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is the beginning of wisdom, that he may teach this the highest of all
sciences.
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true
God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” [
John 17:3
.] “I have
given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have
received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and
they have believed that thou didst send me.” [
John 17:8
.] Here is the
work laid before us, to be representatives of Christ, as he in our world
was the representative of the Father. We are to teach the words given
us in the lessons of Christ. “I have given unto them the words which
thou gavest me.” We have our work, and every instructor of the youth
in any capacity is to receive in a good and honest heart what God
has unfolded and recorded in his holy word in the lessons of Christ,
meekly to accept the words of life. We are in the antitypical day of
atonement, and not only are we to humble our hearts before God and
confess our sins, but we are, by all our educating talent, to seek to
instruct those with whom we are brought in contact, and to bring them
by precept and example to know God and Jesus Christ whom he hath
sent.
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O, I so much wish that the Lord of heaven would open many
eyes that are now blind, that they might see themselves as God sees
them, and give to them a sense of the work to be done in the fields
of labor. But I have no hope that all the appeals I make will avail,
unless the Lord speaks to the soul and writes his requirements upon
the tablets of the heart. Cannot every living human agent have a high
and elevated sense of what it means to have a large and important field
of home missionary work appointed to him, without the necessity of
going to far-off lands? And while some must proclaim the message of
mercy to them that are afar off, there are many who have to proclaim
the message to those who are nigh. Our schools are to be educating
schools to qualify youth to become missionaries both by precept and
example. Let the one who is acting in the capacity of teacher ever bear
in mind that these children and youth are the purchase of the blood of
the Son of God. They must be led to believe in Christ as their personal
Saviour. The name of each separate believer is graven on the palms
of his hands. The Chief Shepherd is looking down from the heavenly
sanctuary upon the sheep of his pasture. “He calleth his own sheep by
name and leadeth them out.” [
John 10:3
.] “If any man sin, we have an