Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

enemy is pressing in on all sides, like a flood. Only
the power of God can save our children from being
swept away by the tide of evil. The responsibility
resting upon parents, teachers, and church
members, to do their part in co-operation with God,
is greater than words can express.
To train the young to become true soldiers of
the Lord Jesus Christ is the most noble work ever
given to man. Only devout and consecrated men
and women, who love children and can see in them
souls to be saved for the Master, should be chosen
as church-school teachers. Teachers who study the
word of God as it should be studied will know
something of the value of the souls under their
care, and from them the children will receive a true
Christian education.
In the closing scenes of this earth’s history
many of these children and youth will astonish
people by their witness to the truth, which will be
borne in simplicity, yet with spirit and power. They
have been taught the fear of the Lord, and their
hearts have been softened by a careful and
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