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The Ministry of Healing
God looks into the tiny seed that He Himself has formed, and
sees wrapped within it the beautiful flower, the shrub, or the lofty,
wide-spreading tree. So does He see the possibilities in every human
being. We are here for a purpose. God has given us His plan for our
life, and He desires us to reach the highest standard of development.
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.”
Romans 12:2
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He desires that we shall constantly be growing in holiness, in
happiness, in usefulness. All have capabilities which they must be
taught to regard as sacred endowments, to appreciate as the Lord’s
gifts, and rightly to employ. He desires the youth to cultivate every
power of their being, and to bring every faculty into active exercise.
He desires them to enjoy all that is useful and precious in this life, to
be good and to do good, laying up a heavenly treasure for the future
life.
It should be their ambition to excel in all things that are unselfish,
high, and noble. Let them look to Christ as the pattern after which
they are to be fashioned. The holy ambition that He revealed in His
life they are to cherish—an ambition to make the world better for
their having lived in it. This is the work to which they are called.
A Broad Foundation
The highest of all sciences is the science of soul saving. The
greatest work to which human beings can aspire is the work of
winning men from sin to holiness. For the accomplishment of this
work, a broad foundation must be laid. A comprehensive education
is needed—an education that will demand from parents and teachers
such thought and effort as mere instruction in the sciences does
not require. Something more is called for than the culture of the
intellect. Education is not complete unless the body, the mind, and
the heart are equally educated. The character must receive proper
discipline for its fullest and highest development. All the faculties
of mind and body are to be developed and rightly trained. It is a duty