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him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and
in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.”
Exodus 31:2, 3
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Through the prophet Isaiah the Lord said, “Give ye ear, and hear
My voice; hearken, and hear My speech. Doth the plowman plow
all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad
the fitches, and scatter the cumin, and cast in the principal wheat and
the appointed barley and the rye in their place? For his God doth
instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
“For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,
neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cumin; but the fitches
are beaten out with a staff, and the cumin with a rod. Bread corn is
bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with
the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. This also
cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel,
and excellent in working.”
Isaiah 28:23-29
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God dispenses His gifts as it pleases Him. He bestows one gift
upon one, and another gift upon another, but all for the good of the
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whole body. It is in God’s order that some shall be of service in
one line of work, and others in other lines—all working under the
selfsame Spirit. The recognition of this plan will be a safeguard
against emulation, pride, envy, or contempt of one another. It will
strengthen unity and mutual love.
A much larger number of young people need to have the advan-
tages of our schools. They need the manual training course, which
will teach them how to live an active, energetic life. Under wise,
judicious, God-fearing directors, the students are to be taught differ-
ent kinds of labor. Every branch of the work is to be conducted in
the most thorough, systematic way that long experience and wisdom
can enable us to plan and execute.
Let the teachers wake up to the importance of this subject, and
teach agriculture and the other industries that it is essential for the
students to understand. Let them seek in every department of labor
to reach the very best results. Let the science of the word of God
be brought into the work, that the students may understand correct
principles and may reach the highest possible standard.