Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

Gaining Efficiency
The third angel is represented as flying in the
midst of heaven, showing that the message is to go
throughout the length and breadth of the earth. It is
the most solemn message ever given to mortals,
and all who propose to connect themselves with the
work should first feel their need of an education, of
the most thorough training. Plans should be made
and efforts put forth for the improvement of those
who anticipate entering any branch of the work.
Ministerial labor should not be entrusted to
boys, neither should the work of giving Bible
readings be entrusted to young girls, because they
offer their services and are willing to take
responsible positions, while they are wanting in
religious experience and lack a thorough education
and training. They must be proved; for unless they
develop a firm, conscientious principle to be all
that God would have them be, they will not
correctly represent His cause. All who are engaged
in the work, in every mission, should gain a depth
of experience. Those who are young in the work
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