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Student Missionary Work
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even if it takes some hours from the program of regular study, much
of heaven’s blessing will be given, provided there is more faith and
spiritual zeal, more of a realization of what God will do.
There are many lines in which the youth can find opportunity
for helpful effort. Companies should be organized and thoroughly
educated to work as nurses, gospel visitors, and Bible readers, as
canvassers, ministers, and medical missionary evangelists.
When school closes, there is opportunity for many to go out into
the field as evangelistic canvassers. The faithful colporteur finds his
way into many homes, where he leaves reading matter containing
the truth for this time. Our students should learn how to sell our
books. There is need of men of deep Christian experience, men of
well-balanced minds, strong, well-educated men, to engage in this
branch of the work. Some have the talent, education, and experience
that would enable them to educate the youth for the canvassing work
in such a way that much more would be accomplished than is now
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being done. Those who have this experience have a special duty to
perform in teaching others.
The canvassing work is one of the Lord’s appointed agencies for
extending the knowledge of the truth for this time. The effort made
in some schools to circulate
Christ’s Object Lessons
has demon-
strated what can be accomplished in the canvassing field by the
students. The Lord has blessed the efforts put forth to relieve our
schools from debt, and those who have engaged in the work have
obtained an excellent experience. As they have taken up the work
disinterestedly, great blessing has come to them. Many have thus
gained a knowledge of how to handle our larger books.
Wherever possible, students should, during the school year, en-
gage in city mission work. They should do missionary work in the
surrounding towns and villages. They can form themselves into
bands to do Christian help work. Students should take a broad view
of their present obligations to God. They are not to look forward to
a time, after the school term closes, when they will do some large
work for God, but should study how, during their student life, to
yoke up with Christ in unselfish service for others.
There is power in the ministry of song. Students who have
learned to sing sweet gospel songs with melody and distinctness
can do much good as singing evangelists. They will find many