Importance and Purpose of Sabbath School Work
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Most Effectual Soul-winning Agency
The Sabbath school should be one of the greatest instrumentalities,
and the most effectual, in bringing souls to Christ.—
Testimonies on
Sabbath-School Work, 20
.
An Influence Beyond Estimate
Very much can be done for the education and moral and religious
training of our youth by well-organized, properly conducted Sabbath
schools. Time and attention should be given to this branch of the
work; for its importance in its influence upon our youth cannot be
estimated.—
Testimonies on Sabbath-School Work, 14, 15
.
A Converting Power
The Sabbath school is an important branch of the missionary work,
not only because it gives to young and old a knowledge of God’s word,
but because it awakens in them a love for its sacred truths, and a desire
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to study them for themselves; above all, it teaches them to regulate their
lives by its holy teachings.—
Testimonies on Sabbath-School Work,
109, 110
.
A Strength to the Church
There is a broad field in Sabbath school work, that needs to be
diligently cultivated, and that is to inspire our youth to give themselves
wholly to the Lord, to be used by Him in His cause. There should
be zealous, faithful workers in our Sabbath schools, who will watch
and discern upon whom the Spirit of God is moving, and cooperate
with the angels of God in winning souls for Christ. There are sacred
responsibilities entrusted to Sabbath school workers, and the Sabbath
school should be the place where, through a living connection with
God, men and women, youth and children, may be so fitted up that
they shall be a strength and blessing to the church. They should help
the church upward and onward, as far as it lies in their ability, going
from strength to greater strength.—
Testimonies on Sabbath-School
Work, 92
.