Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

school of Christ. They indeed need that one to
teach them, that unless the love of Christ is an
abiding principle in the soul temple, it will be
defiled with impatience, with fitful, impulsive
actions, just because the feelings which control
them tend to those results. But every one who has
to do with educating the younger class of students
should consider that these children are affected by,
and feel the impressions of, the atmosphere,
whether it be pleasant or unpleasant.
If the teacher is connected with God, if he has
Christ abiding in his heart, the spirit that is
cherished by him is felt by the children. When a
teacher manifests impatience or fretfulness toward
a child, the fault may be not in the child one-half as
much as it is in the teacher, who himself needs to
be disciplined and trained, and observe a heavier
punishment than he puts upon the child, for he is
old enough to know better. Teachers become tired
with their work, then something the children say or
do does not accord with their feelings; but will they
let Satan's spirit enter into them and lead them to
create feelings in the children very unpleasant and
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