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truth cleanses his life from every unessential thing. He will not be
satisfied unless his mind is day by day molded by the holy influences
of the Spirit of God. Then Christ can speak to the heart, and His voice,
saying, “This is the way; walk ye in it,” will be heard and obeyed.
The teacher who has a right understanding of the work of true
education, will not think it sufficient now and then to make casual
reference to Christ. With his own heart warm with the love of God, he
will constantly uplift the Man of Calvary. His own soul imbued with
the Spirit of God, he will seek to fasten the attention of the students
upon the pattern, Christ Jesus, the chiefest among ten thousand, the
One altogether lovely.
The Holy Spirit is greatly needed in our schools. This divine
agency comes to the world as Christ’s representative. It is not only the
faithful and true witness of the Word of God, but it is the searcher of
the thoughts and purposes of the heart. It is the source to which we
must look for efficiency in the restoration of the moral image of God
in man. The Holy Spirit was eagerly sought for in the schools of the
prophets; its transforming influence was to bring even the thoughts
into harmony with the will of God, and establish a living connection
between earth and heaven.
Teachers, if you will open your hearts to the indwelling of the Spirit
of God, if you will welcome the heavenly Guest, God will make you
laborers together with Him. In co-operation with the Master Teacher,
the spirit of selfishness will be expelled, and wonderful transformations
will take place.
In the night season these words were spoken to me: “Charge the
teachers in our schools to prepare the students for what is coming upon
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the world.” The Lord has been waiting long for our teachers to walk
in the light He has sent them. There is need of a humbling of self,
that Christ may restore the moral image of God in man. The character
of the education given must be greatly changed before it can give the
right mold to our institutions. It is only when intellectual and moral
powers are combined for the attainment of education, that the standard
of the word of God is reached.
These words were clearly and forcibly spoken: “Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
Press together; press together, and love as brethren. Pray together.”
The Lord has paid the price of His own blood for the salvation of the