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Our College
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souls of their students, the approval of God, eternal life, and the joys
of the redeemed.
As colaborers with Christ, with so favorable opportunities to
impart the knowledge of God, our teachers should labor as if inspired
from above. The hearts of the youth are not hardened, nor their ideas
and opinions stereotyped, as are those of older persons. They may be
won to Christ by your holy demeanor, your devotion, your Christlike
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walk. It would be much better to crowd them less in the study of the
sciences, and give them more time for religious privileges. Here a
grave mistake has been made....
God’s Purpose for the College
No limit can be set to our influence. One thoughtless act may
prove the ruin of many souls. The course of every worker in our
college is making impressions upon the minds of the young, and
these are borne away to be reproduced in others. It should be the
teacher’s aim to prepare every youth under his care to be a blessing
to the world. This object should never be lost sight of. There are
some who profess to be working for Christ, yet who occasionally go
over to the side of Satan and do his work. Can the Saviour pronounce
these good and faithful servants? Are they, as watchmen, giving the
trumpet a certain sound? ...
Our Saviour bids us, “Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temp-
tation.”
Mark 14:38
. If we encounter difficulties, and in Christ’s
strength overcome them; if we meet enemies, and in Christ’s strength
put them to flight; if we accept responsibilities, and in Christ’s
strength discharge them faithfully, we are gaining a precious expe-
rience. We learn, as we could not otherwise have learned, that our
Saviour is a present help in every time of need.
There is a great work to be done in our college, a work which
demands the co-operation of every teacher; and it is displeasing to
God for one to discourage another. But nearly all seem to forget that
Satan is an accuser of the brethren, and they unite with the enemy in
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his work. While professed Christians are contending, Satan is laying
his snares for the inexperienced feet of children and youth. Those
who have had a religious experience should seek to shield the young
from his devices. They should never forget that they themselves