, the missionary work becomes
elevating and uplifting both to the laborer and to the person helped.
Let everyone who claims to be a child of the heavenly King seek
constantly to represent the principles of the kingdom of God. Let each
remember that in spirit, in word, and in works he is to be loyal and
true to all the precepts and commandments of the Lord. We are to
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be faithful, trustworthy subjects of the kingdom of Christ, that those