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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
stand ready to sustain them by their means. Every influence should
be brought to bear to educate the youth and to elevate their morals.
They should be trained to have courage to resist the tide of moral
pollution in this degenerate age. With a firm hold upon divine power,
they may stand in society to mold and fashion, rather than to be
fashioned after the world’s model.
When the youth come to our colleges, they should not be made
to feel that they have come among strangers who do not care for
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their souls. We must guard them, fighting back Satan, that he shall
not take them out of our arms. There should be fathers and mothers
in Israel who will watch for their souls as they that must give an
account. Brethren and sisters, do not hold yourselves aloof from the
youth, as if you had no particular concern or responsibility for them.
You who have long professed to be Christians have a work to do,
patiently and kindly to lead them in the right way. You should show
them that you love them because they are younger members of the
Lord’s family, the purchase of His blood.
The future of society will be determined by the youth of today.
Satan is making earnest, persevering efforts to corrupt the mind and
debase the character of every youth; and shall we who have more
experience stand as mere spectators, and see him accomplish his
purpose without hindrance? Let us stand at our post as minutemen,
to work for these youth, and through the help of God to hold them
back from the pit of destruction. In the parable, while men slept
the enemy sowed tares; and while you, my brethren and sisters, are
unconscious of his work, Satan is gathering an army of youth under
his banner; and he exults, for through them he carries on his warfare
against God.
The Teacher’s Privilege
The teachers in our schools have a heavy responsibility to bear.
They must be in words and character what they wish their students
to become—men and women that fear God and work righteousness.
If they are acquainted with the way themselves, they can train the
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youth to walk in it. They will not only educate them in the sciences,
but will train them to have moral independence, to work for Jesus,
and to take up burdens in His cause.