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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is
light.”
Matthew 11:29, 30
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Every teacher should learn daily of Jesus, wearing His yoke of
restraint, sitting in His school as a student, obeying the rules of
Christian principle. The teacher who is not under the guidance of the
Master Teacher will not be able to meet successfully the different
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developments that arise as the result of the natural perversity of
childhood and youth.
Let the teacher bring peace and love and cheerfulness into his
work. Let him not allow himself to become angry or provoked. The
Lord is looking upon him with intense interest, to see if he is being
molded by the divine Teacher. The child who loses his self-control
is far more excusable than the teacher who allows himself to become
angry and impatient. When a stern reproof is to be given, it may
still be given in kindness. Let the teacher beware of making the
child stubborn by speaking to him harshly. Let him follow every
correction with drops of the oil of kindness. He should never forget
that he is dealing with Christ in the person of one of Christ’s little
ones.
Let it be a settled maxim that in all school discipline, faithfulness
and love are to reign. When a student is corrected in such a way that
he is not made to feel that the teacher desires to humiliate him, love
for the teacher springs up in his heart.
Saint Helena, California,
May 17, 1903
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In the night season I was speaking earnestly to the brethren in
Southern California in reference to the school at Fernando. Perplex-
ing questions had arisen in reference to the school. One in authority
was in the assembly, and He gave counsel in regard to the way in
which the school should be conducted. Our Counselor said: “If you
follow on to know the Lord, you will know that His going forth is
prepared as the morning. The teachers in the school should be learn-
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ers with the students in all the instruction given. They are constantly
to receive grace and wisdom from the Source of all wisdom.