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mind and heart to the salvation of the students? If not, then let another
take his place. Expenses should not run on and on, while nothing,
or next to nothing, is done in the very line for which the school was
brought into existence.
Shall the powers of mind and soul be misapplied? Shall opportuni-
ties be lost? Shall a form and routine be gone through day after day,
with nothing gained? Oh, awake, awake! teachers and pupils, before
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it is too late. Awake before you hear from pale and agonized lips the
terrible wail: “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are
not saved.”
Are the gifts and talents of every educator improved for the very
best good of the pupils? Who is watching for a favorable moment
to speak words of kindness and love? Who loves to tell the story
of Him who so loved the world that He gave His life to redeem lost
and perishing sinners? Train the youth, mold the character, educate,
educate, educate, for the future, immortal life. Pray often. Plead with
God to give you a spirit of supplication. Do not feel that your work as
teachers is done unless you can lead your scholars to faith in Jesus and
love for Him. Let the love of Christ pervade your own souls, and then
you will unconsciously teach it to others. When you as instructors
commit yourselves unreservedly to Jesus, for Him to lead, to guide, to
control, you will not fail. Teaching your students to be Christians is the
greatest work before you. Go to God; He hears and answers prayer. Put
from you questionings, doubts, and unbelief. Let no harshness come
into your teaching. Be not too exacting, but cultivate tender sympathy
and love. Be cheerful. Do not scold, do not censure too severely; be
firm, be broad, be Christlike, pitiful, courteous. “Whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.”
I cannot express to you the intense desire of my soul that you
should all seek the Lord most earnestly while He may be found. We
are in the day of God’s preparation. Let nothing be regarded as of
sufficient worth to draw your minds from the work of preparing for
the great day of judgment. Get ready. Let not cold unbelief hold your
souls away from God, but let His love burn on the altar of your hearts.
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