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lessons, and if pupils make it their study in the primary grade below,
they will be prepared for the higher grade above.
The word of God comes to us at this time: “Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteous-
ness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath
he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple
of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath
said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people. Wherefore come out from among them,
and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall
be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
2 Corinthians
6:14-18
. Where are your children? Are you educating them to discern
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and to escape the corruptions that are in the world through lust? Are
you seeking to save their souls, or are you by your neglect aiding in
their destruction?
The Children Neglected
Altogether too little attention has been given our children and
youth. The older members of the church have not looked upon them
with tenderness and sympathy, desiring that they might be advanced in
the divine life, and the children have therefore failed to develop in the
Christian life as they should have done. Some church members who
have loved and feared God in the past are allowing their business to
be all-absorbing, and are hiding their light under a bushel. They have
forgotten to serve God and are making their business the grave of their
religion.
Shall the youth be left to drift hither and thither, to become discour-
aged and to fall into temptations that are everywhere lurking to catch
their unwary feet? The work that lies nearest to our church members is
to become interested in our youth, with kindness, patience, and tender-
ness giving them line upon line, precept upon precept. Oh, where are
the fathers and mothers in Israel? There ought to be a large number
who, as stewards of the grace of Christ, would feel not merely a casual
interest but a special interest in the young. There ought to be many
whose hearts are touched by the pitiable situation in which our youth