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Counsel on How to Work
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hand many would never recover themselves, but by patient, per-
sistent effort they may be uplifted. Such need tender words, kind
consideration, tangible help. They need that kind of counsel which
will not extinguish the faint gleam of courage in the soul. Let the
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workers who come in contact with them consider this.
Fruits of the Miracle of Grace
—Some will be found whose
minds have been so long debased that they will never in this life
become what under more favorable circumstances they might have
been. But the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness may shine
into the soul. It is their privilege to have the life that measures with
the life of God. Plant in their minds uplifting, ennobling thoughts.
Let your life make plain to them the difference between vice and
purity, darkness and light. In your example let them read what it
means to be a Christian. Christ is able to uplift the most sinful, and
place them where they will be acknowledged as children of God,
joint heirs with Christ to the immortal inheritance.
By the miracle of divine grace, many may be fitted for lives
of usefulness. Despised and forsaken, they have become utterly
discouraged; they may appear stoical and stolid. But under the min-
istration of the Holy Spirit, the stupidity that makes their uplifting
appear so hopeless will pass away. The dull, clouded mind will
awake. The slave of sin will be set free. Vice will disappear, and
ignorance will be overcome. Through the faith that works by love
the heart will be purified and the mind enlightened.—
The Ministry
of Healing, 168, 169
.