Chapter 65—Needs of Our Institutions
From time to time I have felt urged by the Spirit of the Lord to bear
testimony in regard to the necessity of procuring the very best talent
to work in the various institutions and other departments of the cause.
Heretofore there has not been sufficient care to secure the best ability
for all parts of our work. Those who bear responsibilities must be men
trained for the work, men whom God can teach and whom He can
honor with wisdom and understanding, as He did Daniel. They must
be thinking men, men who bear God’s impress and who are steadily
progressing in holiness, in moral dignity, and in an understanding of
their work. They must be praying men, men who will come up into
the mount and view the glory of God and the dignity of the heavenly
beings whom He has ordained to have charge of His work. Then, like
Moses, they will follow the pattern given them in the mount; and they
will be on the alert to secure and bring into connection with the work
the very best talent that can be obtained. If they are growing men,
possessing sanctified intelligence; if they listen to the voice of God
and seek to catch every ray of light from heaven, they will, like the
sun, pursue an undeviating course, and they will grow in wisdom and
in favor with God.
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The publishing department is an important branch of God’s work,
and all connected with it should feel that it is ordained of God and
that all heaven is interested in it. Especially should those who have
a voice in the management of the work have breadth of mind and
sanctified judgment. They should not waste their Lord’s money by
thoughtlessness or lack of business tact; neither should they make
the mistake of limiting the work by the adoption of narrow plans and
trusting the work to men of small ability.
It has been repeatedly represented to me that all our institutions
should be managed by men who are spiritually minded and who will
not weave their own defective ideas and plans into their management.
This work should not be left to men who will mingle the sacred with
the common and who will regard the work of God as being upon about
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