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Efficiency Through Service
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mediums through which to communicate His saving truth to those
of other nations. These young men may obtain a knowledge of other
languages even while engaged in laboring for sinners. If they are
economical of their time they can improve their minds and qualify
themselves for more extended usefulness.
It will make our young men strong to go into new fields and
break up the fallow ground of human hearts. This work will draw
them nearer to God. It will help them to see that of themselves they
are altogether inefficient, that they must be wholly the Lord’s. They
must put away their self-esteem and self-importance, and put on the
Lord Jesus Christ. When they do this, they will be willing to go
without the camp and bear the burden as good soldiers of the cross.
They will gain efficiency and ability by mastering difficulties and
overcoming obstacles. Men are wanted for responsible positions,
but they must be men who have given full proof of their ministry, in
willingness to wear the yoke of Christ.
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