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Counsels for the Church
Let the teachers lead the way in working among the people, and
others, uniting with them, will learn from their example. One example
is worth more than many precepts
Those who have the spiritual oversight of the church should devise
ways and means by which an opportunity may be given to every
member of the church to act some part in God’s work. This has not
always been done in the past. Plans have not been fully carried out
whereby the talent of all might be employed in active service. There
are but few who realize how much has been lost because of this.
In every church there is talent, which, with the right kind of labor,
might be developed to become a great help in this work. 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. Let all set their hearts and minds to become
intelligent in regard to the work for this time, qualifying themselves to
do that for which they are best adapted.
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 service. Those
who shall labor in visiting the churches should give the brethren and
sisters instruction in practical methods of doing missionary work. Let
there be a class for the training of the youth as well. Young men and
women should be educated to become workers at home, in their own
neighborhoods, and in the church
Heavenly angels have long been waiting for human agents—the
members of the church—to co-operate with them in the great work to
be done. They are waiting for you. So vast is the field, so comprehen-
sive the design, that every sanctified heart will be pressed into service
as an instrument of divine power
If Christians were to act in concert, moving forward as one, under
the direction of one Power, for the accomplishment of one purpose,
they would move the world
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The Ministry of Healing, 149
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“An Appeal to Ministers and Church Officers”
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Testimonies for the Church 9:46
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