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Bible Lesson
151
desire for the present and eternal good of the children under your
care should bring you often to your knees to seek counsel of Him
who is too wise to err, too good to leave you in the helplessness of
your own wisdom.
Bible instruction is to be made forcible by the holy life of the
teacher. God-fearing teachers will practice every principle they
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seek to imprint on the minds of the children. Such teachers do not
see their heavenly Father except by the eye of faith; but they have
learned of Him; they read His love in the most trying dispensations.
They do not judge their Creator by dispensations; they are partakers
of His divine nature. They can trust Him who withheld not His
only-begotten Son, knowing that with Him He will give all things
for their spiritual and eternal good.
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If the teacher has learned his lessons from Jesus Christ, and has
learned for the purpose of bringing these lessons fully into his own
life, he can teach successfully. Those who are daily learners of the
Great Teacher will have a most precious treasure house from which
to draw things new and old.
To church-school teachers I would say: Know that you are con-
trolled by the Holy Spirit. Reveal in your lives the transforming
influence of the truth. Do your utmost to improve your own capabil-
ities, that you may teach your students how to make improvement.
As soon as your minds harmonize with the mind of God, you will
be brought into touch with an intelligence that will communicate to
you lessons that will be of invaluable help in your work of teaching.
As you tell the children the story of the cross, your own souls will be
lifted above gloom and despondency. In considering the Redeemer’s
infinite sacrifice, you will lose all desire for the things of this world.
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