Many believe Mrs. White
taught that should the Lord come while our young people are in school, they
would be accounted as if laboring in the harvest field. There is no known written
authentication of this. This concept, probably correct, may find its support
in an association of ideas. See The Desire of Ages, page 74:
"He
[Jesus] was doing God's service just as much when laboring at the carpenter's
bench as when working miracles for the multitude. And every youth who follows
Christ's example of faithfulness and obedience in His lowly home may claim
those words spoken of Him by the Father through the Holy Spirit, 'Behold My
Servant, whom I uphold; Mine Elect, in whom My soul delighteth.' Isaiah 42:1."
Thought for the Day
Christ became one flesh with us, in order that we might become one spirit with Him. It is by virtue of this union that we are to come forth from the grave,--not merely as a manifestation of the power of Christ, but because, through faith, His life has become ours. Those who see Christ in His true character, and receive Him into the heart, have everlasting life. It is through the Spirit that Christ dwells in us; and the Spirit of God, received into the heart by faith, is the beginning of the life eternal. Desire of Ages, p. 388