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Introduction
By the mercy of God and through the work of the Holy
Spirit, you have the opportunity to consecrate yourself
for the training, choosing to give all your time to
the pursuit of the truth and the service of the church.
This is a serious decision. At the same time, this is
a most glorious choice. In order to realise your desire,
you have to go through spiritual training. Only by going
through the proper training will you be perfected and
moulded to become the vessel fit for the Master's use.
The training has its specific goals; they are to help
you to build up your character, mind, spiritual life,
and knowledge of the truth. As such, there must necessarily
be proper restraints. All these restraints are to help
you to be disciplined in the proper direction. If you
are to reap maximum benefits from the training, you
must willingly submit yourself under these restrictions.
If you are not willing to be restricted, the training
will be of no use to you. You should know that the life
of the Lord within you will supply you to meet all the
outward requirements. Through these restrictions you
will be led to the way of life. You must pray to the
Lord that you would be able to meet all the requirements
of the training, and would be brought through such obedience
of the training regulations to the proper experience
of life.
Some of the rules for the training are as follows:
General
Rules for Trainees
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All trainees must consecrate themselves first to the
Lord, and then to the training for the entire period
of training. They must be willing to be trained and
enlightened by the Lord. They must be open to receive
life and grace, and must be prepared to be regulated
and perfected in every way.
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All
trainees are to follow the schedule of the training
in rising, in daily activities, and in retiring.
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All
trainees are expected to practise being filled with
the Spirit at all times.
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All
trainees are expected to have a time to pray alone
every day for at least twenty minutes.
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All
trainees should keep their living quarters neat and
clean.
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No
trainee should engage in activity alone with members
of the opposite sex.
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Every
class should be attended punctually; that is, you
should be in your seat five minutes before the scheduled
time. No trainee can leave early from any meeting
except with prior approval. This punctuality also
applies to all scheduled service activities.
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No
trainee may be absent from any training activity.
All requests for leaves of absence must be approved
by the training before the absence.
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All
trainees must take the preaching of the gospel of
the kingdom in the whole inhabited earth as their
goal, the leading of the ministry as their direction,
and the practising of the God-ordained way as their
responsibility. They must be regulated in all their
conduct by these, and must agree to drop all activities
not in accord with this burden for the period of the
training.
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During
the training sessions every trainee must be in the
training uniform.
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All
trainees are admonished to speak only in a manner
that promotes the purpose of the training. Joking,
as well as other unsanctified speaking, is discouraged
(Matt. 12:36-37).
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No
trainee is to engage in arguments or critical speaking
about any person or matter.
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There
is to be no smoking in the training.
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All
trainees should keep a cheerful and helpful attitude
at all times.
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