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Chapter 4—God’s High Standard
True Education in Our Churches
[Compiled from various publications, and from manuscripts of large
circulation.]
Fitting Souls for Service
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.” “Blessed are
the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed
are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole
heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in His ways. Thou hast
commanded us to keep Thy precepts diligently. O that my ways
were directed to keep Thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed,
when I have respect unto all Thy commandments.”
Let us take this for our lesson. Study every word attentively.
Upright principles and pure sentiments, cultivated and practiced,
form a character after the divine similitude. A conscience void
of offense toward God and man, a heart that feels the tenderest
sympathy for human beings, especially that they may be won for
Christ, will have the attributes that Christ had. All such will be
imbued with His Spirit. They will have a reservoir of persuasion and
a storehouse of simple eloquence.
As Christians, we are now to labor most earnestly to bring souls
to Jesus Christ. There must be no cheap chapters of experience
woven into our Christian life. All true experience costs every soul
that obtains it an effort, because of Satan’s temptations. God sees
how the soul hungers for the knowledge of God, for salvation through
Christ; and the promise is, “Blessed are they which do hunger and
thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
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Characteristics of the True Seeker
God has commanded all men to obey His law. He sees not as man
sees. His standard is elevated, pure, and holy; yet all may reach that
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