All who commune with God will find abundance
of work to do for Him. Those who go forth in the spirit of the
Master, seeking to reach souls with the truth, will not find
the work of drawing souls to Christ a dull, uninteresting drudgery.
They are charged with a work as God's husbandmen, and they will
become more and more vitalized as they give themselves to the
service of God. It is a joyous work to open the Scriptures to
others.
Young men and women should be educated
to become workers in their own neighborhoods and in other places.
Let all set their hearts and minds to become intelligent
in regard to the work for this time, qualifying
themselves to do that for which they are best adapted.
Many young men who have had the right kind
of education at home are to be trained for service and encouraged
to lift the standard of truth in new places by well-planned and
faithful work. By associating with our ministers and experienced
workers in city work, they will gain the best kind of training.
Acting under divine guidance and sustained by the prayers of
their more experienced fellow workers, they may do a good and
blessed work. As they unite their labors with those of the older
workers, using their youthful energies to the very best account,
they will have the companionship of heavenly angels; and as workers
together with God, it is their privilege to sing and pray and
believe, and work with courage and freedom. The confidence and
trust that the presence of heavenly agencies will bring to them
and to their fellow workers will lead to prayer and praise and
the simplicity of true faith.
There should be no delay in this well-planned
effort to educate the church members. Persons should be chosen
to labor in the large cities who are fully consecrated and who
understand the sacredness and importance of the work. Do not
send those who are not qualified in these respects. Men are needed
who will push the triumphs of the cross, who will persevere under
discouragements and privations, who will have the zeal and resolution
and faith that are indispensable to the missionary field. And
to those who do not engage personally in the work I would say:
Do not hinder those who are willing to work, but give them encouragement
and support.
All this work of training should be accompanied
with earnest seeking of the Lord for His Holy Spirit. Let this
be urged home upon those who are willing to
give themselves to the Master's service. Our conduct is watched
by the world. Every act is scrutinized and commented upon. There
must be diligent cultivation of the Christian graces, that those
who profess the truth may be able to teach it to others as it
is in Jesus, that they themselves may be ensamples, and that
our enemies may be able to say no evil of them truthfully. God
calls for greater piety, for holiness of life and purity of conduct,
in accordance with the elevating, sanctifying principles that
we profess. The lives of the workers for Christ should be such
that unbelievers, seeing their godly walk and circumspect conversation,
may be charmed by the faith that produces such results.