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Testimonies on Sabbath-School Work
may read purity, refinement, peace, and love in the features. In other
countenances, an evil character hangs out the sign; selfishness, cun-
ning, deceit, falsehood, enmity, and jealousy are expressed there. How
difficult it is for truth to impress the hearts and countenances of such
characters!
We need now to give special attention to the cultivation of character.
Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, that it may elevate
and ennoble the highest as also the lowest worker in our Sabbath-
schools, so that Jesus will not be ashamed to acknowledge them as His
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colaborers. All spiritual culture Christ has provided for His children.
If Jesus is abiding in the soul, the heart is filled with the holy graces
of His Spirit, which makes itself manifest in the transforming of the
features. If you would have beauty and loveliness of character, the
divine law must be written upon the heart and carried out in the life.
The Bible lessons which are taught in our schools are of far greater
consequence than many now discern. These children will have to meet
in the near future the heresies and fables that abound in the Christian
world. Instruct the youth with simplicity but great thoroughness. Our
work must stand the test of the judgment. The youth in this age must
be fitted by the grace of Christ to meet and overcome evils which have
been introduced into society. They will have opportunities to use all
the knowledge and influence that they have acquired, and will need
wisdom from above to stem the current of evil which surrounds them.
The supporters of error and of unscriptural doctrines are numerous.
The world at large is leading them to forget God and to despise His
claims. The law of God is trampled beneath unholy feet. Every youth
is responsible to God for His opportunities, and for the precious light
shining upon him from the Scriptures.
Selection of Teachers
The instruction given youth and children should not be of a super-
ficial character. The teachers should do all in their power, as those
standing in defense of the truth, to raise the standard high. There
can not be a worse thing done for your Sabbath-school than to place
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as workers young men and young women who have shown great de-
fects in their religious experience.... Do not lower the standard in
your Sabbath-schools. Your children must have as their teachers those