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Testimonies on Sabbath-School Work
web of humanity that unconsciously we draw from others, with whom
we are brought in contact, their ways, practises, and habits. And God
forbid that the least of one of these little ones shall be left to walk
from the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in. Let
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the teacher have that practical godliness that the character and love of
Jesus will be revealed in him.
The Sabbath-school is not a place of entertainment, to amuse and
divert the children, although, rightly conducted, it can be all of this;
but it is a place where children and youth are educated, where the
Bible is opened to the understanding, line upon line, precept upon
precept, here a little and there a little. It is a place where the light
of truth is to be imparted. Not all who teach in our Sabbath-schools
qualify themselves for the work. Let every teacher feel that he must
know more; he must be better acquainted with those with whom he
has to deal, better acquainted with the best methods of imparting
knowledge; and when he has done the best he can, that he has come
far short.—
Sabbath-School Worker, June 1, 1896
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