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Counsels on Sabbath School Work
Directing the Little Flock
Our superintendents, our teachers in the Sabbath school, should
be frequently in prayer. A word spoken in due season may be as
good seed in youthful minds, and may result in leading little feet in
the right path. But a wrong word may lead their feet in the path of
ruin.—
Testimonies on Sabbath-School Work, 112
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Gather the Infants
Gather the infants with lisping lips, the youth and the aged, and
set them to the task of solving mysteries which have not been compre-
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hended by the wise men of earth, although possessed of giant minds.
The weighty truths of God’s word are for those who are humble and
willing to learn at the feet of the divine Teacher. Jesus rejoiced in
spirit because of this fact, and said, “I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for
it seemed good in Thy sight.”
Let not narrow ideas proscribe and bind about your labors. “The
field is the world.” The doctrines of truth are plainly revealed on every
page of the word of God, and yet the enemy has power to blind the
minds of the self-sufficient, so that the plainest and simplest utterances
may not be understood. Let the truth be taught to our children. Let
them be armed with the revelation of the word of God. Let them be
able to tell what is written in the Scriptures of truth. Let the minister
from the desk, with lips touched with a coal from off the altar of
heaven, speak the words of life that will burn their way into the heart
and soul of those who, although wise in the wisdom of the world, do
not comprehend the wisdom that is from above.
The question, “What is truth?” should be asked with decided inter-
est. We must respond to the command of God, and go forward from
light to a greater light. There is no such thing as the soldiers of Christ
standing still, careless and inactive. There are constant improvements
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to be made. The providence of God is leading us on step by step in the
path of obedience. Let parents and teachers impress upon the minds
of the children that the Lord is proving them in this life, to see if they
will render obedience to Him with love and reverence. Those who