Chapter 7—Work Qualifications and Efficiency
Workers to Be Fully Qualified—My brethren, not one half the
care has been taken that there should have been to impress upon those
who could labor in the cause the importance of qualifying themselves
for the work. With their powers all undisciplined, they can do but
imperfect work; but if they shall be trained by wise and consecrated
teachers, and are led by the Spirit of God, they will not only be able to
do good work themselves, but will give the right mold to others who
may work with them. It should, then, be their constant study to learn
how they can become more intelligent in the work in which they are
engaged. None should rest in ease and inaction; but all should seek to
elevate and ennoble themselves, lest by their deficient understanding
they fail to realize the exalted character of the work and lower it to
meet their own finite standard.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:552
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God would have all who are connected with His institutions show
aptness, discrimination, and forethought. He would have them become
men and women of cultivated intellect, coming behind in no qualifica-
tion; and as they shall individually feel the necessity of this and shall
work to the point, Jesus will aid them in their endeavors. As they work
upon the plan of addition in securing the graces of the Spirit, God
will work in their behalf upon the plan of multiplication. Connection
with God will give the soul expansion, will exalt it, transform it, and
make it sensible of its own powers, and will give a clearer sense of
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the responsibility resting upon each individual to make a wise use of
the faculties which God has bestowed.—
Testimonies for the Church
4:449
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Experienced Men for Positions of Trust—It is wisdom to place
in positions of responsibility and usefulness only those who give full
proof of their ability, who show that they are able to fulfill in a proper
way their weighty trusts. Positions have been given to young, inex-
perienced men, which ought to have been given to men who had an
experience gained in the early history of the work. Let positions of
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