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ye love one another, as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
We are not merely to love our neighbor as ourselves; we are to love
one another as Christ has loved us. “As the Father hath loved me, so
have I loved you,” He declared “Continue ye in my love. If ye keep
my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my
Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I
spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy
might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as
I have loved you.”
The students and also the teachers in our school need to take time
to become acquainted with the members of the community in which
they live. The love that Christ manifested toward us we must cultivate
for others. The truth will not long remain in the heart unless it works
by love to save the souls ready to perish.
The Lord God of Israel would have us beware of human precision,
of making a line on which everyone must tread. A different element
must be brought into our schools. Wrong maxims and methods of
teaching, which have been looked upon as wholly essential, have
been followed. Those connected with our schools must penetrate
deeper than their own habits or opinions, which have been idolized
as complete authority. The greatest need of our teachers is to live
hourly in conscious, loving communion with the principles of truth,
righteousness, and mercy, for that is the atmosphere of heaven. There
must not be so many studies and duties placed on the students that
they will neglect to talk with the Lord Jesus, the great Teacher, and
let into their hearts the softening, subduing influence of the Spirit that
dwelt in Him.
It is essential to teach the students how to do missionary work, not
only by pen and voice, but by practice in its various lines. There is
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around us a community that needs to be taught how to cook, how to
treat the sick. By doing this line of work, we practice the truth as it is
in Jesus. Teachers and students need to learn how to do this work....
The teachers must draw from the deep, central source of all moral
and intellectual power, asking the Lord to give them the mind that was
in Christ Jesus, that every case that calls for sympathy and help, in
physical as well as in spiritual lines, may receive their attention. The
great Teacher co-operates with all the efforts made to relieve suffering
humanity. Teach the students to make a practical application of the