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

languages in which they were called to preach the
unsearchable riches of Christ. And if God was
willing thus to help His servants then, can we
doubt that His blessing will rest upon our efforts to
qualify those who naturally possess a knowledge of
foreign tongues, and who, with proper
encouragement, would bear to their own
countrymen the knowledge of truth? We might
have had more laborers in foreign missionary fields
had those who entered these fields availed
themselves of every talent within their reach. ...
It may in some cases be necessary that young
men learn foreign languages. This they can do with
most success by associating with the people, at the
same time devoting a portion of each day to
studying the language. This should be done,
however, only as a necessary step preparatory to
educating such as are found in the missionary
fields themselves, and who, with proper training,
can become workers. It is essential that those be
urged into the service who can speak in their
mother tongue to the people of different nations. It
is a great undertaking for a man of middle age to
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