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True Education
an important part of one’s training, and in a church imbued with the
Master’s life it will lead directly to effort for the outside world.
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There are many lines in which young people can find opportunity
for helpful effort. Organize them into bands for Christian service.
Parents and teachers, by taking an interest in their work, will be able
to give them the benefit of their own larger experience, and can help
them make their efforts effective for good.
Acquaintance awakens sympathy, and sympathy is the spring
of effective ministry. To awaken in children and young people
sympathy and the spirit of sacrifice for the suffering millions on other
continents, let them become acquainted with these lands and their
peoples. In this line much might be accomplished in our schools.
Instead of dwelling on the exploits of the Alexanders and Napoleons
of history, encourage students to study the lives of greats such as
the apostle Paul, Martin Luther, Moffat, Livingstone, Carey, and the
present global advances of missionary effort.
Young and Old Needed
In this closing work of the gospel there is a vast field to be
occupied, and more than ever the work is to enlist helpers from the
common people. Both young and old will be called from the farm,
the vineyard, and the workshop, and sent forth by the Master to
give His message. Many of these may have little education, but
Christ sees in them qualifications that will enable them to fulfill His
purpose. If they put their hearts into the work, and continue to be
learners, He will fit them to work for Him. He who knows the depths
of the world’s misery and despair, knows by what means to bring
relief. He sees on every hand souls in darkness, bowed down with
sin, sorrow, and pain. But He also sees their possibilities. He sees
the height to which they may attain.
The burden for these needy ones in the rough places of the earth
Christ lays upon those who can feel for the ignorant and those who
have wasted their talents. He will be present to help workers whose
hearts are susceptible to pity. He will work through those who can
see mercy in misery, and gain in loss. When the Light of the world
passes by, calamities will be seen as disguised blessings; woes, as
mercies. Workers from the common people, sharing the sorrows