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Counsels on Sabbath School Work
from learning daily in the school of Christ, that they may impart to
others the precious lessons which Christ has taught them.
Those who are satisfied with following a certain dry order, of going
through a round, will miss the mark, and fail of the work that should
be done by a Sabbath school teacher; but if those who engage in this
important branch of God’s cause are Christians in the full sense of the
word, doing the work given them of God in His fear, working with
love for souls, for whom Christ died, they will be laborers together
with God....
Teachers Should Be Exemplary
The teachers should set a right example before the youth, in spirit,
in deportment, and in dress. They should be attired in plain, simple
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garments; and their spirit should be as humble as a child’s, yet pure
and elevated, for they stand in the presence of God, to represent the
character of Christ to their scholars. In the spirit of devotion, with
tenderness of heart, they should look upon their charges, remembering
that Jesus said, “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;
for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the
face of My Father which is in heaven.” ...
If teachers would ever bear in mind that it is the Holy Spirit that
must reveal to the soul glimpses of heavenly things, and that as they
work in the Spirit of Christ, this heavenly agent is impressing the mind
with divine truth; if they would ever realize that angels are about them,
that they are standing upon holy ground, much more efficient work
would be done in our Sabbath schools. The teachers would not be
devoid of spiritual grace and power, for they would have a realization
of the divine presence; they would understand that they were but the
human agents through whom Christ was imparting His heavenly light.
Their labors would be instinct with earnestness and power, and they
would know that the Spirit helpeth their infirmities.—
Testimonies on
Sabbath-School Work, 41-43
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Christ, Not Man, the Model
Let not the teacher in Sabbath school follow the example of those
who do not grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, even though those who minister in the sacred desk have given
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