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

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guidance, not once only, but again and again. Plead with Him until you are convinced whether the counsel is of God or man. ... The Lord says, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.” (Matthew 26:41) “Watch” lest your studies accumulate to such proportions and become of such absorbing interest to you that your mind is overburdened and the desire for godliness is crushed out of your soul. With many students the motive and aim which caused them to enter school have gradually been lost sight of, and an unholy ambition to secure a high-class education has led them to sacrifice the truth. Their intense interest to secure a high place among men has caused them to leave the will of their heavenly Father out of their calculations; but true knowledge leads to holiness of life through sanctification of the truth. Too often, as the studies accumulate, the wisdom from above has been given a secondary place, and the farther the student advances, the less confidence he has in God. He looks upon much learning as the very essence of success in life; but 610
if all would give due consideration to the statement of Christ, “Without Me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5), they would make different plans. Without the vital principles of true religion, without the knowledge of how to serve and glorify the Redeemer, education is more harmful than beneficial. When education in human lines is pushed to such an extent that the love of God wanes in the heart, that prayer is neglected, and that there is a failure to cultivate the spiritual attributes, it is wholly disastrous. It would be far better to cease seeking to obtain an education, and to recover your soul from its languishing condition, than to gain the best of educations and lose sight of eternal advantages. ... I would not in any case counsel restriction of the education to which God has set no limit. Our education does not end with the advantages that this world can give. Through all eternity the chosen of God will be learners. But I would advise restriction in following those methods of education which imperil the soul and defeat the purpose for which time and money are spent. Education is a 611
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COUNSELS TO PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND
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forth, expanding their application,
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een broadened to include these help
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There is no education to be gained
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truths of divine revelation, and un
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has paid their ransom. By virtue of
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that lead away from God, and that c
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investigation we pursue with a sinc
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glory of the Lord,” you will be
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simple faith in His word, even thos
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when they begin to die, and the wor
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the souls for whom Christ died; and
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Educators who will not work in this
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ought into captivity to Christ. The
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separated themselves from Him, as d
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souls, and dethrone human reason. H
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mission or His work. He had come to
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worldly attainments, but you must h
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Unselfish Service the Law of Heaven
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acceptance of this principle that b
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ut to minister to the suffering and
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Not lip service, not profession, bu
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heavenly city. This knowledge it is
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vitalized by the Spirit of God in o
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Chapter 2 The Aim of our Schools
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God requires that the church arouse
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some other calling that requires a
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generous contributions for the esta
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for our youth and children in the p
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unconscious of his work, Satan is g
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The Primal Object of Education By a
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of the affections to God are the me
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to learn in the school of Christ ar
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of heaven as He humbled Himself to
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Lessons From Nature In the varied s
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sin and the curse, but the perfect
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expense of attempting to carry on a
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more and more thoroughly will our i
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in the building of the tabernacle.
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to the Child of Bethlehem, and the
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ock, Christ Jesus. He is the sure f
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commandments: for length of days, a
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placed on the enemy’s side. Much
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in his own soul a knowledge of God
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ut it does not take the place of ef
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when It is given free course, It wi
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obtain without assistance the educa
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school will become a living, growin
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Chapter 3 General Principles “The
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directed and disciplined with respe
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children under their care would cea
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that they love them, and would mani
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And if the lamp of life goes out, t
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as free as lambs to run out of door
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may bend a young tree into almost a
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violation of nature’s laws. They
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amusement. Children and youth who a
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and they take but little interest i
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Our College There is danger that ou
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many years in which to work, and te
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God’s word. Some may urge that if
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connection with God and should stan
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The Parents’ Part But the teacher
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The Need of Counseling Together The
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aroused every faculty to vigorous a
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I speak to the workers in our colle
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thoughtless act may prove the ruin
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attention to temporal matters and f
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One earnest, conscientious, faithfu
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With energy and fidelity our youth
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students of all ages, nor our stric
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account and on the account of other
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It is the privilege of the faithful
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Notes: 59-61; Testimonies For The C
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In the home school--the first grade
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learn that God is their Father; and
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diligently unto thy children, and s
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of her children. Tell your children
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ecome the inheritance of manhood an
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obedience. Never should parents cau
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their amusements and employments, t
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prove insufficient, punishment that
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present before the sympathizing Red
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not I suffer. Mine eyes shall be up
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home every influence that is not pr
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useful occupation. Children who are
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and let these be strong and durable
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If possible, the home should be out
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every organ of the body and every f
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self-denial and self-control. Teach
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and patient, thoughtful care. It ca
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than the instruction which, if fait
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This is your day of trust, your day
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good or evil. During these years de
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atrocities has a bewitching power u
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Those who indulge the habit of raci
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open the Scriptures to them, and sp
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study of the Sabbath school lesson
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Especially are the young guilty of
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the kingdom of God,” He said, “
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encouraged by praising their looks,
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countenance is stamped by the sunbe
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* * * * * The mother’s work often
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this artificial line of education.
