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Co-operation Between the Home and the School
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Let every church school established be conducted with such order
that Christ can honor the schoolroom with His presence. The Master
will accept no cheap, shoddy service. Let teachers be learners,
putting the whole mind to the task of learning how to do efficient
service. They should ever carry a burden for souls—not that they
themselves can save souls, but as God’s helping hand they have the
privilege of winning their pupils to Christ.
Teachers, let there be no folly in your conversation. In the
schools you undertake to conduct, set a proper example before the
children by each morning presenting them to God in prayer. Then
look to Him for strength every hour and believe that He is helping
you. As you do this you will gain the affection of the children. It
is not such hard work to manage children, thank God. We have a
Helper, one infinitely stronger than we are. Oh, I am so thankful that
we do not have to depend upon ourselves, but upon strength from
above!
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If your life is hid with Christ in God, a divine Helper will stand
beside you, and you will be one with the Saviour and one with those
you are teaching. Never exalt self; exalt Christ, glorify Him, honor
Him before the world. Say, I stand under the bloodstained banner of
Prince Immanuel. I am wholly on the Lord’s side. Show sympathy
and tenderness in dealing with your pupils. Reveal the love of God.
Let the words you speak be kind and encouraging. Then as you
work for your students, what a transformation will be wrought in
the characters of those who have not been properly trained in the
home! The Lord can make even youthful teachers channels for the
revealing of His grace, if they will consecrate themselves to Him.
Requiring Obedience
The teacher should bring true self-respect into all that he does.
He should not allow himself to be quick-tempered. He should not
punish harshly children that are in need of reform. Let him under-
stand that self must be kept in subjection. He should never forget
that over him is a divine Teacher, whose pupil he is, and under
whose control he is ever to be. As the teacher humbles the heart
before God, it will be softened and subdued by the thought of his
own shortcomings. He will realize something of the meaning of