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Missionary Education
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schools which have retarded rather than advanced the work of God.
Years have passed into eternity with small results, that might have
shown the accomplishment of a great work. If the Lord’s will had
been done by the workers in earth as the angels do it in heaven,
much that now remains to be done would be already accomplished,
and noble results would be seen as the fruit of missionary effort.
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The usefulness learned on the school farm is the very education
that is most essential for those who go out as missionaries to many
foreign fields. If this training is given with the glory of God in view,
great results will be seen. No work will be more effectual than that
done by those who, having obtained an education in practical life, go
forth to mission fields with the message of truth, prepared to instruct
as they have been instructed. The knowledge they have obtained in
the tilling of the soil and other lines of manual work, and which they
carry with them to their fields of labor, will make them a blessing
even in heathen lands.—
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 11 pp.
27-30
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The teacher should not divorce himself from the church work.
Those who conduct church schools and larger schools should regard
it as their privilege, not only to teach in the school, but to bring into
the church with which they are connected the same talents that are
used in the school. Through their work and influence, power is to be
brought into the church. They are to strive to bring the church to a
higher standard.
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All through our ranks are young men and women who should
be trained for positions of usefulness and influence. Education is
necessary both for the proper fulfillment of the domestic duties of
life and for success in every field of usefulness. Under the guidance
of the Holy Spirit these youth may be educated and trained so that
all the powers will be given to God’s service.
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