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

themselves in the school of Christ, and learn
lessons to communicate to their students. Sincere,
earnest, heartfelt devotion is needed. All
narrowness should be cher so far unbend from his
dignity as to be one with the children in their
exercises and amusements, without leaving the
impression that they are being watched. His very
presence with them will give a mold to their
actions, and will cause his heart to throb with new
affection.
The youth need sympathy, affection, and love,
or they will become discouraged. A spirit of “I care
for nobody and nobody cares for me” takes
possession of them. They may profess to be
followers of Christ; but they have a tempting devil
on their track, and they are in danger of becoming
disheartened and lukewarm, and of backsliding
from God. Then some feel it a duty to blame them
and to treat them coldly as if they were a great deal
worse than they really are. Few, perhaps none, feel
it their duty to make personal efforts to reform
them and to remove the unhappy impressions that
have been made upon them.
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