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God is leading out a people and preparing them for translation.
Are we who are acting a part in this work standing as sentinels for
God? Are we seeking to work unitedly? Are we willing to become
servants of all? Are we following our Great Exemplar?
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Fellow laborers, we are each sowing seed in the fields of life. As
is the seed, so will be the harvest. If we sow distrust, envy, jealousy,
self-love, bitterness of thought and feeling, we shall reap bitterness
to our own souls. If we manifest kindness, love, tender thought for
the feelings of others, we shall receive the same in return.
Christian Courtesy
The teacher who is severe, critical, overbearing, heedless of oth-
ers’ feelings, must expect the same spirit to be manifested toward
himself. He who wishes to preserve his own dignity and self-respect
must be careful not to wound needlessly the self-respect of oth-
ers. This rule should be sacredly observed toward the dullest, the
youngest, the most blundering students. What God intends to do
with these apparently uninteresting youth, you do not know. He has,
in the past, accepted persons no more promising or attractive, to do a
great work for Him. His Spirit, moving upon the heart, has aroused
every faculty to vigorous action. The Lord saw in those rough, un-
hewn stones, precious material, that would stand the test of storm
and heat and pressure. God sees not as man sees. He judges not
from appearance, but he searches the heart and judges righteously.
The teacher should ever conduct himself as a Christian gentle-
man. He should stand in the attitude of a friend and counselor to his
pupils. If all our people—teachers, ministers, and lay members—
would cultivate the spirit of Christian courtesy, they would far more
readily find access to the hearts of the people; many more would
be led to examine and receive the truth. When every teacher shall
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forget self, and feel a deep interest in the success and prosperity of
his pupils, realizing that they are God’s property, and that he must
render an account for his influence upon their minds and characters,
then we shall have a school in which angels will love to linger. Jesus
will look approvingly upon the work of the teachers and will send
His grace into the hearts of the students....