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A Work for All Ages, April 24
I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the
beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the
word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
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John 2:14
, R.S.V.
There are many lines in which the youth can find opportunity for helpful
effort.... In this closing work of the gospel there is a vast field to be occupied;
and, more than ever before, the work is to enlist helpers from the common
people. Both the youth and those older in years will be called from the field,
from the vineyard, and from the workshop, and sent forth by the Master
to give His message. Many of these may have had little opportunity for
education, but Christ sees in them qualifications that will enable them to
fulfill His purpose. If they put their hearts into the work and continue to be
learners, He will fit them to labor for Him....
However large, however small, your talents, remember that what you
have is yours only in trust. Thus God is testing you, giving you an opportu-
nity to prove yourself true. To Him you are indebted for all your capabilities.
To Him belong your powers of body, mind, and soul, and for Him these
powers are to be used. Your time, your influence, your capabilities, your
skill—all must be accounted for to Him who gives all.
The youth who finds joy and happiness in reading the word of God and
in the hour of prayer is constantly refreshed by drafts from the Fountain of
life. He will attain a height of moral excellence and a breadth of thought
of which others cannot conceive.... Those who thus connect their souls
with God are acknowledged by Him as His sons and daughters. They are
constantly reaching higher and still higher, obtaining clearer views of God
and of eternity, until the Lord makes them channels of light and wisdom to
the world.
With such an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might
furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming
Saviour might be carried to the whole world! How soon might the end
come—the end of suffering and sorrow and sin!
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