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of stale, oft-repeated ideas. The tame, dull sermonizing will cease.
The old truths will be presented, but they will be seen in a new light.
There will be a new perception of truth, a clearness and a power that
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all will discern. Those who have the privilege of sitting under such
a ministry will, if susceptible to the Holy Spirit’s influence, feel the
energizing power of a new life. The fire of God’s love will be kindled
within them. Their perceptive faculties will be quickened to discern
the beauty and majesty of truth.
The faithful householder represents what every teacher of the chil-
dren and youth should be. If he makes the word of God his treasure,
he will continually bring forth new beauty and new truth. When the
teacher will rely upon God in prayer, the Spirit of Christ will come
upon him, and God will work through him by the Holy Spirit upon the
minds of others. The Spirit fills the mind and heart with sweet hope
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and courage and Bible imagery, and all this will be communicated to
the youth under his instruction.
The springs of heavenly peace and joy, unsealed in the soul of
the teacher by the words of Inspiration, will become a mighty river
of influence to bless all who connect with him. The Bible will not
become a tiresome book to the student. Under a wise instructor the
word will become more and more desirable. It will be as the bread of
life, and will never grow old. Its freshness and beauty will attract and
charm the children and youth. It is like the sun shining upon the earth,
perpetually imparting brightness and warmth, yet never exhausted.
God’s holy, educating Spirit is in His word. A light, a new and
precious light, shines forth from every page. Truth is there revealed,
and words and sentences are made bright and appropriate for the
occasion, as the voice of God speaking to the soul.
The Holy Spirit loves to address the youth, and to discover to them
the treasures and beauties of God’s word. The promises spoken by
the great Teacher will captivate the senses and animate the soul with
spiritual power that is divine. There will grow in the fruitful mind
a familiarity with divine things that will be as a barricade against
temptation.
The words of truth will grow in importance, and assume a breadth
and fullness of meaning of which we have never dreamed. The beauty
and riches of the word have a transforming influence on mind and