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

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Christ, having a living connection with the Great<br />

Teacher, they will have an intelligent knowledge of<br />

practical religion; <strong>and</strong> keeping their own souls in<br />

the love of God, they will know how <strong>to</strong> exercise<br />

the grace of patience <strong>and</strong> Christlike forbearance.<br />

They will discern that they have a most important<br />

field in the Lord’s vineyard <strong>to</strong> cultivate. They will<br />

lift the heart <strong>to</strong> God in the sincere prayer, “Lord, be<br />

Thou my pattern;” <strong>and</strong> then, beholding Christ, they<br />

will do the work of Christ.<br />

Well-balanced minds <strong>and</strong> symmetrical<br />

characters are required of teachers in every line.<br />

The work of teaching should not be given in<strong>to</strong> the<br />

h<strong>and</strong>s of young men <strong>and</strong> women who do not know<br />

how <strong>to</strong> deal with human minds, who have never<br />

learned <strong>to</strong> keep themselves under discipline <strong>to</strong><br />

Jesus Christ, <strong>to</strong> bring even the thoughts in<strong>to</strong><br />

captivity <strong>to</strong> Him. They know so little about the<br />

controlling power of grace upon their own hearts<br />

<strong>and</strong> characters that they have much <strong>to</strong> unlearn, <strong>and</strong><br />

must learn entirely new lessons in Christian<br />

experience.<br />

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