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religious advancement; that the fear of the Lord may circulate through
the school; that the superintendent and leaders may not be satisfied
with a dead, formal process, but may set every agency at work, that
the school may become the noblest, most efficient school in the world.
This should be the object and ambition of every worker in the school.
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The leaders in our schools should be men and women of quick
intuitions, who have the Spirit of God to aid them in reading character,
who have managing ability, who can understand different phases of
character, and display tact and wisdom in dealing with varied minds.
There are many who can fill the place of superintendent in name, but
what is needed are men who can fill the place in every sense of the
word. There are many who can go through the form cleverly enough;
but they fail to impart courage and hope, to inspire thought, to quicken
energy, and to impart such life that the school shall become a living,
growing power for good.
There is a great field open to the teachers also, and they should
seek to understand how to work in such a way as to lead out and
develop the minds and hearts of the children. They should have the
wisdom that cometh from above, that they may deal successfully with
the youth and children. Many teachers are short-sighted, and take a
course with the youth that does not tend to good results; and instead of
advancement there is retrogression. What both workers and pupils need
is the endowment of the Holy Spirit, that there may not be spasmodic
reforms, but a steady growth in grace, a constant accession of spiritual
life and power.—
Sabbath-School Worker, March 1, 1896
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