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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
who have learned from Jesus of Nazareth to be meek and lowly, and
who, trusting in His strength, will go forth into the highways and
hedges to give the invitation: “Come; for all things are now ready.”
Verse 17
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Those who are wise in agricultural lines, in tilling the soil, those
who can construct simple, plain buildings, may help. They can do
good work and at the same time show in their characters the high
standard to which it is the privilege of this people to attain. Let
farmers, financiers, builders, and those who are skilled in various
other crafts, go to neglected fields, to improve the land, to establish
industries, to prepare humble homes for themselves, and to give
their neighbors a knowledge of the truth for this time.
Work for Women
There is a wide field of service for women as well as for men.
The efficient cook, the seamstress, the nurse—the help of all is
needed. Let the members of poor households be taught how to
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cook, how to make and mend their own clothing, how to nurse the
sick, how to care properly for the home. Even the children should
be taught to do some little errand of love and mercy for those less
fortunate than themselves.
The Home A Mission Field
Let not parents forget the great mission field that lies before
them in the home. In the children committed to her every mother
has a sacred charge from God. “Take this son, this daughter,” God
says, “and train it for Me. Give it a character polished after the
similitude of a palace, that it may shine in the courts of the Lord
forever.” The light and glory that shine from the throne of God rest
upon the faithful mother as she tries to educate her children to resist
the influence of evil.
A Place for Everyone
There is earnest work for every pair of hands to do. Let every
stroke tell for the uplifting of humanity. There are so many that need
to be helped. The heart of him who lives, not to please himself, but