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those around them. Our sisters might begin with missionary work in
their own households; then they would know how to work intelligently
for their neighbors. If they would become interested in this kind of
work, they might be sowing the seeds of truth. We must sow beside all
waters, though we know not which will prosper, this or that. This kind
of work pays; for its results are as lasting as eternity. It is represented as
bringing to the foundation, gold, silver, and precious stones—materials
which are not consumable and perishable, but as enduring as eternity.
The first work for us individually is a personal consecration to God.—
The Review and Herald, November 6, 1888
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Coworkers With God
Pray for Personal Friends—God will do for us greater things
than we can ask or think, if we will only confide in and trust Him fully.
Shall we believe, shall we move forward in faith, in hope, in courage,
clinging with firm grasp to the Mighty One? ... Let all those who
profess the present truth carry out its pure and holy principles in their
lives. If our sisters would only feel that they can do very much, if they
will consecrate themselves to God, they could be a great help. If they
would talk and labor in heavenly wisdom among those with whom
they are acquainted, they could do a good work.
If they would talk less upon unimportant matters and pray more
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earnestly, and take the cases of their personal friends, who are not in
the truth, to Jesus, pleading with Him to enlighten their minds, their
prayers might do much good; they certainly will if offered in faith.
Our sisters may be coworkers with God. They may be able, when
this life here shall close, to look back upon their lives not as a barren
desert, but upon buds, flowers, and fruit as the result of their life’s
toil.—
Manuscript Releases 7:40, 41 (1874)
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Let the Youth Be Trained to Serve Others
Organize for Service—Young men and young women, cannot
you form companies, and, as soldiers of Christ, enlist in the work,
putting all your tact and skill and talent into the Master’s service, that
you may save souls from ruin? Let there be companies organized in
every church to do this work.... Will the young men and young women