Lord Calls Women to His Service
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fearing workers will be growing upward, praying in faith for grace
and heavenly wisdom that they may do the work devolving upon them
with cheerfulness and a willing mind. They will seek the divine rays
of light that they may brighten the paths of others.
Those who are colaborers with God will have no disposition to
engage in the various expedients for amusement; they will not be
seeking after happiness and enjoyment. In taking up their work in
the fear of God, and doing service to the Master, they will secure the
most substantial happiness. Connected with Jesus Christ, they will
be wise unto salvation. They will be fruit-bearing trees. They will
develop a blameless life, a beauteous character. The great work of
redemption will be their first consideration. Eating and drinking and
dressing, houses and lands, will be secondary matters. The peace of
God within will force off the withered or gnarled branches of selfish-
ness, vanity, pride, and indolence. It is faith and practice that make
up the Christian’s life. We do not meet the standard of Christianity in
merely professing Christ and having our names upon the church book.
We should be individual workers for Christ. By personal effort we can
show that we are connected with Him.
Christian women are called for. There is a wide field in which
they may do good service for the Master. There are noble women
who have had moral courage to decide in favor of the truth from the
weight of evidence. They have tact, perception, and good ability, and
could make successful Christian workers. There is work neglected
or done imperfectly that could be thoroughly accomplished through
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the help that they are able to give. They could reach a class that
ministers cannot reach. There are offices in the church that they could
fill acceptably, and many branches of the church work that they could
attend to if properly instructed.
Women can do good work in the missionary field, by writing to
friends, and learning their true feelings in relation to the cause of
God. Very valuable items are brought to light through this means. The
workers should not seek for self-exaltation, but to present the truth in
its simplicity wherever they shall have an opportunity. The money that
has been spent for needless trimmings and useless ornaments should
be devoted to the cause of God, and used to bring the light of truth
to those who are in the darkness of error. The souls saved through
their efforts will be more precious to them than costly and fashionable