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Methods of Labor
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The leaders in God’s cause, as wise generals, are to lay plans
for advance moves all along the line. In their planning they are
to give special study to the work that can be done by the laity for
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their friends and neighbors. The work of God in this earth can
never be finished until the men and women comprising our church
membership rally to the work and unite their efforts with those of
ministers and church officers.
The salvation of sinners requires earnest, personal labor. We are
to bear to them the word of life, not to wait for them to come to us.
Oh, that I could speak words to men and women that would arouse
them to diligent action! The moments now granted to us are few.
We are standing upon the very borders of the eternal world. We have
no time to lose. Every moment is golden and altogether too precious
to be devoted merely to self-serving. Who will seek God earnestly
and from Him draw strength and grace to be His faithful workers in
the missionary field?
Development of Talent in the Churches
In every church there is talent, which, with the right kind of
labor, might be developed to become a great help in this work. That
which is needed now for the upbuilding of our churches is the nice
work of wise laborers to discern and develop talent in the church—
talent that can be educated for the Master’s use. There should be a
well-organized plan for the employment of workers to go into all our
churches, large and small, to instruct the members how to labor for
the upbuilding of the church and also for unbelievers. It is training,
education, that is needed. Those who labor in visiting the churches
should give the brethren and sisters instruction in practical methods
of doing missionary work.
All the preaching in the world will not make men feel deeply
the need of perishing souls around them. Nothing will so arouse in
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men and women a self-sacrificing zeal as to send them forth into
new fields to work for those in darkness. Prepare workers to go out
into the highways and hedges. We need wise nurserymen who will
transplant trees to different localities and give them advantages, that
they may grow. It is the positive duty of God’s people to go into
the regions beyond. Let forces be set at work to clear new ground,