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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
and conscious of his amenability to God, he trained all his powers
to respond as far as possible to the loving care of the Great Teacher.
The four Hebrew children would not allow selfish motives and love
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of amusements to occupy the golden moments of life. They worked
with willing heart and ready mind. This is no higher standard than
every Christian youth may reach.
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Our workers—ministers, teachers, physicians, directors—all
need to remember that they are pledged to co-operate with Christ, to
obey His directions, to follow His guidance. Every hour they are to
ask and receive power from on high. They are to cherish a constant
sense of the Saviour’s love, of His efficiency, His watchfulness, His
tenderness. They are to look to Him as the shepherd and bishop of
their souls. Then they will have the sympathy and support of the
heavenly angels. Christ will be their joy and crown of rejoicing.
Their hearts will be controlled by the Holy Spirit, and they will have
a knowledge of the truth which merely nominal believers can never
gain.
We do not half comprehend the significance of the Saviour’s
lessons. We do not realize how much they mean to the beings He
has created. He loves the human race. Do you ask how much? I
point you to Calvary. But earthly cares and earthly interests hide
from our view the things of heavenly origin, so that their importance
is not understood. If ministers and teachers had a deeper sense of
their spiritual need, they would enter upon their work filled with the
realization of the sacredness of their trust, and a higher life would
circulate through our churches and institutions.
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