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Chapter 31—The Lifework
Success in any line demands a definite aim. People who achieve
true success in life keep steadily in view the aim worthy of their
endeavor. Such an aim is set before the young people of today. The
Heaven-appointed purpose of giving the gospel to the world in this
generation is the noblest that can appeal to any human being. It
opens a field of effort to everyone whose heart Christ has touched.
God’s purpose for the children growing up in our homes is wider,
deeper, higher, than our restricted vision has comprehended. From
the humblest lot those whom He has seen faithful have in times
past been called to witness for Him in the world’s highest places.
And many a young person of today, growing up as did Daniel in his
Judean home, studying God’s Word and His works, and learning the
lessons of faithful service, will stand in legislative assemblies, in
halls of justice, or in royal courts, as a witness for the King of kings.
Multitudes will be called to a wider ministry. The whole world is
opening to the gospel.
Millions upon millions have never so much as heard of God
or of His love revealed in Christ. It is their right to receive this
knowledge. And it rests with us who have received the knowledge,
with our children to whom we may impart it, to answer their cry.
To every household and every school, to every parent, teacher, and
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child upon whom has shone the light of the gospel, comes at this
crisis the question put to Esther the queen at that crisis in Israel’s
history: “Who knows whether
you
have come to the kingdom for
such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14
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The Suffering of God
Those who think of the result of hastening or hindering the
gospel think of it in relation to themselves and to the world. Few
think of its relation to God. Few give thought to the suffering that
sin has caused our Creator. All heaven suffered in Christ’s agony,
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