Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Christ was our pattern in all things. Christ, the
world's Redeemer, gave to every man his work,
and bade them, "Occupy till I come." And doing
his work, the heart warms to such an enterprise,
and all the powers of the soul are enlisted in a work
assigned of the Lord and Master. It is a high and
important work. The Christian teacher and student
is enabled to become steward of the grace of Christ
and be always in earnest.
All they can do for Jesus is to be in earnest,
having a burning desire to show their gratitude to
God in the most diligent discharge of every
obligation that is laid upon them, that by their
fidelity to God they may respond to the great and
wonderful gift of the only begotten Son of God,
that through faith in Him they should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
There is need of each one in every school and
in every institution to be as was Daniel -- in such
close connection with the Source of all wisdom
that his powers will enable him to reach the highest
standard of his duties in every line, that he may be
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