Chapter 18—Qualifications of Women for Service
The Kind of Women Called to Service—God calls for earnest
women workers, workers who are prudent, warmhearted, tender, and
true to principle. He calls for persevering women who will take their
minds from self and their personal convenience, and will center them
on Christ.... Will our sisters arise to the emergency? Will they work
for the Master?—
Testimonies for the Church 6:118
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Learning in the School of Christ—The Lord has a work for
women as well as men to do. They may accomplish a good work
for God, if they will first learn in the school of Christ the precious,
all-important lesson of meekness. They must not only bear the name of
Christ but possess His Spirit. They must walk even as He walked, puri-
fying their souls from everything that defiles. Then they will be able to
benefit others by presenting the all-sufficiency of Jesus.—
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119, 1907
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With Firm Principle and Decided Character—Women of firm
principle and decided character are needed, women who believe that
we are indeed living in the last days, and that we have the last solemn
message of warning to be given to the world. They should feel that
they are engaged in an important work in spreading the rays of light
which Heaven has shed upon them. When the love of God and His
truth is an abiding principle, they will let nothing deter them from duty
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or discourage them in their work. They will fear God and will not be
diverted from their labors in His cause by the temptation of lucrative
situations and attractive prospects. They will preserve their integrity at
any cost to themselves. These are the ones who will correctly represent
the religion of Christ, whose words will be fitly spoken, like apples of
gold in pictures of silver. Such persons can in many ways do a precious
work for God. He calls upon them to go out into the harvest field and
help gather in the sheaves.—
The Signs of the Times, September 16,
1886
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Tact, Perception, Ability—Christian women are called for. There
is a wide field in which they may do good service for the Master. There
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