Chapter 50—Adult Sabbath School
Sabbath school work to bear fruit—Consecrate yourself and
your all to the service of Him who hath loved you, and hath given
Himself for you. Jesus says, “Herein is My Father glorified, that
ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.” This means in the
Sabbath school work as much as in the work of the minister. Now is
the golden opportunity to sow precious seed that will spring up and
bear fruit unto eternal life.—
Counsels on Sabbath School Work, 181
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Ministers should not be burdened down with doing the work
of the Sabbath school—God’s cause has not advanced as it should
have done, for the very reason that ministers and leading men have felt
that they must do everything themselves. They have tugged and toiled
to keep the wheel rolling, and are weighed down with responsibilities
and burdens in the various departments of church-work, in the Sabbath-
school, and in every other branch of the cause. They think they must do
all this or it will not be done; and truly it would not be done, because
they have failed to take others into their counsel and to train them to
work.—
The Review and Herald, July 24, 1883
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Through the Sabbath school, ministers should teach their
members how to work—There is much to be done in the Sabbath
school work also in bringing the people to realize their obligation and
to act their part. God calls them to work for Him, and the ministers
should guide their efforts.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:256
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Ministers should see that their churches are given instruction
in the conducting of Sabbath school—Instruction in regard to con-
ducting the Sabbath-school should, to a large degree, be given in the
home churches; for the labor can be made more direct and the results
will be more permanent if instruction is given at home. This work does
not require the services of the ministers; they should be free to attend
to the spiritual interests of the people. They are to teach others what to
do. They must instruct the people as to how to come to the Lord and
how to lead others to Him.—
Counsels on Sabbath School Work, 185
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