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will work through those who can see mercy in misery, and gain in loss.
When the Light of the world passes by, privilege will be discerned in
hardship, order in confusion, success in apparent failure. Calamities
will be seen as disguised blessings; woes, as mercies. Laborers from
the common people, sharing the sorrows of their fellow men as their
Master shared the sorrows of the whole human race, will by faith see
Him working with them.
“The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly.”
Zephaniah 1:14
. And a world is to be warned.
With such preparation as they can gain, thousands upon thousands
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of the youth and those older in years should be giving themselves to
this work. Already many hearts are responding to the call of the Master
Worker, and their numbers will increase. Let every Christian educator
give such workers sympathy and co-operation. Let him encourage
and assist the youth under his care in gaining a preparation to join the
ranks.
There is no line of work in which it is possible for the youth to
receive greater benefit. All who engage in ministry are God’s helping
hand. They are co-workers with the angels; rather, they are the human
agencies through whom the angels accomplish their mission. Angels
speak through their voices, and work by their hands. And the human
workers, co-operating with heavenly agencies, have the benefit of their
education and experience. As a means of education, what “university
course” can equal this?
With such an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might
furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming
Saviour might be carried to the whole world! How soon might the
end come—the end of suffering and sorrow and sin! How soon, in
place of a possession here, with its blight of sin and pain, our children
might receive their inheritance where “the righteous shall inherit the
land, and dwell therein forever;” where “the inhabitant shall not say, I
am sick,” and “the voice of weeping shall be no more heard.”
Psalm
37:29
;
Isaiah 33:24
;
65:19
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