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

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Our workers--ministers, teachers, physicians,<br />

direc<strong>to</strong>rs--all need <strong>to</strong> remember that they are<br />

pledged <strong>to</strong> co-operate with Christ, <strong>to</strong> obey His<br />

directions, <strong>to</strong> follow His guidance. Every hour they<br />

are <strong>to</strong> ask <strong>and</strong> receive power from on high. They<br />

are <strong>to</strong> cherish a constant sense of the Saviour’s<br />

love, of His efficiency, His watchfulness, His<br />

tenderness. They are <strong>to</strong> look <strong>to</strong> Him as the<br />

shepherd <strong>and</strong> bishop of their souls. Then they will<br />

have the sympathy <strong>and</strong> support of the heavenly<br />

angels. Christ will be their joy <strong>and</strong> crown of<br />

rejoicing. Their hearts will be controlled by the<br />

Holy Spirit, <strong>and</strong> they will have a knowledge of the<br />

truth which merely nominal believers can never<br />

gain.<br />

We do not half comprehend the significance of<br />

the Saviour’s lessons. We do not realize how much<br />

they mean <strong>to</strong> the beings He has created. He loves<br />

the human race. Do you ask how much? I point you<br />

<strong>to</strong> Calvary. But earthly cares <strong>and</strong> earthly interests<br />

hide from our view the things of heavenly origin,<br />

so that their importance is not unders<strong>to</strong>od. If<br />

ministers <strong>and</strong> teachers had a deeper sense of their<br />

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