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high positions of trust, men with large inventive faculties and scientific
insight, men of genius, teachers of the gospel whose minds have not
been called to the special truths for this time,—these should be the
first to hear the call. To them the invitation must be given.—
Christ’s
Object Lessons, 230
.
Mistakes have been made in not seeking to reach ministers and
the higher classes with the truth. People not of our faith have been
shunned altogether too much. While we should not associate with them
to receive their mold, there are honest ones everywhere for whom we
should labor cautiously, wisely, and intelligently, full of love for their
souls. A fund should be raised to educate men and women to labor for
these higher classes, both here and in other countries.—
Testimonies
for the Church 5:580, 581
.
Special Qualifications of Workers
Some are especially fitted to work for the higher classes. These
should seek wisdom from God to know how to reach these persons,
to have not merely a casual acquaintance with them, but by personal
effort and living faith to awaken them to the needs of the soul, to lead
them to a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus.—
The Ministry of
Healing, 213
.
Let those who work for the higher classes bear themselves with true
dignity, remembering that angels are their companions. Let them keep
the treasure-house of mind and heart filled with, “It is written.”—
The
Ministry of Healing, 215
.
In every effort to reach the higher classes, the worker for God needs
strong faith. Appearances may seem forbidding; but in the darkest
hour there is light above.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 242
.
God calls for earnest, humble workers, who will carry the gospel
to the higher classes.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 140
.
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Results Are Assured
There are miracles to be wrought in genuine conversions,—
miracles that are not now discerned. The greatest men of this earth
are not beyond the power of a wonder-working God. If those who are
workers together with Him will be men of opportunity, doing their duty