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Every Church a Training School

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty them that are bruised. Luke 4:18.

In giving light to His people anciently, God did not work exclusively
through any one class. Daniel was a prince of Judah. Isaiah also was of the
royal line. David was a shepherd boy, Amos a herdsman, Zechariah a captive
from Babylon, Elisha a tiller of the soil. The Lord raised up as His
representatives prophets and princes, the noble and the lowly, and taught
them the truths to be given to the world. . . .

Every church should be a training school for Christian workers. Its members
should be taught how to give Bible readings, how to conduct and teach
Sabbath school classes, how best to help the poor and to care for the sick,
how to work for the unconverted. There should be schools of health, cooking
schools, and classes in various lines of Christian help work. There should
not only be teaching, but actual work under experienced instructors. Let the
teachers lead the way in working among the people, and others, uniting with
them, will learn from their example. One example is worth more than many
precepts. . . .

If those to whom God has entrusted great talents of intellect put these
gifts to a selfish use, they will be left, after a period of trial, to
follow their own way. God will take men who do not appear to be so richly
endowed, who have not large self-confidence, and He will make the weak
strong, because they trust in Him to do for them that which they cannot do
for themselves. God will accept the wholehearted service, and will Himself
make up the deficiencies . . . .

As His blessing came to the captives in the courts of Babylon, so does He
give wisdom and knowledge to His workers today.

Men deficient in school education, lowly in social position, have, through
the grace of Christ, sometimes been wonderfully successful in winning souls
for Him. The secret of their success was their confidence in God. They
learned daily of Him who is wonderful in counsel and mighty in power.

Such workers are to be encouraged. The Lord brings them into connection with
those of more marked ability, to fill up the gaps that others leave. Their
quickness to see what is to be done, their readiness to help those in need,
their kind words and deeds, open doors of usefulness that otherwise would
remain closed. They come close to those in trouble, and the persuasive
influence of their words has power to draw many trembling souls to God.
Their work shows what thousands of others might do (The Ministry of Healing,
p. 148-151).

>From Lift Him Up - Page 311

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