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Work to Be Done for Our Children
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and take away their sins. And when they ask Him to pardon all their
transgressions they must believe that He does it.
God wants every child of tender age to be His child, to be adopted
into His family. Young though they may be, the youth may be mem-
bers of the household of faith and have a most precious experience.
They may have hearts that are tender and ready to receive impres-
sions that will be lasting. They may have their hearts drawn out in
confidence and love for Jesus, and live for the Saviour. Christ will
make them little missionaries. The whole current of their thought
may be changed, so that sin will not appear a thing to be enjoyed,
but to be shunned and hated.
Small children, as well as those who are older, will be benefited
by this instruction; and in thus simplifying the plan of salvation, the
teachers will receive as great blessings as those who are taught. The
Holy Spirit of God will impress the lessons upon the receptive minds
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of the children, that they may grasp the ideas of Bible truth in their
simplicity. And the Lord will give an experience to these children in
missionary lines; He will suggest to them lines of thought that even
the teachers did not have. The children who are properly instructed
will be witnesses to the truth.
Teachers who are nervous and easily irritated should not be
placed over the youth. They must love the children because they are
the younger members of the Lord’s family. The Lord will inquire of
them, as of the parents, “Where is the flock that was given thee, thy
beautiful flock?”
Jeremiah 13:20
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In educating the children and youth, teachers should not allow
one passionate word or gesture to mar their work, for in so doing
they imbue the students with the same spirit which they themselves
possess. The Lord would have our primary schools, as well as
those for older students, of that character that angels of God can
walk through the room, and behold, in the order and principle of
government, the order and government of heaven. This is thought
by many to be impossible; but every school should begin with this,
and work most earnestly to preserve the spirit of Christ in temper, in
communications, in instruction, the teachers placing themselves in
the channel of light where the Lord can use them as His agents to
reflect His own likeness of character. The teachers may know that,