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

sake? Shall they be left to drift hither and thither, to
become discouraged, and to fall into the
temptations that are lurking everywhere to catch
their unwary feet? If they err, and fall from the
steadfastness of their integrity, do the members of
the church who have neglected to care for the
lambs, censure and blame them, and magnify their
failures? Are their shortcomings talked of and
exposed to others, and are they left in
discouragement and despair?
The work that lies next to our church members
is to become interested in our youth; for they need
kindness, patience, tenderness, line upon line,
precept upon precept. Oh, where are the fathers and
mothers in Israel? There ought to be a large
number who would be stewards of the grace of
Christ, who would feel not merely a casual but a
special interest in the young. There ought to be
those whose hearts are touched by the pitiable
situation in which our youth are placed, and who
realize that Satan is working by every conceivable
device to draw them into his net.
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