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Our church schools are ordained by God to prepare the children
for this great work. Here children are to be instructed in the special
truths for this time and in practical missionary work. They are to enlist
in the army of workers to help the sick and the suffering. Children can
take part in the medical missionary work and by their jots and tittles
can help to carry it forward. Their investments may be small, but every
little helps, and by their efforts many souls will be won to the truth.
By them God’s message will be made known and His saving health
to all nations. Then let the church carry a burden for the lambs of the
flock. Let the children be educated and trained to do service for God,
for they are the Lord’s heritage.
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Years ago school buildings suitable for church schools should have
been erected in which the children and youth could receive a true
education.
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The lessonbooks used in our church schools should be of a char-
acter to bring the law of God to the attention. Thus the light and
strength and power of the truth will be magnified. Youth from the
world, some even whose minds have been depraved, will connect with
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these schools, and there they will be converted. Their witness for
the truth may be stopped for a while by the false theories entertained
by the parents, but in the end, truth will triumph. I am instructed to
say that this kind of missionary work will have a telling influence in
diffusing light and knowledge.
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How important that families who settle where a school is located
should be good representatives of our holy faith!
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Churches where schools are established may well tremble as they
see themselves entrusted with moral responsibilities too great for words