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die for them, they strengthen every faculty of the soul, and increase
their own happiness and peace.
The Lord has greatly honored men, by giving Jesus Christ to re-
cover them from Satan’s claims. Will you be recovered? Will you
have the precious gift of Christ? or will you refuse His service? Jesus
has said, “He that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad.” He has
said, “Without Me ye can do nothing,” and, “My grace is sufficient
for thee.” Every one who seeks to do well in his own finite strength,
will find his efforts a failure; but those who accept Christ by faith,
will find Him a personal Saviour. They will enlist in His army, they
will become His soldiers, and fight the good fight of faith. If they are
students in the school, they will feel that they are enlisted to make the
school the most orderly, elevated, and praiseworthy institution in the
world. They will put every jot of their influence on the side of God, on
the side of Christ, and on the side of heavenly intelligences. They will
feel it to be their duty to form a Christian endeavor society, that they
may help every student to see the inconsistency of a course of action
that God will not approve. They will draw with Christ, and do their
utmost to perfect Christian characters. They will take upon themselves
the work of leading the lame and the weak into the safe, upward path.
They will form Christian endeavor meetings to make plans that will
be a blessing to the institution of learning, and do all in their power
to make the school what God designed and signified that it should be.
They will have in mind the value and efficiency of Christian endeavor
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meetings, in preparing missionaries to go forth to give the warning to
the world.
Students should have their own seasons of prayer, where they may
offer fervent, simple petitions that God shall bless the president of
the school with physical strength, mental clearness, moral power, and
spiritual discernment, and that every teacher shall be qualified by the
grace of Christ to do his work with fidelity and with fervent love. They
should pray that teachers may be the agents through whom God shall
work to make good prevail over evil, through a knowledge of Jesus
Christ whom He hath sent. May God give the students who attend our
institutions of learning, grace and courage to act up to the principles
revealed in the law of God, which is an expression of His character.
Never be found disparaging the schools which God has established. If
you have failed at any time, falling into temptation, it is because you