Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

must be trained to think Christ's thoughts and
enlightened to comprehend the will and way of
God. Such a believer will be a follower of Christ's
methods of work.
Our brethren should not forget that the wisdom
of God has made provision for our schools in a
way that will bring blessing to all who participate
in the enterprise. The book Christ's Object Lessons
was donated to the educational work, that the
students and other friends of the schools might
handle these books and by their sale raise much of
the means needed to lift the school indebtedness.
But this plan has not been presented to our schools
as it should have been; the teachers and students
have not been educated to take hold of this book
and courageously push its sale for the benefit of the
educational work.
Long ago the teachers and students in our
schools should have learned to take advantage of
the opportunity to raise means by the sale of
Christ's Object Lessons . In selling these books the
students will serve the cause of God, and, while
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