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would not be obedient to Christ here would not obey Him in the eternal
world. The Lord is seeking to fit them for the heavenly mansion that
Jesus has gone to prepare for those who love Him.—
Testimonies on
Sabbath-School Work, 31, 32
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Religious Experience of Children
Religion helps children to study better and to do more faithful
work. A little girl of twelve was telling, in a simple way, the evidence
that she was a Christian. “I did not like to study, but to play. I was idle
at school, and often missed my lessons. Now I learn every lesson well,
to please God. I was mischievous at school, when the teachers were
not looking at me, making fun for the children to look at. Now I wish
to please God by behaving well and keeping the school laws. I was
selfish at home, didn’t like to run errands, and was sulky when mother
called me from play to help her in work. Now it is a real joy for me to
help mother in any way and to show that I love her.”
Do not teach your children with reference to some future period
when they shall be old enough to repent and believe the truth. If
properly instructed, very young children may have correct views of
their state as sinners, and of the way of salvation through Christ.—
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Testimonies on Sabbath-School Work, 112
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Children’s Hearts Most Susceptible
The Sabbath school teachers have need of walking carefully and
prayerfully before God. They must labor as those who must give an
account. They are given an opportunity to win souls for Christ, and
the longer the youth remain in impenitence, the more confirmed they
become in their resistance of the Spirit of God. With increase of years
it is probable that there will be a decrease of sensibility to divine things,
a diminished susceptibility to the influences of religion. Every day
Satan works to fasten them in their habits of disobedience, their spirit
of impenitence, and there is less probability that they will become
Christians . And what shall be the account finally to be rendered by
indifferent teachers? Why does moral diffidence blind the soul of
the teacher, and make him reluctant to put forth proper efforts for the
conversion of precious souls of youth and children? Why not let the