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better service for the Master by remaining where they are. They
should encourage the church of which they are members to establish a
church school where the children within their borders could receive an
all-round, practical Christian education. It would be vastly better for
their children, for themselves, and for the cause of God if they would
remain in the smaller churches, where their help is needed, instead of
going to the larger churches, where, because they are not needed, there
is a constant temptation to fall into spiritual inactivity.
Wherever there are a few Sabbathkeepers, the parents should unite
in providing a place for a day school where their children and youth
can be instructed. They should employ a Christian teacher who, as a
consecrated missionary, shall educate the children in such a way as
to lead them to become missionaries. Let teachers be employed who
will give a thorough education in the common branches, the Bible
being made the foundation and the life of all study. Parents should
gird on the armor and by their own example teach their children to be
missionaries. They should work while it is day, for “the night cometh,
when no man can work.”
John 9:4
. If they will put forth unselfish
efforts, perseveringly teaching their children to bear responsibilities,
the Lord will work with them.
Some families of Sabbathkeepers live alone or far separated from
others of like faith. These have sometimes sent their children to our
boarding schools, where they have received help and have returned to
be a blessing in their own home. But some cannot send their children
away from home to be educated. In such cases parents should endeavor
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to employ an exemplary religious teacher who will feel it a pleasure to
work for the Master in any capacity and be willing to cultivate any part
of the Lord’s vineyard. Fathers and mothers should co-operate with
the teacher, laboring earnestly for the conversion of their children. Let
them strive to keep the spiritual interest fresh and wholesome in the
home and to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord. Let them devote a portion of each day to study and become
learners with their children. Thus they may make the educational hour
one of pleasure and profit, and their confidence will increase in this
method of seeking for the salvation of their children. Parents will
find that their own growth will be more rapid as they learn to work
for their children. As they thus work in a humble way unbelief will
disappear. Faith and activity will impart assurance and satisfaction