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is given to the intellect, determination to the will, sensitiveness to the
conscience, purity to the imagination. The heart becomes more tender,
the thoughts more spiritual, the service more Christlike. In the life
there is seen that which no words can express—true, faithful, loving
devotion of heart, mind, soul, and strength to the work of the Master.
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After we have, by sanctified energy and prayer, done all that we
can do in the work for our schools, we shall see the glory of God.
When the trial has been fully made, there will be a blessed result.
If it is made in a free, willing spirit, God will make the movement
for the help of our schools a success. He will enable us to roll back
the reproach that has come upon our educational institutions. If all
will take hold of the work in the spirit of self-sacrifice for the sake
of Christ and the truth, it will not be long before the jubilee song of
freedom can be sung throughout our borders.
Be Not Weary in Well-Doing
I am glad that there has been such harmonious effort to carry out
the purpose of God and to make the most of His providence. This effort
to circulate Christ’s Object Lessons is demonstrating what can be done
in the canvassing field. To ministers, students, fathers, mothers, young
men, and young women who have engaged in this work I would say:
Let not your interest flag. Let this good work go forward steadily,
perseveringly, grandly, till the last debt is removed from all our schools
and a fund is created for the establishment of schools in important
fields, where there is great need of educational work.
As the ministers and Bible workers are called to other labors, let
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the members of our churches say to them: “Go forward with your
appointed work, and we will continue to labor for the circulation of
Christ’s Object Lessons and for the freedom of our schools.” Let no
one feel that this work should stop with the special effort of 1900 and
1901. The field is never exhausted, and this book should be sold for
the help of our schools for years to come.
Let us have faith in God. In His name let us carry forward His work
without flinching. The work He has called us to do He will make a