Testimony Treasures, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

esults of popular methods of education, and a knowledge of theology as
taught in the leading institutions of learning would be of great value to such
workers, preparing them to labor for the educated classes and to meet the
prevailing errors of our time. Such was the method pursued by the ancient
Waldenses; and, if true to God, our youth, like theirs, might do a good work,
even while gaining their education, in sowing the seeds of truth in other
minds.
"Be strong, and quit yourselves like men." Ask of Him who suffered
reproach, insult, and mockery for your sakes: "Lord, what wilt Thou have me
to do?" None are too highly educated to become humble disciples of Christ.
Those who feel it a privilege to give the best of their life and learning to Him
from whom they received them, will shun no labor, no sacrifice, to render
back to God in highest service His entrusted talents. In the great battle of life
many of the workers lose sight of the solemnity and sacred character of their
mission. The deadly curse of sin continues to blight and deface the moral
image of God in them because they do not work as Christ worked.
A Better-trained Ministry
We see the need of encouraging higher ideas of education and of
employing more trained men in the ministry. Those who do not obtain the
right kind of education before they enter upon God's work are not competent
to accept this holy trust and to carry forward the work of reformation. Yet all
should continue their education after they engage in the work. They must
have the word of God abiding in them. We need more cultivation,
refinement, and nobility of soul in our laborers. Such an improvement as this
would show results in eternity.
"I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is
from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are
strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the
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