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Education a Fitting for Service
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are God’s.”
1 Corinthians 6:19, 20
. Those who go forth into the
work under the Master’s direction will be wonderfully blessed.
The Lord calls for volunteers who will take their stand firmly on
His side and will pledge themselves to unite with Jesus of Nazareth
in doing the work that needs to be done now, just now. The talents
of God’s people are to be employed in giving the last message of
mercy to the world. The Lord calls upon those connected with our
schools and sanitariums and publishing houses to teach the youth to
do evangelistic work. Our time and money must not be so largely
employed in establishing sanitariums, food factories, food stores,
and restaurants that other lines of work shall be neglected. Young
men and women who should be engaged in the ministry, in Bible
work, and in the canvassing work should not be bound down to
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mechanical employment.
It is to fortify the youth against the temptations of the enemy
that we have established schools where they may be qualified for
usefulness in this life and for the service of God throughout eternity.
Those who have an eye single to God’s glory will earnestly desire to
fit themselves for special service; for the love of Christ will have a
controlling influence upon them. This love imparts more than finite
energy, and qualifies human beings for divine achievement.
Christ’s Labor for Humanity
The work of those who love God will make manifest the char-
acter of their motives, for the saving of those for whom Christ has
paid an infinite price will be the object of their efforts. All other
considerations—home, family, enjoyment—will be made secondary
to the work of God; they will follow the example of Him who
showed His love for fallen man by leaving a heaven of bliss and the
homage of the angels, to come to this world. The Saviour worked
with unwearied effort to help human beings. He stopped at no sacri-
fice, hesitated at no self-denial; for our sakes He became poor, that
through His poverty we might be made rich. His sympathy for the
lost led Him to seek them wherever they were. And His colaborers
must work as He worked, hesitating not to seek for the fallen, deem-
ing no effort too taxing, no sacrifice too great, if they may but win
souls to Christ. He who would be an efficient worker for God must