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the home. He learned the carpenter
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gained by close confinement in the
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If children have proper home traini
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Christ’s character--patience, kin
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Requiring Obedience The teacher sho
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encourage the teacher by showing th
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We are not to concern ourselves so
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more than you do. Lovingly, tenderl
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The teachers in the home and the te
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seeking to bind the hearts of the l
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younger children. There are young p
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* * * * * By hasty, unfounded criti
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* * * * * Neither the church school
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Testimonies For The Church 4:497-49
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Chapter 5 The Church School “Wher
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enemy is pressing in on all sides,
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draw to Christ not only men and wom
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the fear of the Lord is the beginni
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inquire of them, as of the parents,
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eauty that attract and charm the ch
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educating and training its children
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Christ, the Restorer, is the only r
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have the true missionary spirit; fo
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Let the children be educated and tr
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the book of nature, finding delight
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found rest and peace in the society
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the little ones, as the stories of
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their hearts. They will be drawn to
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youthful minds. Your earnest desire
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the education of children and youth
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sin. But God’s object lessons are
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ooks exhausting and hard to remembe
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Rightly understood, these lessons l
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ignorance and selfishness. The wise
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Christ, having a living connection
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eceives. If there are placed over t
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away that would corrupt his influen
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sympathize with those who are broug
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children err and misbehave, then it
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shepherd. But the shepherd follows
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* * * * * While right principles an
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* * * * * Much of the success of a
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Notes: 1. Special Testimony to the
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all the work done in our intermedia
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learnings, but in many lines of man
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What influence do you think it woul
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our spiritual strength is increased
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diligence and patience. Realize tha
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students, you can do much to bring
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not the discernment and discriminat
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to the way in which the school shou
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We need not feel that all workers m
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preparatory schools to choose their
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class; and in other classes the tea
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canvassers. When voice culture, rea
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Before attempting to study the high
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It is inevitable that the youth wil
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temptation, an indwelling Christ is
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manner of character is being develo
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The student who yields to temptatio
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the right under all circumstances.
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Notes: Fundamentals of Christian Ed
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Chapter 7 The Teacher and the Work
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Creator. From Christ proceeds all t
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fruit of faith be manifest in his p
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opposed to the meekness and humilit
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joy. If we permit our thoughts to b
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His commandments. Teachers, know en
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Jesus Christ, which reveals salvati
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order that they may become fitted f
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perseveringly practice speaking in
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the treasures of truth. This is the
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eceiveth; and he that seeketh finde
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marvelous light. The Lord has said,
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thou shalt bless with the spirit, h
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overcome this God-dishonoring habit
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workers or to transact business oug
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thus showing that it could never be
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simplicity of Christ’s methods. H
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usefulness. The influence of a cons
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husbandman does in laboring for the
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surrender themselves to God. Teache
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Betterton, “with due submission t
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another are not to be governed by h
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to be a follower of Christ is to wa
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fitness for heaven. “For this cau
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mediation were familiar to Him, esp
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is need of teachers who will come c
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God: but made Himself of no reputat
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character is deformed. To deal succ
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the school, let them answer with a
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making public the errors of student
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Expelling Students Great care shoul
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youth let them be wise and pitiful.
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The Teacher And The Work -- For Fur
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Chapter 8 Study and Labor Those who
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It was God’s purpose to alleviate
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flowing brook spreads health and gl
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Galilee He fed five thousand hungry
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strength a precious talent has been
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the necessary duties of life is yet
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unfortunate must awake and take the
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willingly; not for filthy lucre, bu
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Physical exercise was marked out by
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spiritual need, they would enter up
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Health is a great treasure. It is t
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Parents, inaction is the greatest c
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study hours, Satan suggests sport a
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do these things for them as are the
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think as well as to act, and not de
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them which will call the muscles in
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Health and Efficiency Health is an
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his obligations to himself as God
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that the mind can assimilate an ove
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determined effort to control the ap
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students do not become chilled by s
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their endowment of strength, of tal
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worker with Himself in the salvatio
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“Above all things,” God desires
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skirt. It is extravagant, both beca
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others are insufficiently clad. The
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of cloud, gave directions to Israel
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activity, diligence, and purity, we
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and students are to be stewards of
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well as in literary lines, is the e
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employments which should be provide
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foreign countries. They will not th
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God dispenses His gifts as it pleas
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into making mistakes, that our conf
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* * * * * Teachers will meet with t
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* * * * * Students should not be so
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Notes: Education, 214-222. Fundamen
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world. Seventh-day Adventists, abov
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pray not that Thou shouldest take t
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discernment. Impressions favorable
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appear innocent, but which are skil
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The Training of Children In the pre
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denying followers. It is perfectly
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lawyer, “Thou shalt love the Lord
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Establishing Right Principles in th
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those who feel the responsibility.
