Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

The teacher may bind these children to his or
her heart by the love of Christ abiding in the soul
temple as a sweet fragrance, a savor of life unto
life. The teachers may, through the grace of Christ
imparted to them, be the living human agency to be
laborers together with God to enlighten, lift up, and
encourage, and help to purify the soul from its
moral defilement, and the image of God shall be
revealed in the soul of the child, and the character
become transformed by the grace of Christ.
The gospel is the power and wisdom of God, if
it is correctly represented by those who claim to be
Christians. Christ crucified for our sins should
humble every soul before God in his own
estimation. Christ risen from the dead, ascended on
high, our living intercessor in the presence of God,
is the science of salvation which we need to learn
and teach to children and youth. Said Christ, "I
sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified."
This is the work that ever devolves upon every
teacher. There must not be any haphazard work in
this matter, for even the work of educating the
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