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Messages to Young People
Foreign Mission Work
Young men are wanted. God calls them to missionary fields.
Being comparatively free from care and responsibilities, they are more
favorably situated to engage in the work than are those who must
provide for the training and support of a large family. Furthermore,
young men can more readily adapt themselves to new climates and
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new society, and can better endure inconveniences and hardships. By
tact and perseverance, they can reach the people where they are.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:393
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Young men should be qualifying themselves by becoming familiar
with other languages, that God may use them as mediums to communi-
cate His saving truth to those of other nations. These young men may
obtain a knowledge of other languages even while engaged in laboring
for sinners. If they are economical of their time, they can be improving
their minds and qualifying themselves for more extended usefulness.
If young women who have borne but little responsibility would devote
themselves to God, they could qualify themselves for usefulness by
studying and becoming familiar with other languages. They could
devote themselves to the work of translating.—
Testimonies for the
Church 3:204
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Youthful Service
Children can be acceptable missionary workers in the home and in
the church. God desires them to be taught that they are in this world
for useful service, not merely for play. In the home they can be trained
to do missionary work that will prepare them for wider spheres of
usefulness. Parents, help your children to fulfill God’s purpose for
them.—
The Review and Herald, December 8, 1910
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