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protection of parents and guardians
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principle. There is no influence in
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We are of that class who believe th
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the right use of their abilities. T
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honored, and those who meet togethe
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create a laugh, are the merchandise
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meditate upon the incarnation of Ch
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Holidays Unto God Would it not be w
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candle of the wicked shall be put o
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“Let him that thinketh he standet
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and spread their table under the sh
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After the meeting, the remainder of
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that followed, which were of a char
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from the experiences of the past. T
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Satan had accomplished. Serious is
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unconsciously they exalt themselves
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* * * * * Our young people need to
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Chapter 10 The Holy Spirit in our S
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express what has been done with ref
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defiles. Deny us what Thou wilt, bu
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From God, the fountain of wisdom, p
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crowds had dispersed and the teachi
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you, with contrite hearts, bow in p
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molded and fashioned after the divi
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To man is allotted a part in this g
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working against the manifestations
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Daniel, what honor can they reflect
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When the students thus beheld Jesus
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Lord.[3] * * * * * Perils of Worldl
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pathway; for as instructors they ne
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learners. Finishing at Worldly Scho
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* * * * * Only as the higher life i
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those placed under their charge. No
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that if these learned men are corre
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Page 567 and 568: such as wine, beer, or cider. The u
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Page 571 and 572: salvation. His time, His faculties,
Page 573 and 574: Knowledge That Can Be Utilized It i
Page 575 and 576: To gain the higher education means
Page 577 and 578: all efficiency, all power, leave th
Page 579 and 580: to the light given in the word, the
Page 581 and 582: What a fraud is that education obta
Page 583 and 584: possible, that he may wisely teach
Page 585 and 586: Putting the Bible First In the inst
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Page 589 and 590: The Lord calls upon His people to p
Page 591 and 592: measure of the Spirit, that he may
Page 593 and 594: education, they will experience gre
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Page 605 and 606: what he was. According to all that
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Page 613 and 614: In View of Christ’s Near Return T
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Page 623 and 624: Notes: 334-367 The Ministry of Heal
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Page 637 and 638: elation to Christ, the Sin Bearer,
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Page 643 and 644: The teacher’s success will depend
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Page 657 and 658: of the enemy. A firm, decided effor
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An Illustration What was it that ma
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ascetic gloom, or in selfish isolat
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30, 31) * * * * * Those who profess
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school of Christ. As he accepts the
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looking to himself for righteousnes
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lessings that are within their reac
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of the Scriptures the mind expands
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transgression. In requiring obedien
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into eternity, and are immortalized
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interest; but how little time and t
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An Impressive Representation In a n
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name unto the men which Thou gavest
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of the mind that it will narrow or
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its grand central theme--of God’s
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* * * * * The student of the word s
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Notes: Study the Bible for Yourselv
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The Seventy who were sent out a lit
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thing come unto thee.” (John 5:14
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healing power, united with the gosp
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medical missionary lines should go
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with a superficial knowledge of the
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unprepared into eternity. How much
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nature of medical missionary work,
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intellectually strong and increasin
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their aspirations where God has set
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the beginning of wisdom. Everything
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een with Jesus and have learned of
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preparatory course of study, our co
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students deficient in caretaking, i
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spiritual welfare of his patients.
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profess to be gospel medical missio
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will gain more knowledge to impart,
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How much stronger would be their po
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keep ourselves constantly under the
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medical missionary. Remember that i
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ejoice to see you standing on the L
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giving them mastery of themselves.
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Chapter 14 A Missionary Training Wi
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near are fast fulfilling. The Lord
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love for fallen man by leaving a he
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Long Courses of Study There are man
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and they will pass severe judgment
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the society of those who are able t
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should have the help of such as hav
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Pleasure in Religion Wherever a sch
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The teacher’s obligations are wei
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may make the best use of the facult
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child of God to do his appointed wo
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are moving upon the hearts and cons
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usefulness. It will make our young
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would listen to such a man merely t
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Saviour did not ignore learning or
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truth given these lowly men were of
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and obtained that which is imperish
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places of usefulness in His work. T
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learn a foreign language, and with
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the ability which God has given the
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Co-Operation Between Schools and Sa
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should daily be given instruction t
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have been easygoing idlers and who
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to God, for He has bought them with
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penetrated. Within the past few yea
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me to give to the world. The teache
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selling books; and when the time ca
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Great blessings are in store for us
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contained in the books that are sol
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A Missionary Education In the work
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Lamb, crying, “Salvation to our G
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e in the development of the third a
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The Youth to Be Burden Bearers “I
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people are now past the meridian of
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Lord made him a channel of light. I
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eceived suitable training! The caus
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is to be made the all-important the
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intellect at the expense of the mor
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unbelieving in these societies does
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Bible reading, the critical examina
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is lent him to test his character.
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as canvassers, ministers, and medic
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opportunities to use the talent tha
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and who, after a short time spent i
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Those who went out to work for the
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can be held. Make these meetings in
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difficulty in understanding his les
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words, but uplifting words, words o
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yourselves and for others. He will
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Co-operation Between Schools and Sa
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