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We Are Told To Go Into All the World, September 23
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:15
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The Lord has given to the youth capabilities and talents with which
they are to do the work of God. I ask you, dear youth, are you going to
give yourselves to the Lord? Are you ready to engage in the work He has
left you to do? Jesus said to His disciples, “Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.” In the face of this command, will
you appropriate your time and your energies as inclination may dictate,
instead of following the counsel of God? ...
There are souls to be saved. But in wasting your talent of influence,
you cannot be laborers together with God, working for the salvation of
others. God would have you rightfully direct every jot of influence you
possess. He calls for you to whom He has given great light to cooperate
with heavenly intelligences. Those who have great light and precious
capabilities will have a large field in which their influence may tell unto
life eternal; but if those who have been richly endowed of heaven, withhold
their gifts from God’s service, and misapply them in the service of self
and the world, they will be punished in proportion to the light which they
have persistently refused. God has made the youth the depositaries of the
truth that is to be imparted to the world.... Christ is calling for whole-
hearted, sincere servants, who will not be turned from their position of
duty by allurements or opposition,—who will not fail or be discouraged.
Will you give Him your names? Will you be among those who shall be
light-bearers? Will you give yourself to Him to be employed as His agents
to arrest the steps of many who are going on the road to perdition
The work must extend from city to city, from country to country, and
from nation to nation, moving continually onward and upward, established,
strengthened, and settled
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The Youth’s Instructor, November 17, 1892
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The General Conference Bulletin, July 1, 1900
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